Introduce yourself

Happy Wednesday, Smokeball Community! My name is Huma, and I am Smokeball’s newest Community Manager. I have been a lawyer licensed in the state of Illinois, practicing in both federal and state courts, since 2012. Most of that time was spent as a criminal defense attorney, followed up by federal and state clemency practice and advocacy as well as international diplomacy.  Smokeball is near and dear to my heart. As a former client, it saved me many hours and much stress in my past life as a litigator. I am excited to join the Community you all have built here and I hope to bring more value, laughter, learning, and whimsy to Smokeball’s backbone: you, our firms and legal practitioners.  The conversations you all have been leading show a cadre of diverse lawyers and practice groups interested in learning and sharing more about their practice areas, expanding their network with like-minded colleagues and firms, and helping Smokeball continue to be an innovative and responsive force that l

in this month Oklahoma Bar magazine there is a full page add for smokeball.  Anyone in Oklahoma using Smokeball would like to form a group to utilize all of the many tools of smokeball.James V Murrayjvmlaw.com

Has anyone succeeded in getting customer support to consistently email instead of hit and run phone calls or vice versa? I’ve tried to ask them to email in my support requests, and to generally respond via email, but it seems like often they instead decide to just call, leave a voicemail (sometimes), and then claim later they tried to reach me and they close the ticket. I’m finding that very little is getting resolved quickly, and what does get resolved sometimes takes awhile. A few requests do get handled quickly. I’m wondering if anyone has figured out the best way to get good support, or if its a lost cause.

Hi AllThe new fix/change for processing disbursements with respect to GST has been a game changer.

We just migrated to Smokeball and I wanted to introduce myself.  Looking forward to being a part of the group. Terry (TBrown)

Our community is now 3 months old! Wow, that went fast, thanks for stopping by! Here is our third introduce yourself here post. Take a moment to help us get to know you by answering these three questions- it only takes 3 minutes! What is a cause or purpose you deeply believe in?  How do you get motivated for a difficult task?  If you had a magic button on your desk to bring you whatever you wanted, what would it summon?How to reply Scroll down and click the orange reply button. Can’t reply?If you’re new here and can’t see the reply button- open your inbox and confirm your email first. I look forward to reading your answers! 

I’m taking the lead this month on the tradition of creating a new conversation each month for members new and old to get to know each other by answering some random questions.Whether you’ve been using Smokeball for years or are brand new here, please feel free to have some fun tackling these questions. Here are your August questions!Have you ever met a famous tv or film or stage lawyer? If not, have you met any other celebrities or anyone famous? What is your favorite category or matter tag you currently use in Smokeball ? Or, if you’re new to tags, what’s one feature you’re finding super handy when using Smokeball?  What is your favorite summer food or drink?Also, photo for attention for this post, here is Joel McHale aka Tv Lawyer Jeff Winger from the TV series community. If this isn’t the perfect blend of question no. 1, a lawyer and community based, I don’t know more what could be? 

I’m starting a tradition of creating a new conversation each month for members new and old to get to know each other by answering some random questions.Whether you’ve been using Smokeball for years or are brand new here, please feel free to have some fun tackling these questions. Here are your July questions!If you could have any superpower, what would you pick?  Are there particular areas of law that you specialise in? What are they?  I’m creating a playlist full of favourite songs from our community members (below). Share an artist and song name that’s an old favourite or a new obsession and I’ll add it in! Note: If you signed up to this community via the Smokeball desktop application and you would like to reply via your normal web browser, then you’ll need to create a password here first.  

Welcome!We’d all like to learn a bit more about who you are and what brings you here to our little community.Every month I’ll start a new thread where members new and old can share a little about themselves. With out further ado- here’s our first round of questions. What was the most recent book or article you read?  Where in the world do you hail from?  Carlill v the Carbolic Smoke Ball Co.  established some interesting legal precedents and also inspired the name of this community and the Smokeball software.  Share another interesting, weird or wonderful case here. It doesn’t have to be your own. Mine is Leonard v. Pepsico, Inc.Just hit reply and share your answers! Note: The reply button is at the end of the conversation so far, so you might need to do some scrolling in bigger threads like this one. If you can’t post yet, then please head to your email inbox to confirm your email.