
CEO, Legal Trends Network; Owner/Designer, GinaDrew.Com
Asheville, North Carolina Area

CEO, Legal Trends Network; Owner/Designer, GinaDrew.Com
Asheville, North Carolina Area
Legal Trends Network is an information resource and collaborative exchange that allows lawyers, judges, law professors, and students to share articles, news, and other resources focused on peaceful and therapeutic means of conflict resolution and dispensation of justice. Legal Trends Network covers new modalities in:
* Social Justice and the Rule of Law
* Alternative Dispute Resolution
* Collaborative and Cooperative Law
* Transformative Mediation
* Problem Solving Courts
* Therapeutic Jurisprudence
* Court and Law Office Technology
* Restorative Justice
* Criminal and Prison Reform
Other topics covered include sections on law practice management and components centered on lawyer satisfaction and well-being. The site is organized so that each topic of discussion has its own resource page as a starting point for those individuals interested in a specific discipline.
Legal Trends Network is a free resource for legal professionals. With the addition of the new social networking aspect of the Legal Trends Network site, like-minded lawyers can now form and join groups where they can engage in discussion, collaborate on articles, broadcast email messages to their group members, and maintain group event calendars, among other common functions.
I am a former Florida trial paralegal turned designer. I specialize in branding, marketing and creation of Internet presences for lawyers and law firms. I'm the former administrator of a 600-member Western North Carolina district bar association, fundraiser, event organizer and creator and publisher of their print magazine, The Bar Briefs. I am involved in the creation of a software for judges purposed to reduce stress and increase efficiency for everyone.
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Legal Services industry)
March 2005 — Present (4 years 10 months)
Creation and development of a user-driven online resource and social network for lawyers and legal professionals promoting and reporting on transformational and resolutionary trends and technological developments for traditional and virtual law practices.
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Design industry)
March 2002 — Present (7 years 10 months)
Marketing and advertising for legal professionals. Branding, website development, internet presence and print media marketing
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2009 — 2009 (less than a year)
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
April 2003 — June 2006 (3 years 3 months)
Management of a 600 professional association of attorneys, event management and coordination, fundraising and marketing. Editor and designer of The Bar Briefs, the association's print magazine.
I am passionate about therapeutic and restorative justice, criminal justice reform and conflict resolution. It is my goal to realign public perception of legal professionals as leaders in a dynamically changing world.
28th Judicial District Bar