On the Mark

Dan Regard, a Managing Director for LECG in Washington, DC. and head of their electronic discovery practice, breaks down the five keys of Custodial Collection: 

Awareness - of the litigation, allegation and duty to preserve 
Aptitude - ability of the custodian to comply 
Authority - resources with a level of authority (IT & Org) to do what needs to be done
Assistance - sufficient instruction for custodian to know whom to turn to for clarification and help
Accountability - most important. It speaks for itself, aka  “Skin in on the game.”

I have utilized LECG’s collection team on a high-profile matter not long ago and they were thorough, accurate and professional in a sensitive situation.  

There really is no natural segue into this next piece.  Even though tomorrow is Thanksgiving, I want to avoid the word turkey as I give you the next item.  

So it’s Holiday time again for Chadbourne’s Litigator Lawrence Savell and his Lawtunes parody efforts. While the cover proudly displays a gorgeous Rickenbacker (my near namesake guitar) I’m left laughing to the music coming from their website, lawtunes.com.  Funny lyrics and it is a parody, so I’ll make nice. Their new release is titled “Live at Blackacre”; find more information on their website. (Thanks to Monica for hipping me to this item.)

The reality of lawyers in rock, lawyers who’ve turned into rock stars  (Midnite Oil’s Peter Garrett perhaps the finest example) and then those who merely fancy themselves rock stars (aka posers) is certainly nothing new. 

I once worked with an attorney who thought so highly of himself as a rocker, he’d not shave for days around his occasional evening music gigs. I guess he thought he couldn’t pose. . . I mean play three-chord rock without stubble.

Then he’d come in the next morning still halfway hammered and significantly more insufferable than usual.

I digress.

Now, for a lawyer who actually does rock (and provide good counsel to rockers)  I give you one Michael Lee Jackson (no mask, no glove).

 Michael aka The Rock ‘n’ Roll Lawyer is another option if you feel compelled to listen to lawyers who must rock. Put it this way, he’s got chops as they say.

Here’s his myspace page for tunes and info: http://www.myspace.com/mljmlj

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

On the Mark

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