It's been a long time since our last LexBlog Q&A, but we're excited to get this series up and running again, bringing you interviews with some of the legal blogging community's brightest stars and names to watch. Today's interview is with Patrick Burk, an attorney/partner with Brick Gentry P.C. in West Des Moines, Iowa. Pat blogs at Iowa Dirt Lawyer about Iowa real estate law. Though new to blogging, he's taken to it quickly and with ...

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Twitter's been a game changer in lawyer networking, branding, and client development. But that doesn't mean lawyers using Twitter can forgo a blog. You still need a blog. Here's seven reasons: Twitter, despite a meteoric rise in popularity (mirroring blog growth of 4 or 5 years ago) is not used by enough people. As a lawyer you need to reach your target audience, no matter how small your niche may be. Your target audience of clients, prospective ...

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Hey, it's another podcast! We're back on the ball with these things. In this one, we respond to a letter asking about dominant women and fucking. I will note that as usual, Monk and I made a lot of bad jokes about the letter when we were recording. We've since actually met the woman who wrote us, and she's very nice, so I feel slightly bad about about kidding her so much, even in absentia.However, ...

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A lot of different topics covered in today's best posts from LexBlog blogs. The best of the best include posts from the always-insightful Max Kennerly and an entry by Dennis Westlind on business groups suing to block E-Verify, the federal government's Web-based system that uses Social Security files to ensure that employees are legal immigrants or citizens eligible to work in the United States. Nearly 400 Sickened, Many Hospitalized, with Salmonella Typhimurium ...

tags: marler clark, poultry eggs, malpractice suit, legal immigrants, chicago lawyer, legal malpractice, security files, kennerly, crotty, business groups, legal news, salmonella, lexblog, coleman, federal government, social security, cheese, attorneys, lawyers, citizens