Thread by @greg_doucette, So, many years ago I started compiling a list of attorneys on [...]

So, many years ago I started compiling a list of attorneys on Twitter

The last time I tweeted it out was October 2019, and – as long as it was – it was missing quite a few folks (including my own lawyer @wolmanj)

And I've been updating it since

Someone suggested I instead create a public Twitter List instead, which would simplify following lawyers without having to visit every account of several hundred

A valid point!

Except...

Having stored the list for years in a textfile, there is no quick way for me to add folks to a Twitter List...

...without tweeting the updated list out one last time

Hence, this thread

Let me preface the forthcoming list by saying there were / are a few criteria for inclusion at the time they were added:

Lawyers

Twitter account is public

Reasonably active (though not necessarily about law)

*Generally* not an asshole

(That 4th point is important, because some folks have lost their f*cking minds these last 4 years on a variety of subjects – but nonetheless still typically have not-insane takes on legal topics. So I included them even if I don't like them. Including some who blocked me

)

We also haven't separated out the American attorneys from the attorneys in other countries. You'll find a number of UK / Canada / Australia / etc attorneys in the list

Folks who changed their @'s since the last time were removed because I couldn't find what they are now

And with that, I take a deep breath and tweak the copy/paste...

#LAWTWITTER MEGA-LIST
v3.0 [1/15] (alpha order)

@alankesslr

@AmeriKraut

@amess

@annalecta

@apark2453

@arector12

#LAWTWITTER MEGA-LIST
v3.0 [2/15] (alpha order)

@AriCohn

@avaanoel

@bechamppp

@BillyBrew

@BkEmandScout

@blanx73

@BlondeSockBun

#LAWTWITTER MEGA-LIST
v3.0 [3/15] (alpha order)

@BoozyBarrister

@borrfdad

@bradmossesq

@BrianBuchbinder

@btannebaum

@BullCityVA

@CBHessick

@clsesq

@ConLawWarrior

#LAWTWITTER MEGA-LIST
v3.0 [4/15] (alpha order)

@ConnollyIP

@D_Giffin

@danimargo

@DavidLat

@dholloway_

#LAWTWITTER MEGA-LIST
v3.0 [5/15] (alpha order)

@DiegoAtLaw

@dmschmeyer

@Don_Zeko

@doritmi

@DrRJKavanagh

@EcurbWordoow

@ElieNYC

@elisabeth

@elmunc

@esp1371

@ethanjacobslaw

#LAWTWITTER MEGA-LIST
v3.0 [6/15] (alpha order)

@EveryVoiceNC

@ExavierPope

@ExParteLawyer

@FailShark

@G_Padraic

@gokpkd

@GrinchLaw

@GymTanDefend

@HalfcockedLaw

@HardisonWood

#LAWTWITTER MEGA-LIST
v3.0 [7/15] (alpha order)

@HaygoodLaw

@hayhaydrewdoo

@HetaliLodaya

@HighHeelEsquire

@HitherToFore

@HKP2012

@hoomie24

@infamous_LP

@inspiredcat

@InspiredLawyer

@ishapiro

@J_Dot_J

@j_remy_green

@J4Years

#LAWTWITTER MEGA-LIST
v3.0 [8/15] (alpha order)

@JDSeiglie

@jeffreynye

@JimDedman

@JJGass

@Jteisele

#LAWTWITTER MEGA-LIST
v3.0 [9/15] (alpha order)

@jtreglio

@JTurk125

@karhifer

@LawCatDad

@LawCLT

@LawOfTheGame

@LawyerCat_

#LAWTWITTER MEGA-LIST
v3.0 [10/15] (alpha order)

@LegalEagleDJ

@legalinspire

@LoveMyTN

@LutherEvers

@M_F_Rose

@madbev14

@marceelias

@melroseadam

#LAWTWITTER MEGA-LIST
v3.0 [11/15] (alpha order)

@metroadlib

@mikewhelanjr

@mirriam71

@mjs_DC

@mkkaishian

@mpark6288

@msanthropetweet

@msbellows

@msolurin

@MTLegend

@nancyleong

@NathanBurney

@NC_CyberLaw

@nikiblack

@NoLongerBennett

#LAWTWITTER MEGA-LIST
v3.0 [12/15] (alpha order)

@OGLawPanda

@PDXJenni

@Popehat

@popelizbet

@Porpoise_at_law

@PrestonMitchum

@ProfJessieSmith

@ProfMMurray

#LAWTWITTER MEGA-LIST
v3.0 [13/15] (alpha order)

@RalphEsq

@rlbrooks01

@Scot_Blog

@ScottHech

#LAWTWITTER MEGA-LIST
v3.0 [14/15] (alpha order)

@shadowfuzz

@shonhopwood

@SoFlaEstatePlan

@sqfreak

@TanGyal

@tara_aaron

@Tfort9

@tznkai

#LAWTWITTER MEGA-LIST
v3.0 [15/15] (alpha order)

@WaqarVick

@WillAtFIRE

@WimminsRea

@wolmanj

@ZillyAtRawr

@_505atty

@alittleleader

(Yes I know I broke the alpha order with Alyssa at the end, I forgot she's not a student anymore

After formatting 15 tweets deep I wasn't going back to the beginning

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And though they are not part of #LawTwitter per se, there are several non-lawyers who know law stuff:

@BlanksSlate

@kathryntewson

@pebonilla

@WalterOlson

And law students:

@not_BrianFrance

@thehandsomezach

This will, hopefully, mark the retirement of my textfile

I'm going to work on adding these folks to a Twitter List sometime later and will just update from there

If you were omitted, please don't take it personally – after awhile it just gets really f*ckin' hard to keep an accurate list

Feel free to reply to this tweet if I missed you but you want to be added to the Twitter List whenever it's created

Back when I first went viral, in the halcyon days of February 2016, a bunch of folks asked me what other lawyers I recommended they follow on Twitter

And like the Threadnought, PBMT, and so much else, it soon got out of hand

https://twitter.com/justpersnickety/status/1331318236973916160

https://twitter.com/justpersnickety/status/1331318236973916160

This is Exhibit Pick-A-Number on why I'm retiring the list lol https://twitter.com/catdaddio_esq/status/1331325538418401280

https://twitter.com/catdaddio_esq/status/1331325538418401280

The " #LawTwitter MegaList" will be here:

https://twitter.com/i/lists/1331303827438530561

https://twitter.com/i/lists/1331303827438530561

In place of which account? I have OGLawPanda on there a few tweets up https://twitter.com/tex0110/status/1331331508888547329

https://twitter.com/tex0110/status/1331331508888547329

See?? You're another one that I *could have sworn I added already* back in 2019

https://twitter.com/musicadamt/status/1331329775621828609

https://twitter.com/musicadamt/status/1331329775621828609

I've got 135K followers, going Private does diddly :\\

Instead I untag them from the convo in the next tweet so they *should* only get the tweet they're mentioned in https://twitter.com/seifersythe/status/1331328783861886976