Are you happy that you went to law school? We’d like to hear from you!
Tags: Advice, Biglaw, Career Advice, Depressing stuff, Depressing Things, Happy Endings, Happy news, Job Searches, Law School Success Stories, Law School Survey of Student Engagement, Law Schools, LSSSE, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Money, Small Law Firms, T14, T14 Law Schools, Unemployed, Unemployment
If you can go to law school without incurring too much debt, it might be a good idea.
Tags: Biglaw, Bill Robinson III, Brian Tamanaha, Brian Z. Tamanaha, Cheapness, JAG, JAG Corps, Job Searches, Judge Advocate General's Corps, Law School Debts, Law School Success Stories, Law Schools, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Military, Military / Military Law, Money, Small Law Firms, Student Debt, Student Debts, Student Loans, University of Tennessee College of Law, University of Virginia School of Law, UVA, UVA Law, UVA Law School, William and Mary, William and Mary School of Law, William Robinson, William Robinson III, William T. Robinson III
When it comes to law school, nothing ventured, nothing gained. Sometimes you need to take a risk in order to reap the rewards.
Tags: Arkansas, Biglaw, Fordham Law School, Fordham School of Law, Job Searches, Law School Debts, Law School Success Stories, Law Schools, Michigan, Michigan State University College of Law, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Money, New York, New York City, NYC, Small Law Firms, Stanford Law School, Student Debt, Student Debts, Student Loans, UF Levin College of Law, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, University of Florida Levin College of Law, William H. Bowen School of Law
* It’s not just media groups that are urging the Supreme Court to allow live coverage of the announcement of the ACA decision. Senators Patrick Leahy and Chuck Grassley of the Senate Judiciary Committee have joined the club. [Blog of Legal Times]
* Dewey know whether this failed firm’s former partners will be settling their claims any time soon? Team Togut hopes to reach a deal in the next six weeks, and claims that cooperation will absolve D&L’s deserters of all future liability. [Am Law Daily (sub. req.)]
* From Biglaw to the big house: former Sullivan & Cromwell partner John O’Brien, who is serving time for tax evasion charges, has been suspended from practicing law in New York. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
* A Stradling Yocca partner and his wife, a Boalt Hall graduate, stand accused of planting drugs on a school volunteer who supervised their son. Looks like the only thing they’re straddling now is jail time. [OC Register]
* Dharun Ravi was released early from jail yesterday after completing a little more than half of his 30-day sentence. Funny how bad behavior got him into the slammer, but good behavior got him out of it. [CNN]
* “Why would somebody so smart do something so stupid?” Kenneth Kratz, the sexting DA from Wisconsin, claims that the answer to that question is an addiction to sex and prescription drugs. [Herald Times Reporter]
* Jay-Z’s got 99 problems and this bitch is one. He’s been accused by Patrick White of plagiarizing parts of his own best-selling memoir, “Decoded,” and slapped with a copyright infringement suit. [New York Daily News]
Tags: ACA, Affordable Care Act, Attorney Misconduct, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Boalt Hall, California, Chuck Grassley, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Dharun Ravi, Drugs, Health Care, Health Care / Medicine, Jail, Jay Z, Jill B. Easter, Jill Bjorkholm Easter, Jill Easter, John J. O'Brien, John O'Brien, Ken Kratz, Kenneth Kratz, Kent Easter, Kent W. Easter, Kent Wycliffe Easter, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Patrick Leahy, Patrick White, Plagiarism, SCOTUS, Senate Judiciary Committee, Sex, Sexting, Stradling Yocca, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, SullCrom, Sullivan & Cromwell, Supreme Court, Tax Evasion, Tax Law, Togut Segal & Segal, Tyler Clementi
If the allegations are true, then you do not want to mess with the kid of these two (rather attractive) lawyers, because you may wind up facing drug charges…
Tags: Bad Parents, Boalt Hall, California, Drugs, Easter & DeLeon, Helicopter Parents, Irvine, Jill B. Easter, Jill Bjorkholm Easter, Jill Easter, Jilliane B. Easter, Jilliane Bjorkholm Easter, Jilliane Easter, Kelli C. Peters, Kelli Peters, Kent Easter, Kent W. Easter, Kent Wycliffe Easter, Kids, L.L.P., Lawnmower Parents, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Parenting, Parents, Partner Issues, Plaza Vista School, Stradling Yocca, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, UCLA Law, UCLA Law School, UCLA School of Law, Wilson Sonsini, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Who should receive the title for June’s Lawyer of the Month? Vote in our poll!
