So I get a lot of comments from reporters that go something like this, “If only attorneys knew {fill in the blank}.”  And I get a lot of comments from attorneys that go something like this, “I know an attorney who did {fill in the blank}” … or “I didn’t know {fill in the blank}.”  And I get some comments from judges — YES, JUDGES — who read me and say, “It sounds like it’s gotten weirder out there since I left private practice!”  … or “Remember the good old days?”

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For whatever reason — too many years of sitting in silence on the other side of a steno machine, sleep deprivation from back-to-back trials/immediate and daily copy/witnesses who should have had translators, overexposure to stress that has pushed me beyond tragic and into hysterical (several definitions for hysterical…pick one), or a deep-down love of words and stories – I seem to have amassed a cross-section of readership in the legal industry (and lately, beyond).  The ABA Journal is working on their list of 100 best blogs, and if we make the list — I say ”we” because we all know I speak on behalf of many (not all) of my reporting peers — that means that the reporting industry will become the quiet voice that is finally heard.  Let’s face it, nobody knows what we do, what we really do.  Nobody knows how we do it.  Some of people don’t even know we exist.  So if you’re reading me consistently and want our industry to have a push-pin on the legal industry map, feel free to click this link and vote for me.  A vote for me is a vote for us all.

As stated by ABA…

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-The Ink Slinger