2009 Legal Rebels Profiles
Educating lawyers to be better writers
Founder, Adams Drafting
Garden City, N.Y.
Denise Annunciata: Paralegal Power
Offering paralegal work online
Founder, Virtual Paralegal Services
Boston
Pushing back the curtain through media of all types
Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell
New York City
Restructuring a major law firm
CEO and chairman, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
San Francisco
Advising lawyers to wire up to Web 2.0
Of counsel, Fiandach & Fiandach
Rochester, N.Y.
Founding the first Internet site for legal documents
Co-director, Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School
Ithaca, N.Y.
Cynthia Calvert: Practicing for Lawyers
Seeking work-life balance in law firms
Co-director, Project for Attorney Retention
Ellicott City, Md.
Jeffrey Carr: Business Unusual
Making billing work for both sides
Vice president and general counsel, FMC Technologies Inc.
Houston
Evan R. Chesler: Billable Buster?
Moving his big firm away from the billable hour
Presiding partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore
New York City
Cheryl Conner: Singing the Law
Advocating holistic, collaborative law
Professor, Marlboro College Graduate School
Brattleboro, Vt.
Outsourcing substantive legal work
Managing attorney, Rio Tinto
London
Opening communication on suits, strategies
Executive vice president and general counsel, Sun Microsystems
San Jose, Calif.
Laurel Edgeworth: The Matchmaker
Matching law grads with clerk positions online
Founder, Law Clerk Connection
Cameron Park, Calif.
Mastering all things SCOTUS
Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Washington, D.C.
Rex Gradeless: Follow the Tweeter
Tweeting for social media in law
Graduate, Saint Louis University School of Law
St. Louis
Richard Granat: Internet Obsessive
Franchising the virtual law practice
Founder, Direct Law
Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Leading the first publicly owned law practice
Managing director, Slater and Gordon
Melbourne, Australia
Organizing minority- and woman-owned law firms
Partner, Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan
Milwaukee
William Henderson: Law Prof Means Business
Studying the practice of law from his perch in academia
Professor, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University
Bloomington, Ind.
Luz Herrera: ‘Low Bono’ Pioneer
Advocating “low bono” to serve poor clients
Assistant professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
San Diego
Judging jury participation as a good thing
Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Chicago
“Un-conferencing” for innovation
Founder, LexThink
St. Louis
Jeffrey Hughes: The Legal Grinder
Serving legal advice with coffee
Owner, Legal Grind
Santa Monica, Calif.
Charles J. Hynes: Jail Breaker
Promoting alternatives to jail terms for nonviolent offenders
District Attorney, Kings County
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Betting on better service to clients
Founder, Valorem Law Group
Chicago
Remaking legal journalism by crowd-sourcing the news
Managing editor, Above the Law
New York City
Susan Cartier Liebel: Solos’ Champion
Establishing an online school for solos
Founder, Solo Practice University
Hamden, Conn.
Working to make public documents accessible
Founder, Public.Resource.org
Sebastopol, Calif.
Setting up a one-stop shop for entrepreneurs
CEO and founder, Exemplar Law Partners
Boston
Proving humor has a place in issues advocacy
Founder, Institute for Justice
Arlington, Va.
Teaching lawyers how to serve entrepreneurs
Director, Innovation Practice Institute,
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Pittsburgh
Promoting a national bar exam
President, National Conference of Bar Examiners
Madison, Wis.
Charles Nesson: Post-It-All Prof
Pushing the envelope on info access
Founder, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard School of Law
Cambridge, Mass.
Connecting lawyers digitally
Founder, LexBlog
Seattle
Running a temporary legal staffing business
Founder, Paragon Legal Group
San Francisco
Rick Palmore: Demanding Diversity
Driving for diversity in outside law firms
Executive vice president and general counsel, General Mills
Minneapolis
Changing legal billing line by line
Founder, Summit Law Group
Seattle
Using media to free a client
Graduate, University of Southern California Law School
Los Angeles
Mike Roster: The Cost of Value
Demanding increased value of services
Steering committee chair, ACC Value Challenge
San Francisco
Bringing his state bar into the Internet age
Partner, Pullman & Comley
Hartford, Conn.
Marjorie Shultz: Up to the Test
Designing a race-balanced law exam
Professor emeritus, University of California at Berkeley's Boalt Hall
Berkeley, Calif.
Rodney Smolla: Running a New Play
Revamping law school in a practical mode
Former dean, Washington & Lee School of Law
Lexington, Va.
Founding free legal websites
Founder, Findlaw
San Francisco
Ronald Staudt: Web + Law = A2J
Tying legal aid to technology
Professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago
Suzanne E. Turner: Global Pro Bono
Working to make pro bono international
Partner, Dechert
Washington, D.C.
David Van Zandt: Purple Praise
Taking a business approach to legal education
Dean, Northwestern University Law School
Chicago
Michael Will: With the Program
Designing software that helps lawyers work better and faster
Founder and chief technology officer, Derivative Services and docGenix
New York City
Navigating into the future of the legal profession
Principal, Altman Weil
Newtown Square, Pa.
Promoting curative, therapeutic and holistic law
Managing attorney, Healer of Conflicts Law & Conflict Resolution Center
Asheville, N.C.