Tags: Airplanes / Aviation, Boalt Hall, California, Charles Carreon, Contests, Crime, Erection, Frank Louderback, Jill B. Easter, Jill Bjorkholm Easter, Jill Easter, Jilliane B. Easter, Jilliane Bjorkholm Easter, Jilliane Easter, Joe Neal Jr., Joseph Neal Jr., Kent Easter, Kent W. Easter, Kent Wycliffe Easter, Lawyer of the Day, Lawyer of the Month, Leonard Julius Sawyer, Leonard Julius Sawyerr, Leonard Sawyer, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Nauseating Things, Penis, Reader Polls, Ridiculousness, The Oatmeal, Trials, UCLA Law, UCLA School of Law
Which law firm has the best offices? We’re conducting a contest. Please send us your nominations.
Tags: Best Law Firm Offices Contest, Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Contests, Fabulosity, Lawyerly Lairs, Midsize firms, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Real Estate, Small Law Firms
Remember the lawyers who were accused of planting drugs on the PTA president earlier this summer? Now they’re facing a civil suit…
Tags: Ava Bjork, Bad Parents, Bill Peters, Boalt Hall, California, Drugs, Easter & DeLeon, Emotional Distress, Eva Bjork, False Imprisonment, Helicopter Parents, Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, Irvine, Jill B. Easter, Jill Bjorkholm Easter, Jill Easter, Jilliane B. Easter, Jilliane Bjorkholm Easter, Jilliane Easter, Kelli C. Peters, Kelli Peters, Kent Easter, Kent W. Easter, Kent Wycliffe Easter, Kids, L.L.P., Lawnmower Parents, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress, Parenting, Parents, Partner Issues, Plaza Vista School, Stradling Yocca, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, UCLA Law, UCLA Law School, UCLA School of Law, Wilson Sonsini, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Here are the finalists for our contest to find the Best Law Firm Offices in America.
Tags: 1-800-LAW-FIRM, Architecture, Ari Kresch, Armstrong House, Batman, Best Law Firm Offices Contest, Biglaw, Bouhan Williams & Levy, Boutique Law Firms, Calfee Building, Calfee Halter & Griswold, Contests, Dark Knight Rises, Edelson McGuire, Fabulosity, Fish & Richardson, Frank "Sonny" Seiler, Frank Seiler, Frank W. Seiler, Greenberg Traurig, Interior Design, Lawyerly Lairs, Midsize / Regional Firms, Midsize firms, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, MoloLamken, Perkins + Will, Proskauer Rose, Reader Polls, Real Estate, Small Law Firms, Steve Molo, Steve Stodghill, Steven H. Stodghill, Steven Molo, Steven Stodghill, The Dark Knight, Times Square, Walter C. Hartridge, Walter Hartridge
There’s still time to vote in our Lawyerly Lairs contest to find the best law firm offices in America. In the meantime, check out the four firms that made our “Honorable Mention” list.
Tags: Best Law Firm Offices Contest, Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Charfoos & Christensen P.C., Contests, Delona Laxton, Detroit, Durie Tangri, Fabulosity, Hecker-Smiley Mansion, Kingwood, Kolesar & Leatham, Las Vegas, Lawyerly Lairs, Laxton Law, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Real Estate, San Francisco, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, Virtual Law Office, Virtual Office
Thanks to everyone who participated in our contest to find the Best Law Firm Offices in America. It’s time to announce our winner — or make that winners, actually….
