Eric Fader has been blogging since 2012, but when he joined Rivkin Radler in 2018 he needed to prove to his new firm just how effective law blogs are. He told those at the firm if they started a new blog it would not fail under his watch. That turned out to be an understatement as Fader’s blog, Rivkin Rounds has been a resounding success—so much so that it has now moved off of the firm’s website and onto its own site on the LexBlog platform. He joins Bob Ambrogi on This Week in Legal Blogging to discuss his blog’s journey and how it became the place for “your prescribed dose of health law news.”
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Episode Outline
- 01:22 – Fader has practiced healthcare law since before it was a widely recognized area of law
- 03:47 – How the pandemic has impacted what kinds of issues he deals with
- 09:22 – He blogged at his two previous firms
- 10:36 – When he joined Rivkin Radler he took it upon himself to prove how useful blogs are
- 13:07 – Rivkin Rounds moved onto the LexBlog platform in September of 2021
- 14:47 – What convinced others at the firm that the blog was working
- 17:32 – The difference between he and Lou Vlahos, another blogger at Rivkin Radler
- 20:03 – He tries not to editorialize, but occasionally allows for a bit of snark in his posts
- 22:10 – Where he looks for topics and how he makes time for blogging
- 23:51 – When it comes to blog posts, brevity is better
- 28:30 – How blogging has helped him with professional development
- 30:22 – Blogging has led to tangible business development
- 32:25 – His advice to other law bloggers