News Alert! – The Legal Talk Network has been acquired by LAWgical, a leading provider of content, SaaS (software-as-a-service) and marketing solutions for the legal industry.

Legal Talk Network, LLC -Former CBS/Boston Broadcast News professionals had the vision for Legal Talk Network. Since 1999, we have been providing online communications and marketing strategies for corporations with the high quality of traditional Television and Radio at the Boston Media Group, located in metro Boston. New media took hold and Legal Talk Network was launched in May 2005, with originally produced legal podcasts, hosted by leading attorneys and legal experts. Now we have over 4-Million downloads and counting!

Legal Talk Network podcasts highlight important issues in the legal profession with high profile guests in a talk show format. They’re produced by professionals and available on-demand on the Legal Talk Network website, in iTunes, by free subscription to RSS and from legal portals, blogs and social networking sites. Listeners make connections with colleagues in a B2B environment, helping everyone meet the challenges of a changing legal world. And sponsors reach a targeted audience in the legal community. It’s a legal marketing strategy that works.

We’re proud that our podcasts have been recognized throughout the legal community over the past five years, with Lawyer2Lawyer, chosen as #1 by the ABA Journal, and at the top of the list of 5 Most Essential Podcasts for Law Firm Professionals. And Legal Talk Network podcasts are in the top 10 in iTunes for legal podcasts. We’re also forever grateful to a handful of lawyers, who came on board Legal Talk Network as hosts of their own podcasts first: Attorneys Paul F. Kenney and James M. Brady with The Boston Bar, Marsha Kazarosian with Power of Attorney, Alan S. Pierce with Workers Comp Matters and Robert Ambrogi and J. Craig Williams, the co-hosts of our top-rated show, Lawyer2Lawyer!

The people at Legal Talk Network are what make the difference – leaders in the new media industry. Our level of skill and experience producing high quality content sets us apart from the noise. We make it our priority to create the most interesting programs in the legal industry, to make it easy for the audience to find them, and to stay in tune with the best technology for listening to podcasts or watching online video. That’s our mission for our audience.

Founder

Lu Ann Reeb is the founder and President of Boston Media Group and Legal Talk Network, LLC. She has developed corporate marketing strategies in a variety of industry sectors and is a new media strategist for the companies’ global clients. In 2004 she coordinated the live television broadcasts at the DNC media headquarters in Boston and John Kerry’s Presidential Election Night Coverage. Lu Ann is a two-time Emmy Award winner, whose career spanned 20 years in Television News including Executive Producer at WBZ-TV/CBS Boston. She produced documentaries and major market TV news programs, covering the people and events making news, including Presidents, major court cases, the world’s first artificial heart implant, a deadly Air Canada plane crash, John Glenn’s second space flight, and the Boston Marathon. The most significant story was the investigation into the wrongful imprisonment of a Boston man, Joe Salvati. WBZ-TV reports with nationally known reporter, Dan Rea led to freedom for Salvati, after 30 years in prison, wrongly convicted for a mob murder in Massachusetts. This spawned national news coverage, unraveling corruption in the FBI and Justice Department, and led to a $101.7 Million federal court ruling against the government.

Reeb was recently recognized by the Massachusetts Bar Foundation with the 2012 President’s Award for outstanding service to the Massachusetts legal community. She has received Associated Press awards and community advocacy awards in four Television markets (1982 – 1999). Reeb is a life-time member of the International Honor Society of Beta Gamma Sigma (2008) and received a post graduate Academic Leadership Award from Suffolk University (2010).

Lu Ann received her M.B.A from Sawyer Business School at Suffolk University in Boston and is an Executive-in-Residence at Emerson College in Boston, teaching Marketing/Communications. She is a frequent speaker and moderator in marketing industry seminars, business conferences and academia on topics such as: The Media Shift, Marketing Strategies that Work and Marketing is a 24/7 Job!

 

Show Producers

Kate Kenney – joined Legal Talk Network in 2005 and is lead producer for all Legal Talk Network programs. She is responsible for coordinating guests and hosts for production in addition to writing show content, such as our flagship weekly program, Lawyer2Lawyer.  As project manager, Kate coordinates all logistics, show schedules and manages the Legal Talk Network control room during each program recording. She also creates the resources made available regarding each program on the website. Kate received her B.A. from Providence College.

Production

Mike Hochman – joined Legal Talk Network in 2006 and is our primary audio engineer. He records and edits the shows both in the studio and in the field with the sound quality of traditional radio. A graduate of Hofstra University, Mike has great skills and new ideas, as well as precise audio management to record and edit each program on Legal Talk Network! Mike also helps manage the Legal Talk Network website and RSS feeds.

Mike attends New England School of Law and will be a candidate for Juris Doctor in 2013.