Fun at the ATLA Convention
I’m still in Toronto at the ATLA Convention. They have over 300 presentations in 5 days. More often than not having up to ten different tracks of presentations going on at the same time. A lot of great people to meet and catch up with, plus exhibitors that with a lot of fabulous products. I truly enjoy the mix of the education, the learning, the exposure, plus just sharing with talented trial attorneys.
I met up with Evan Schaeffer of Legal Underground and Illinois Trial Practice Weblog this morning. We talked about our practices, the effort and rewards of our respective blogs, podcasting, his book, my comedy and just got to know each other a bit. Evan is every bit as funny, nice and smart in person as you would expect from reading his blogs.
Then upon leaving the exhibit halls, I just happened to catch the nametag of someone walking past and it was John Day of Day on Torts. John and I chatted a bit and it was great to meet him too. He told me that their new Tennessee Business Litigation Weblog was really taking off. We talked about various technology issues and some of the things that he’s done with his practice. John was a lot more interesting than I had picked up just from reading his weblog.
On Monday, I saw a presentation on the use of PowerPoint by Bruce Stern of the Brain Injury Law Blog which was fantastic. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to talk to Bruce as I had to get to another presentation before the end of that block of presentations. Maybe next year.
Tonight, I’m going to the reception for Kenn Suggs, who is being sworn in as President of ATLA. It’s a great accomplishment for a fellow South Carolina trial lawyer.
