Author Profile
Kevin O'Keefe
Phone: (206) 340-8204
411 1st Avenue South
Suite 304
Seattle
WA
98104
United States
Channels
- Practice Area
- Administrative Law
- Admiralty & Maritime Law
- Advertising Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- AmLaw 200 Blogs
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- Consumer Law
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- Criminal Law
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- Education Law
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- Electronic Discovery
- Employment & Labor Law
- Environmental Law
- General Counsel Blogs
- Immigration Law
- Insurance Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- International Law
- Judiciary Law
- Media, Entertainment & Sports Law
- Law Firm Management & Legal Marketing
- Personal Injury & Medical Law
- Probate & Estate Planning
- Real Estate & Construction Law
- Tax & Financial Law
- Technology
- Whistleblower Law
- Law School
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About
Kevin O’Keefe is one of the nation’s leading voices on legal blogging who has traveled around North America to share insights on its potential. He is the founder & president of LexBlog, Inc., and his blog Real Lawyers Have Blogs is a valuable source of information and commentary on the use of blogs, RSS, and social media for the marketing of law firms.
Professional Experience
- President & Founder, LexBlog Inc. (2004-present)
- Vice President, LexisNexis’ Martindale-Hubbell (2001-2002)
- President & Founder, Prairielaw.com (1998-2001)
- Trial lawyer, private law firm (1982-1999)
Education
- JD, University of the Pacific – McGeorge School of Law (1982)
- BBA (Finance), University of Notre Dame (1978)
Recent Articles
More Twitter naivety from a lawyer
David Giacalone is the latest lawyer to dismiss Twitter as a mindless waste of time and to brag about the fact that he's not using Twitter - like that'll make other ignorant souls think more of him. Things might have improved a bit (or at least gotten a patina of adult and professional...
Twitter tips for lawyers : TwiTip
Darren Rowse, a heck of a nice guy who's taught hundreds of thousands the ins and outs of blogging via his blog, ProBlogger, has launched a new blog, TwiTip. From Darren: TwiTip is a blog about Twitter. It’s a place that I’ll be posting tips, news and reviews of tools for those wanting to improve ...
Chicago Beer for Bloggers Thursday evening (and need a ticket for Grant Park tonight)
Carrying on the LexBlog tradition of 'Beer for Bloggers' when I'm traveling, we're having a meet up at 6 PM this Thursday evening in Chicago at Poag Mahone's at 333 S Wells St. Drinks are on LexBlog. And as always, the invite is not limited to law bloggers. Lawyers without blogs, other...
Lawyer SEO junkies like crack cocaine addicts
LexBlog's VP of Client Development, Kevin McKeown, asked me this morning how I bring lawyers down from their SEO fixation. Thought I'd share with you what I shot to McKeown. Lawyers addicted to SEO are like crack cocaine addicts who need to get their fix. Don't care how, from whom, or at what...
Existing law blogs on your intended topic don't preclude blogging success
Lawyers and law firms often decide what area of law to blog on based on whether other lawyers are already blogging on the niche being considered. The logic goes there are already a couple successful law blogs on the topic, it's too late for us. The latest discussion on the topic arises in comments...