Lawyers: Why I follow (some of) you on Twitter

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Ours is a personal injury practice with a national approach. In our offices, we not only have attorneys licensed in three states, but we litigate across the country.

On Twitter for one of our accounts we have taken a deliberate approach to following certain types of attorneys. We have compiled a list of lawyers by state and by specialty. For specialties, I follow attorneys in these areas: Criminal law, family law, estates, transactional, and immigration. I don't spend much time seeking out or searching for IP lawyers (unless they are interesting) or construction.

Why do I follow in those areas at all? Because our office now is actively involved in litigation in multiple Multi District Litigation matters involving unsafe/recalled products across the country. We are not limited to the south in our practice, and of the many people we represent, on average (we keep records) we have current clients asking about 30-50 times a month law questions other areas of law we don't practice, as well as in states we are not licensed in. 

So, if you wonder why one of us decides to follow you now some of you know.