At the March 18 Converge conference sponsored by Above the Law, the Legal Talk Network recorded a series of podcasts featuring interviews with the speakers and with the ATL editors. I hosted several of the interviews and four of the ones I hosted are now posted. They are (follow the links to listen):

  • Online Reputation, Privacy, and the Law, featuring Staci Zaretsky, ATL editor; Michael Gottlieb, attorney at Boies, Schiller & Flexner; Leeza Garber, corporate counsel and director of business development for Capsicum Group; Kashmir Hill, senior editor at Fusion’s Real Future; and Mary-Rose Papandrea, professor at Boston College Law School.
  • Pitching the Mainstream Media, featuring John Hellerman, cofounder of Hellerman Baretz Communications, and Casey Sullivan, editorial director of Bloomberg BNA’s Big Law Business.
  • Emerging Technical Trends and Best Practices, featuring Dan Lear, director of industry relations at Avvo; Tasha Cooper, president of UpWardAction; Mike Schmidt, vice chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Labor and Employment Department (and blogger); Ryan Lytle, social projects manager at Mashable; and Joe Patrice, ATL editor.
  • The Future of Law, featuring Silvia Hodges Silverstein, executive director of Buying Legal Council; Rakesh Madhava, CEO of Nextpoint; Jess Hunt, managing director at Axiom; and Elie Mystal, ATL managing editor.

In addition, LTN producer Laurence Colletti conducted these interviews:

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Bob is a lawyer, veteran legal journalist, and award-winning blogger and podcaster. In 2011, he was named to the inaugural Fastcase 50, honoring “the law’s smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries and leaders.” Earlier in his career, he was editor-in-chief of several legal publications, including The National Law Journal, and editorial director of ALM’s Litigation Services Division.