Elliot from ElliotsBlog.com wrote an interesting article yesterday about lawyers that might be worth keeping in mind the next time you get involved in the UDRP process, a trademark infringement case or simply buying a domain name for a large sum of money. I think that yes, lawyers with blogs should be recognized for interacting with potential clients in the domaining and internet industry. And yes, lawyers with personal websites that are periodically updated often look better than a lawyer with a simple profile page on a firm website.

While many people can barely afford a lawyer in the first place, for those of you who can afford a lawyer for transactions or lawsuits, you shouldn’t only consider lawyers known amongst the domaining industry. This isn’t meant to insult any of the firms who do often blog about domain transactions and trademark, but do you really want a lawyer who has that much time on there hands. Normally, a lawyer with a lot of free time and few clients isn’t the lawyer you want representing you. That probably means he or she is not the best lawyer in the world.

Of course, there are plenty of exceptions. Take Traverse Legal for example. You’ll see a blog post from them every once in a while on Domaining.com. They happen to get a lot of clients, and somehow squeeze in the time to post a blog post. There are plenty of other exceptions, but nonetheless, it’s something to think about.

I just think many intellectual property lawyers from big and small U.S. firms who don’t necessarily specialize in domains, but have tried cases including domain names, go overlooked a lot. And you shouldn’t only be looking into the names that Elliot listed on his blog post, but doing some research and calling some firms that you’ve heard of before and talking to general intellectual property lawyers. You’d be surprised, you might be able to afford them. Rates are going down, so now’s the time to get hooked up with a good attorney if you need one. Elliot wrote a well-researched post, but you need to be the one to take his research 1 step forward.