Featured Attorney turned Weightloss Guru

Mark is not currently a contract attorney, but neverless I thought his story was interesting to post.

Have You Gained Weight Since You Began Document Review and Discovery? Mark gained weight while doing such things as an associate at Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg, LLP In fact, he gained over 50 pounds in the process. After losing this weight, he launched the first in the nation executive weight loss consulting service for attorneys by an attorney (see http://www.attorneyweightloss.com/) Mark will work with you to set forth a customized and individualized program for you. He provides daily support, motivation, and personal accountability via e-mail and telephone (and in person at 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW). His company has a 100% success rate among those attorneys committed to losing weight. He knows what it takes to lose weight while doing document review. You will find his guidance, advice, suggestions and accountability to be invaluable to your weight loss efforts.

As a courtesy to contract attorneys, he is offering contract attorneys 20% off his rates, which are posted at http://www.attorneyweightloss.com/

Featured Contract Attorney: Jay Kuperstein

Jay Kuperstein is a contract attorney in Washington, D.C. He is a third-generation Washingtonian. Jay graduated from Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland, which perennially ranked among the top public schools in the country and is featured in the book “The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids.”

At Whitman, he earned the Scholar Athlete Award for varsity football. He earned his undergraduate degree in Kinesiology at the University of Michigan. While enrolled at Michigan, he worked as an intern for the United States Olympic Committee and Washington Sports and Entertainment.

After graduating, Jay worked for NBA Entertainment, where he was a video editor. Jay helped produce Emmy and Telly award winning projects as well as contributing video bumpers for the launch of NBA.comTV.

Jay attended law school at American University’s Washington College of Law. While there, he was chosen for the New York City Hall Legal Honors Program. He also served as a Senior Associate on American University’s International Law Review and as the Vice President of the Sports and Entertainment Law Society.

Jay has been featured in the Washington City Paper, DC Style Magazine, and appeared in the films “Flags of our Fathers” and “The Invasion.”

As an attorney, Jay specializes in Telecommunications Intellectual Property Litigation as well as Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust investigations. He is licensed in Washington, DC.

You can read more about Jay here.

Featured Contract Attorney: Joseph Miller

Joseph Miller currently works as a contract attorney in Washington, D.C., and is the founder of JDWired.com.

Before becoming a lawyer, he worked in advertising sales, production, and music research at New York City radio stations, including New York’s legendary WQXR-FM, The Classical Station of the New York Times--the oldest radio station in New York City. He also interned at 103.5FM WKTU, 95.5FM WPLJ, and at WQHT (Hot 97), where he also worked part-time while he was still in high school. At the time, he was the youngest person working in New York City radio. He is also a trained musician. Before college, he attended the Mannes Conservatory Preparatory School and the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for Music and Art and the Performing Arts, which was popularized by the "Fame" television show, film, and Broadway show. He earned a B.S. in Mass Communications, with Concentration in Music and Minor in Business Administration, from the State University of New York College at Plattsburgh, where he worked as a Resident Advisor, Jazz Ensemble Pianist, and Program Director of the college radio station. At Plattsburgh, he was inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa, The National Leadership Honor Society.

He attended the New York Law School at night while, during the day, he worked in various administrative positions at the McGraw-Hill Companies. While in law school, he served as an editor of that law school's Media Law & Policy journal. Upon obtaining his Juris Doctorate, he worked in advertising sales at CBS-TV in New York, from 2003-2004. He then went to work for Pace University, from 2004-2005, where he served as the Assistant Director of Pace’s business incubator program.

Joe moved to the Washington, D.C. area in 2005 where he held a one-year fellowship with the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council. He is admitted to practice law in New York. Originally from New York City, he now lives in the Washington, D.C. area.

Disclosure: 90% of that I took from Joe's linkedin.com site. I really like what he is doing with jdwired.com. I encourage everyone to check out the site.