Adams and Reese partner Jeff Richardson’s blog, iPhoneJD.com, is the second highest visited legal blog published by an attorney in an AmLaw 200 firm, according to a July 1 article in Bloomberg, “Study: More Law Firms Blogging, Few Blogs Mobile-Friendly.”
The results come from a report by LexBlog, Inc. and is based on data compiled by Alexa Internet, Inc., an Amazon subsidiary which provides commercial web traffic data on more than 30 million web sites globally.
Richardson’s blog is the oldest and largest website for attorneys who use iPhones and iPads in their law practice. iPhone J.D. has also been recognized by the ABA Journal, which named it the best legal technology blog in 2010, 2011 and 2013, and added iPhone J.D. to its Blawg Hall of Fame in 2014.
Richardson is in the firm's New Orleans office, and his practice areas include complex litigation, products liability litigation and appellate litigation.
A major emphasis of his practice is appellate litigation, where he has substantial experience sifting through complex trial court records to select the focus of the briefs and oral argument. He is an Appellate Practice Specialist, certified by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization, and he is one of only 15 attorneys in Louisiana with that certification.
Richardson’s complex litigation practice encompasses a variety of clients and issues including insurance coverage, contractual disputes, and tort or statutory claims — especially those that tend to be both sophisticated and very risky for the client. A member of the Product Liability Advisory Council, he also defends clients in high-stakes product liability litigation.
In the community, Richardson is a volunteer for Louisiana Appleseed, an organization which works to devise effective solutions that will increase access to education, opportunity and justice for large numbers of people, often through legislative and rule changes. For example, he was instrumental in getting rules changed to allow Louisiana attorneys to receive continuing legal education credit by performing pro bono work, thus making it easier for all Louisiana attorneys to increase their pro bono activities.