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> > If I have anything to do with it, the EFF cooperating attorney
> >idea wil DEFINITELY be continued. Scrape the EFF name off, even,
> >and I'm still going to be doing it.
> >blivion
> 
> NTE here in New York wants to start something like it (either confined to
> those near us geographically or not, we haven't yet decided). How have you
> folks been working it? Who is in charge of keeping track of the names and
> referring people over at Austin? at EFF? What did you find didn't work as
> well as it ought? What would you improve about it? Thanks. -S.
> 
 There are4 not so many of us yet that organization is a big problem.
So far, people in need of advice have been able to come in contact with
active cyberpeople who know who the lawyers are. The National org
named me an Official EFF Cooperating Attorney last year, but there has
been little followup. Right now the map looks like this, of the lawpeople
who seem to be able to commit more than lipservice to our goals:

Mike Godwin
Shari Steele
.... National coordination, Congressional issues, 
Out-of-State federal litigation

Ed Cavazos
   Sysop liability, EFF-Austin legal coordination

Walter Prentice
   (walter213@austin.relay.ucm.org)
    Board-certified criminal attorney, EFF-Austin

blivion@taronga.com Steve Ryan
(moi) Civil trial lawyer, Houstonoid, liaison with Texas Bar
Computer law Section, informal adviser and contact to some
parts of the computer "underground"

Mikki Barry of Intercon has recently appeared on our discussion
groups, house counsel to Intercon company, Virginia

...and of course the George/Kennedy firm from Austin currently
running SJ's case against the SS.
Ed can tell us a lot more about their involvement.
.....
That's pretty much all of us, as I see it now.
We're pretty informal so far. If you have any more law people
who want to help, please let me know and we';ll ask National to
maybe start a database; this is what the EFF Cooperating Attorney
program is supposed to be about, I think.
PS: I hope to meet lance Rose soon and find out if he is interested
in actively networking with us, he is an authority in the field.
There is also an EFF-Austin project with the Travis County Bar Assoc
Computer section that looks real promising...
Regards,
bliv