Davis LLP is First Canadian Law Firm to Open Office in Second Life
Davis LLP is excited to be the first Canadian law firm to open an office in Second Life: http://www.secondlife.com Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by a total of over 9 million residents from around the globe.
The Davis LLP office in Second Life was started by the firm's Video Game Law & Interactive Entertainment Group and currently focuses on intellectual property, technology and video game law. The Davis lawyers present in Second Life are represented by avatars (digital representations of people), and the virtual office features a lobby, a library with topical legal information, a recruiting centre, and a secure boardroom.
Davis LLP lawyers that are currently residents on Second Life currently include Dani Lemon (avatar: Lemon Darcy), Sarah Dale-Harris (BarristerSolicitor Underwood), Pablo Guzman (PabloGuzman Little), Chris Bennett (IPand Teichmann), David Spratley (DaveS Blackadder), and Chris Metcalfe (IP Maximus).
"The virtual world of Second Life gives us the opportunity to interact with our current and potential clients in a unique way," stated Dani Lemon at Davis LLP. "We also aim to generate business leads and attract job candidates for our bricks-and mortar business through Second Life."
Davis LLP is a leading full-service law firm with more than 220 legal advisors and patent and trade-mark agents across Canada and in Japan. Davis LLP has Canada's first Video Games & Interactive Entertainment Law Group and the world's first Video Game Law blog, http://www.videogamelawblog.com, which has large and loyal international following.
For more information on Davis's presence in Second Life, please contact Dani Lemon in Vancouver at 604.643.6457, Sarah Dale-Harris in Toronto at 416.365.3510 or Pablo Guzman in Montreal at 514.392.8406, and visit http://slurl.com/secondlife/Zurich%20City/99/240/27