The office of Oshkosh attorney George W. Curtis has a feature not found in many law firms: a TV studio. “I can walk 15 steps from my desk and do a show,” he says.
Wisconsin Lawyer
Vol. 82, No. 9, September 2009
The office of Oshkosh attorney George W. Curtis has a feature not found in many law firms: a TV studio. “I can walk 15 steps from my desk and do a show,” he says.
That nearby studio comes in handy. Curtis not only occasionally deals with the media in the course of his legal work, but he’s also part of the media himself. He does two weekly shows – one covering law-related issues and another on environmental topics – that air on various area public and cable television stations. He also does regular radio programs.
Curtis’s entry into television dates back about 10 years, when he took over a show presented by three attorneys who spent too much on-air time “patting each other on the back,” Curtis observes. The producer wanted something edgier, and Curtis delivered.
“I’m willing to have people on the show who disagree with me,” he says. “In fact, I look for them. I’m up to 900-some shows now.”
His efforts have “kind of a public citizen role in the community,” he says. It’s not uncommon, for instance, for local media to follow up with editorials or stories on the topics discussed in his programs. And people in the community seem to be paying attention. “Whenever I go to the Y,” Curtis says, “somebody is likely to come up and poke me in the chest and tell me I’m full of it.”
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