Vote for the Best NY Blawg and Blawger

Vote tally UPDATE:  See the comments section of this post for the vote tallies as of 1:06 p.m. on 10/19/07.

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The nominations are in and it's time to vote for your favorite New York Blawg and New York-based blawger.  Voting will close on Wednesday, October 24th at midnight EST.  Although Sui Generis was nominated, I'm taking it out of the running since the contests are being hosted on this blog.

Also, I inadvertantly left out one of the nominated New York blawgers, so I posted a new poll which includes that blawger.  Only 3 votes were cast in the prior poll, and I made note of those for whom the votes were cast and will include those votes in the final tally.

Of course, there are prizes at stake, as described after the polls.  And, remember, you can only vote once!

Who is your favorite New York-based blawger?
	Scott Greenfield, Simple Justice
	Eric Turkewitz, New York Personal Injury Law
	Monica Bay, The Common Scold
	Walter Olson, Overlawyered
	Andrew Lavoot Bluestone, New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
	Dustin, Quizlaw
	Bridget Crawford, Feminist Law Professors
	Ann Althouse, Althouse
	Peter Lattman, Wall Street Journal Law Blog
	Paul Finkelman, Balkanization
	Melissa Lafsky, Opinionistas
	Marty Schwimmer, Trademark Blog and Between Lawyers
	Caitlyn Borgmann, Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
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Which is your favorite New York blawg?
	No Fault Paradise
	New York Civil Law
	Judicial Reports
	Indignant Indigent
	New York Criminal Term Library
	Wait a Second!
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Best New York-based blawger

The winner of the best NY-based blawger contest will receive their choice of any single item sold by The Billable Hour (luxury watch line and sets excluded).  The Billable Hour, co-owned by husband and wife team Lisa Solomon and Mark Solomon, both of whom are attorneys, offers clever gifts and greeting cards for legal professionals.

Second and third place winners receive a copy of the newly released novel about the misadventures of two former Camden cops-turned-lawyers, Death by Rodrigo.  It's written by a former federal prosecutor Ron Liebman.

Best New York Blawg

The winner of the Best New York blawg contest receives a signed copy of attorney Sairo Rao's witty novel, Chambermaid, about a young attorney's eventful year as a clerk for a Federal Court Judge.

Second place receives a signed copy of attorney Adam Freedman's newly released book, about the curious world of legalese, The Party of the First Part.

Third place receives a a copy of the newly released novel about the misadventures of two former Camden cops-turned-lawyers, Death by Rodrigo.  It's written by a former federal prosecutor Ron Liebman.

Comments

[Mark Bennett]

Nicole,

Is there a way for us to see the current standings without voting again? I couldn't find it.

Mark.

[NBlack]

Mark,

I didn't set the poll up to allow that and now can't change it without erasing all votes. But, here is the status as of 1:06 p.m. on 10/19 (with an additional vote added to the total #s set forth below for Walter Olson, Scott Greenfield and Marty Schwimmer due to my re-starting the poll as explained in the original post:

For the NY blawger contest:
Scott Greenfield, Simple Justice 10% 16

Eric Turkewitz, New York Personal Injury Law 3% 5

Monica Bay, The Common Scold 0% 0

Walter Olson, Overlawyered 1% 2

Andrew Lavoot Bluestone, New York
Attorney Malpractice Blog 1% 1

Dustin, Quizlaw 6% 9

Bridget Crawford, Feminist Law Professors 23% 36

Ann Althouse, Althouse 2% 3

Peter Lattman, Wall Street Journal Law Blog 9% 14

Paul Finkelman, Balkanization 1% 1

Melissa Lafsky, Opinionistas 0% 0

Marty Schwimmer, Trademark Blog and Between Lawyers 13% 20

Caitlyn Borgmann, Reproductive Rights Prof Blog 32% 51

158 votes total
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For the NY Blawg contest:

No Fault Paradise ( www.nofaultparadise.blogspot.com ) 17% 4

New York Civil Law ( http://nylaw.typepad.com/new_york_civil_law/ ) 17% 4

Judicial Reports ( http://www.judicialreports.com/ ) 13% 3

Indignent Indigent ( http://indignantindigent.blogspot.com/ ) 25% 6

New York Criminal Term Library ( http://www.bloglines.com/blog/PLL ) 8% 2

Wait a Second! ( http://secondcircuitcivilrights.blogspot.com/ ) 21% 5

24 votes total

[Eric @ New York Personal Injury Law Blog]

Fix!

[NBlack]

Well, I'm not sure I'd call it a "fix". I sent an email to every blogger that was in the running. It seems as if some are doing an exceptional job at publicizing this contest, some have completely ignored my email and others are somewhere in between.

And, I sent an email out to high traffic blogs re: this contest, and a few posted about it, such as David Lat at ATL.

I'm not sure what else I can do on my end.

Any suggestions or assistance in getting the word out would be appreciated...

[Eric @ New York Personal Injury Law Blog]

I demand a recount!

[Sandy Hausler]

I never received an e-mail from you. And Second Opinions isn't even on the ballot. Not that I think I'd have a chance of winning, but, you know, it's the principle of the thing.

[NBlack]

Hi Sandy,

The nomination period ran for one week and was announced on my blog. People were free to nominate their own blogs as well as other blogs and bloggers. The only way to be included in the contest is to have been nominated during that nomination period.

Sorry if you weren't aware of it, but I kept it open (and featured as the top post on my blog) for a week in the hopes that everyone would have a chance to view the post and submit nominations.

[Mark Bennett]

I found that by trying to vote again (in the name of science) I could view the current results.