Tags: 1-800-LAW-FIRM, Architecture, Ari Kresch, Armstrong House, Best Law Firm Offices Contest, Biglaw, Bouhan Williams & Levy, Boutique Law Firms, Contests, Fabulosity, Fish & Richardson, Frank "Sonny" Seiler, Frank Seiler, Frank W. Seiler, Interior Design, Lawyerly Lairs, Midsize / Regional Firms, Midsize firms, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Proskauer Rose, Reader Polls, Real Estate, Small Law Firms, Walter C. Hartridge, Walter Hartridge
* Chief Judge Edith Jones of the Fifth Circuit, the judicial diva herself, will be stepping down from her role at the head of the bench earlier than expected, due to “family issues.” Perhaps she told someone to “shut up” too many times? [Tex Parte Blog]
* Apple asked U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh to deny Samsung’s request that she bar all further communication with trial jurors, because the company claims it wants “equal access to information” (aka jury foreman Velvin Hogan). [Bloomberg]
* “[T]here’s no way to preserve the definition of marriage [as one man and one woman] other than by preserving the definition. It becomes somewhat circular.” That, and you rely on law from 1885. Argh! [BuzzFeed]
* ASU Law wants to move from Tempe to Phoenix, and to make it financially feasible, the school may increase enrollment and raise tuition. Sound like a good idea, prospective law students cash cows? [Arizona Republic]
* Now compare/contrast: Stanford Law had to dip into its coffers to come up with the cash to cover its financial aid promises this year, but the school isn’t cutting out a dime that’s owed to students. [National Law Journal]
* Massachusetts appealed the Michelle Kosilek sex-change ruling. The state claims it provided “adequate medical care,” but it’s questionable whether that was the case if the prisoner tried to castrate herself. [CNN]
* Tully Rinckey, a midsize firm, is planning to open an office in Buffalo, New York, so it sent out recruitment letters to 5,469 attorneys in the region. Unemployed law grads: open the letter, it’s not a bill! [Buffalo News]
Tags: 5th Circuit, Apple, Apple v. Samsung, Arizona State Law School, Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, Edith Jones, Enrollment, Federal Judges, Fifth Circuit, Financial Aid, Gay Marriage, Gender, Gender Reassignment Surgery, Job Searches, Judicial Divas, juror Misconduct, Law Schools, Lucy Koh, Massachusetts, Michelle Kosilek, Midsize / Regional Firms, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Money, Morning Docket, New York, Patents, Paul Clement, Robert Kosilek, Samsung, Sex Change, Sex Change Operation, Stanford Law School, Technology, Transgender, Tuition, Tuition Increases, Tully Rinckey, Tully Rinckey PLLC, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh, Vel Hogan, Velvin Hogan
How can your firm stop corporate client attrition? It’s all about awareness and dialogue, according to this Acritas survey.
Tags: Acritas, Advice, Biglaw, Client Relationships, Client service, Clients, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Outside Counsel, Small Law Firms
* Yeah, about that huge bonus we were going to pay our ex-finance director — we realized how silly that was, so we’re not going to do that. Aww, don’t worry, Dewey & LeBoeuf, you’ll have plenty of other chances to look absurd. [Am Law Daily]
* Not only is Samsung suing Apple for patent infringement, but the company is also trying to get a do over by getting Judge Lucy Koh to throw out the original billion-dollar verdict over jury foreman Velvin Hogan’s alleged misconduct. [Bloomberg]
* “Small deals are easier to swallow, easier to integrate.” Regional firms like Carlton Fields and Adams and Reese are gobbling up smaller firms in what seems to be the latest trend in law firm merger mania activity. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
* Douglas Arntsen, the former Crowell & Moring associate who had to be extradited from Hong Kong after embezzling $10.7M from clients, pleaded guilty in exchange for a lesser sentence. [New York Law Journal]
* It’s tough to come up with appropriate whistleblower jokes given the background here. We’ll play it straight: Mike McQueary filed a defamation suit against Penn State, and he’s seeking $4M in damages. [ABC News]
* Jose Godinez-Samperio, an undocumented immigrant, is fighting for the ability to practice law in Florida, but the members of the state Supreme Court are literally trying to make it into a “federal case.” [Washington Post]
Tags: adams and reese, Apple, Apple v. Samsung, Attorney Misconduct, Bankruptcy, Becker & Poliakoff, Biglaw, Carlton Fields, Crime, Crowell & Moring, Defamation, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Douglas Arntsen, Embezzlement, Florida, Frank Canellas, Igler & Dougherty, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, Jose Godinez-Samperio, juror Misconduct, Jury Misconduct, Law Firm Merger Mania, Law Firm Mergers, Litman Law, Lucy Koh, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Mike McQueary, Money, Morning Docket, Patent Infringement, Patents, Penn State, Penn State Football, Rosner & Napierala, Samsung, Small Law Firms, Technology, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh, Undocumented Immigrants, Vel Hogan, Velvin Hogan, Whistleblower
* “I don’t think that we even need to have a race box on the application.” Abigail Fisher is getting even more time in the spotlight thanks to this media interview, which is sure to be the first of many. [New York Times]
* “[T]hey didn’t do anything wrong civilly — and they certainly didn’t do anything wrong criminally.” Tell that to the prosecutors who are looking into the circumstances of Dewey & LeBoeuf’s epic fail. [Wall Street Journal]
