In Preparation of Launch

I am coordinating the initiation of this blog with the launch of my new(ish) Web site. My site isn't actually new. Rather, I have retooled it to reflect more accurately my current practice and where my practice will be heading in the future.

The publish date is still as far off as a couple of weeks. In the mean time, I wanted to get this blog started in preparation.

This blog will focus mainly on Minnesota and National law and politics, but I also plan to write about interesting developments in the law and politics of other states. Topics will include both criminal and civil law. I will undoubtedly write with a bias toward the legal and political topics that interest me. However, I will always be open to suggested topics, which may even include topics tenuously related or even completely unrelated to law and politics.

Three URLs will all point to the same main site. Two are intended to promote brand recognition, and one (the main one) is intended to comply with the strictest of Bar rules, which require that lawyers' URLs shall indicate that the main site designation be indicative of the name of the firm or attorney.

Since I am a sole practitioner (or maybe soul practitioner?), my main URL is pkodenlaw.com. My initials, and last name, are, drum roll, p.k. oden. Plain enough, right?

I also operate a site that advertises my lawyer-to-lawyer services. I advise and represent Minnesota attorneys on Minnesota lawyers professional responsibility rules compliance. Quite a mouthful. That site is Ethics in Advertising. Currently, I only practice in Minnesota and only provide professional responsibility opinions on the Minnesota Lawyers Professional Responsibility Rules. However, I am willing to offer non-legal hints, tips, and advice on sites anywhere (at no fee) as my time permits.

From time to time, I also hope to publish law and politics related conversations I have with fellow attorneys, academics, and students. These will always be redacted, but they should also be fun. I promise always to publish these with no post-editing. I already have several planned. Some will be short and serious while others will be long and humorous. And vice versa.

So, from a pleasantly balmy St. Paul, Minnesota, I am signing off on this first post of what I hope to be a long and fulfilling blog-tastic enterprise.

Take care.