Author Archives: Finis Price

Ghostwriting in Legal Blogs

Kevin O’Keefe over at LexBlog has a fantastic article discussing the question of whether ghostwritten Lawyer Blogs are unethical. This is an issue which has been percolating for some time. This has been hastened by companies such as FindLaw and other consultants feeding into the legal field’s FUD (Fear – Uncertainty – Doubt) over social…

Join Me at MILOfest November 10-12

MILOfest (the 3 day convention for Mac using lawyers from MILO) is November 10-12 in Orlando this year. I will be speaking on OS X Lion as well as using the iPad in your law practice. Many more talented speakers will be there including, Mark Marenda, Ben Stevens, Larry Port, Jack Newton, Victor Medina, Randy…

Launch of iPadESQ – iPad Apps for Lawyers

TechnoEsq is proud to announce the launch of iPadESQ, a website dedicated to lawyers using the iPad in their legal practice. Having heard from so many attorneys who use the iPad and their requests for my list of iPad Apps I recommend in my seminars, we here at TechnoEsq thought it would be a good…

The day I spoke with Steve Jobs

This is a post from TechnoEsq back in February 2007. I thought it pertinent on this sad day that my hero died. Let me preface this post by saying, I love macs, but have used PC’s since before MS-DOS was around, ah, good old IBM PC-DOS. So please don’t take this post to mean this…

The Effects of Social Media on Jury Trials

Having just finished a highly publicized jury trial in Indiana involving three wrongful death claims against the Indiana Department of Transportation, I can tell you that the jury’s access to social media, internet news and other sites was adressed with them every time the jury left the courtroom. Jury access to the internet and social…

Special Thank You to the South Carolina Association for Justice

I just got back from my trip to South Carolina yesterday and I can’t tell you all how much I enjoyed this mini-vacation. For those who don’t know, I spoke at the South Carolina Association for Justice’s Annual Convention in Hilton Head. I think my presentation on using the iPad in litigation was well-received and…

Been in Trial

I just wanted to post a quick post explaining the lack of posting. TechnoEsq Presentations has been involved in three trials over the past month, creating opening statements/closing arguments and managing exhibits during trial. Things are starting to slow up so as I catch up on work we will be posting again soon. Coming up…

MILOChat Weekly – Episode 19 – iOS and OS X Lion

Episode 19 of Macs in Law Offices (MILO) Chat Weekly has been posted! In this episode the hosts, Ben Stevens, Finis Price, and our guest, Randy Juip, talk about Apple’s announcements at WWDC 2011, including iOS 5 and OS X Lion. Comments? Send them to milochat@miloweekly.com Download the podcast directly by right-clicking and saving this…

Symantec Releases Report on iPhone and iPad Security vs. Android

It’s hard to argue with Symantec, one of the leading anti-virus, trojan and malware companies in the world, when they discuss the security of an operating system. What is interesting is that this leader in the market of security has come out with a report on the security of iOS (iPhone and iPad) compared with…

TrialPad 2.0 Review – Trial Presentation App for the iPad

***UPDATE – Please note that a video is posted in the comments below purporting to be TrialPad displaying the wrong exhibit on the display than that shown on the iPad. I have been in direct contact with the developers of TrialPad and neither they nor myself are able to reproduce this alleged “defect”. Upon closer…