ALAN F. BLAKLEY
405 Mason Street Court, Suite 119
Fort Collins, Colorado  80524


Communication Center:

Phone: (970) 492-0000
E-mail: Contact Us
Fax: (970) 492-0003
Web Site: http://www.crmiles.com


Areas of Practice:

Business Litigation
Electronic Information Risk Assessment and Management

 
Bar Admissions:

United States Supreme Court
Texas
Montana (inactive)
United States District Court of Colorado
United States District Court of Montana
United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
United States Court of Claims
U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

Education:

Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University, summa cum laude
Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina


Published Works:

Northern Colorado Business Report:

Help Employees Keep Company Secrets Secret
June 17, 2011
http://www.ncbr.com/article.asp?id=58220

Collect all information before you call your lawyer
August 26, 2011
http://www.ncbr.com/article/20110826/EDITION0814/59389?pagenumber=2

Inventors, lace up your running shoes quietly
October 27, 2011
http://www.ncbr.com/article/20111027/EDITION0814/111029907/0/SEARCH

The art, science of avoiding costly litigation
January 13, 2012
http://www.ncbr.com/article/20120113/EDITION02/120119951/0/SEARCH

Tips on working with your lawyer
February 24, 2012
http://www.ncbr.com/article/20120224/EDITION0814/120229919/0/SEARCH


It's a chore but this is a good time to clean up your records
April 6, 2012
http://www.ncbr.com/article/20120406/EDITION02/120409920/0/SEARCH


Books:

Computer Spyware: Need for Legal Reform in Data Security and Identity Theft (Amicus Books, 2009)
Written & Electronic Discovery: Theory and Practice  (NITA, Spring 2009)
2006 e-Discovery Rules Changes (editor) (RLS Legal Solutions) 2006.
Digital Litigation Handbook: The Collection & Use of Electronic Evidence, (ALM Publications) 2005.
Mastering Written Discovery, (Matthew Bender-NITA) 2004.
Electronic Information: Its Life Cycle a Legal Perspective,  (Fed. Bar Ass’n Publishers) 2002.
Electronic Discovery: The Challenges & Opportunities of Electronic Evidence, (Fed. Judicial Center) 2001.
Electronic Discovery: A CLE Provider’s Guide, (Fed. Judicial Center ) 2001.
      
     
Law Review Articles:

Digital Audio Files in Litigation, 2 J. Legal Tech. Risk Mgmt. 1 November 2007.
Legal Status of Spyware, 59 Fed. Comm. L.J. 161, January 2007.
Privacy: The Delicate Balance of Self & Other, 3 Rutgers J.L. & Urban Policy 1, Spring 2006.
Information Technology and the Shift Beyond German Procedure in US Courts, Proceedings of the Int’l Conf. on Legal, Security & Privacy Issues in IT Law; (nominated for best academic paper).
Coddling Spies: Why the Law Doesn’t Adequately Address Computer Spyware, 2005 Duke L. & Tech. Rev. 25.
To Squeal or Not to Squeal: Ethical Obligations of Officers of the Court in Possession of Information of Public Interest, 34 Cumb. L. Rev. 65 (2003).
Antitrust Issues for Lawyers Representing Small Businesses, 54 Mont. L. Rev. 225 (1993).
The Cost of Killing Criminals, 18 No. Ky. L. Rev. 61 (1990).
The Northwest Power Act: An Electric Bill for Anadromous  Fishes, 24 Gonz. L. Rev. 321 (1989).
      
     
Other articles:

'Australia’s Approach to e-Discovery: An Interesting Alternative', The Federal Lawyer, May 2008.
'Ethical Issues in e-Discovery', New Jersey Bar Journal, August 2007.
'Sharpen Your Discovery from Nonparties', Trial Magazine, April 2007.
'Unanswered Questions in the 2006 Federal Rules Changes', The Federal Lawyer, November/December 2006.
'Voice over Internet Protocol', The Federal Lawyer, August 2005.
Column “Practice & Procedure,” The Federal Lawyer: ‘Tell Me Why’, October 2004; ‘In the Eyes of a Client’, November/December 2004; ‘Everyone Hates Discovery’, January 2005; ‘Rules of Procedure: Always Worth Reviewing’, May 2005; ‘Privacy in a Public Place’, June 2005; ‘If I Could Choose’, July 2005; ‘Making the Most of Technology’, August 2005; ‘Working with Relevant Agency Information’, September 2005; ‘Privilege Log Dilemma’, October 2005, ‘Expect the Unexpected’, January 2006, ‘Law Practice: Healthy Challenges or Unhealthy Stress’, February 2006; ‘Professionally Sabotaging Unprofessionalism’, March-April, 2006; ‘ADRedux’, June 2006; ‘Formatting E-Documents under the New Federal Rules’, July 2006; ‘Read This!’, August 2006; ‘Stop Whining About Electronic Discovery’, September 2006; ‘10 Ways to Lose an Appeal, Part 1’, October 2006; ‘10 Ways to Lose an Appeal, Part 2’, November/December 2006; ‘Ethical Civil Procedure’, January 2007.
'Counting Time', The Federal Lawyer, September 2004.
'Profile: Richard Braman, Sedona's Legal Vortex', The Federal Lawyer, September 2003.
'In Talking About Diversity, You Can’t Ignore the Man Behind the Curtain', The Federal Lawyer, February 2003.
'Response to Request for Comment from the Discovery Subcommittee Advisory Committee on Civil Rules of the Federal Judicial Center Regarding Discovery of Electronic Materials', December 2002.
'Differences and Similarities in Civil Discovery of Electronic and Paper Information', The Federal Lawyer, July 2002.
'The Bullet Hole in the Bench', The Federal Lawyer, September 2001.
'Building and Maintaining the Lawyer-Client Relationship with  Sex Offenders', videotape production and workshop for Cincinnati Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (1989).
'Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity in Vatican II and Its Documents', An American Reappraisal, Timothy E. O’Connell, Ed., (Michael Glazier 1986).
          
 
Videos:

Electronic Discovery: The Challenges & Opportunities of Electronic Evidence, (Fed. Judicial Center) 2001.
Electronic Discovery Update: Impact of the 2006 Federal Rules Changes, (Fed. Bar Ass’n) July 2006.