* Lateral hiring in midsize/regional firms seems to be up for those with “real-world experience,” but the starting salaries aren’t anything to write home about — they’re still on the “low” side. [Connecticut Law Tribune]
* Jerry Sandusky’s sentencing hearing is today, and in addition to the tape he already released, he’s planning to read a statement before he receives what’s likely to be a life sentence. WE ARE… kind of tired of hearing about his supposed innocence. [CNN]
* “There are fewer interviews and fewer schools interviewing.” This week, would-be law profs who attend the AALS “meat market” will get a taste of what recent graduates have been experiencing. [National Law Journal]
* Sarah Jones, aka “The Dirty Bengals Cheerleader,” reached a plea agreement in her sexual misconduct case. She won’t get jail time, but she wants to go to law school. Same difference, amirite? [Washington Post]
* Alicia Guastaferro, the pageant princess-cum-alleged prostitute, will plead not guilty later this week. If Wife Swap had a “Where Are They Now” edition, this girl would assure good ratings. [Democrat and Chronicle]
Tags: Abigail Fisher, Affirmative Action, Alicia Guastaferro, Association of American Law Schools Faculty Recruitment Conference, Biglaw, Child Abuse, Child Sex Abuse, Cincinnati Bengals, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Eric Deters, Football, Gerald "Jerry" Sandusky, Gerald Sandusky, Jerry Sandusky, Job Searches, Joel Sanders, Kids, Lateral Hiring, Lateral Moves, Laterals, Law Professors, Law Schools, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Morning Docket, Penn State, Penn State Football, Prostitution, Sarah Jones, SCOTUS, Sentencing, Sentencing Law, Sex, Sex Abuse, Sex Scandals, Sexual Misconduct, Stephen Dicarmine, Steve DiCarmine, Steven Davis, Steven H. Davis, Supreme Court, Wife Swap
How can outside counsel make the most of their in-house pitch opportunity? Susan Moon provides some tips…
Tags: Biglaw, Business development, Client Pitches, In-house, In-House Counsel, In-house counseling, Midsize / Regional Firms, Midsize firms, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Moonlighting, Outside Counsel, Pitch Sessions, Pitches, Practice Pointers, Susan Moon
To combat extra-long lunches and to improve security, a midsize Canadian firm is making employees clock in and out by swiping their finger through a machine.
Tags: Canada, Fingerprinting, Fingerprints, Howard Borlack, Legal Secretaries, McCague Borlack, middle finger, Midsize / Regional Firms, Midsize firms, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Partner Issues, Qqest, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Support Staff, Technology
News of two notable partner moves, from Washington, D.C.
Tags: Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, BuckleySandler, Department of Justice, DOJ, Jenner & Block, Jenner and Block, Justice Department, Lateral Moves, Laterals, Midsize / Regional Firms, Midsize firms, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, R. David Whitaker, Thomas J. Perrelli, Thomas John Perrelli, Washington D.C., Wells Fargo
What’s not to like about pitch meetings? In-house counsel get to give law firm partners homework, play know-it-all law school prof, and get free legal advice!
Tags: Biglaw, Business development, Client Pitches, In-house, In-House Counsel, In-house counseling, Midsize / Regional Firms, Midsize firms, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Moonlighting, Outside Counsel, Pitch Sessions, Pitches, Practice Pointers, Susan Moon
* Now that Barack Obama has secured his seat as a two-term president, in-house counsel in the financial sector can kiss their dreams of Dodd-Frank being repealed goodbye. Here are some issues to think about in light of its new footing. [Corporate Counsel]
* “We’re in the early innings of adjusting what value means.” And these days, it looks like “value” is synonymous with “making less money.” Given the results of this third quarter analysis, it’s quite clear that flat is still the new up for Biglaw. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Blow my whistle, baby? A DLA Piper partner filed a $4M suit against the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on claims he was maliciously prosecuted as revenge for whistleblowing. [Daily Business Review]
* After being arrested on domestic violence charges, it seems that Steven Guynn of King & Spalding has left the firm. He doesn’t need to sweat his unemployment, because his house is for sale for $3.3M. [Am Law Daily]
* From Biglaw to Midlaw: Morrison Cohen, a midsize firm, managed to poach a partner from Willkie Farr. But how? Apparently this guy was no longer interested in billing “$900-plus” per hour. [New York Law Journal]
* Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will be present at Jared Lee Loughner’s sentencing hearing today, though it is unknown if she herself will speak. His expected sentence is life without parole. [ABC News]
Tags: Barack Obama, Biglaw, Carlos Loumiet, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, DLA Piper, Dodd-Frank Act, Gabrielle Giffords, In-House Counsel, Jared L. Loughner, Jared Lee Loughner, Jared Loughner, King & Spalding, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Money, Morning Docket, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Partner Issues, Peer Monitor, Representative Gabrielle Giffords, Sentencing, Sentencing Law, Steven D. Guynn, Steven Guynn, Terence McLaughlin, Whistleblower, Willkie Farr, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
