Comments on: Overlawyered’s ninth anniversary

By: david giacalone

david giacalone — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:37:04 +0000

Belated congratulations to Walter and trusty sidekick Ted. It seems I was a relative latecomer to Overlawyered, but pointed to this website in the first week of the existence of “ethicalEsq,” in a post called “Is a Legal Fee ever too big?” See
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2003/05/31/is-a-legal-fee-ever-too-big/

Back when I was writing daily about lawyer ethics and regularly surfing the blawgisphere, this site was my constant destination and inspiration, as well as a great source of referrals. It continues to be the first place I look when I’m at a loss for a good story of legal perfidy or greed. Keep up the excellent work and thanks for your support over the years.

By: Eric Turkewitz

Eric Turkewitz — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:37:29 +0000

Congrats. Nine years is a lifetime or two in the blogosphere.

By: MTGlass

MTGlass — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:22:50 +0000

They were called “Web Logs” back then; at least that’s the name of the bookmark folder I started for them in December 1999. Memory does not serve, but the circumstantial evidence (had to get something lawyerly in here) suggests I found this site from JunkScience.com, which I had first bookmarked ten days before this site and which was linking here often, right from the start. Thanks for the years of outrage and advocacy, common sense and commentary.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:29:35 +0000

Sadly, I had to google trekwars to find out what you were talking about. But to answer your question: no. I was supporting II MEF’s part of it; details are available on Google.

By: Bill Poser

Bill Poser — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:18:22 +0000

Paul,

Uh, wasn’t Operation Swift Hammer a Trekwars episode, that is, fictional?

By: Ted Frank

Ted Frank — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:59:37 +0000

I can honestly say Overlawyered changed my life. Coincidentally (or not), it's also the fifth anniversary of my first Overlawyered post and the third anniversary of my first day at AEI.

By: GruntDoc

GruntDoc — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:00:31 +0000

Happy Blog Birthday.

Don’t burn yourselves on the candles (or read the product disclaimers first)!

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:38:38 +0000

I think I’ve been reading since December 99/January 2000. I was a young Marine attached to Operation Swift Hammer and my “off” hours in the comm center consisted of Overlawyered and Starcraft, with a little HotOrNot mixed in.

By: Alan Kellogg

Alan Kellogg — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:31:48 +0000

I note the theme grew on you.

Oh, ready for the upgrade to 2.6?

By: National Arbitration Forum blog

National Arbitration Forum blog — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:03:12 +0000

Happy 9th Year Overlawyered!