October 2006
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Bad Ideas, Law Schools, Politics, UVA Law, Videos, Violence
The Misadventures of a UVA Gunner
The Virginia Senate race between Republican incumbent George Allen and Democratic challenger Jim Webb has been one of the most bizarre and entertaining races in recent memory. To recap, here are some of the things we’ve been treated to in recent weeks: – the magnificent spectacle of “Macaca”-gate;– a Southerner’s dramatic discovery of his long-lost […]
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Biglaw, Celebrities, Holidays and Seasons, Non-Sequiturs
* If your workplace is all about face-time, then use sparingly. [Call In Sick] * Let’s clean up our cities. First the pigeons, then the homeless. [Newsweek] * Wild, wild horses…we’ll ride them someday — a celebrity cause waiting to happen. [Vanity Fair] * Whatever happened to the good old fashioned kegger? Stick to the […]
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3 Big Student Loan Myths Demystified
When was the last time you took a second look at your student loans? If you’re like most borrowers, you probably try hard not to think about them. After all, dwelling on your debt isn’t going to make it go away any faster. Or is it?
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Biglaw, Brown Raysman, Law Firm Mergers, Money, Partner Profits, Thelen Reid & Priest
Another Day, Another Law Firm Merger
On the heels of the Dewey Ballantine/Orrick announcement, news of another law firm merger: Partners at Thelen Reid & Priest and New York’s Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner voted to combine the two firms Monday, creating a 617-lawyer firm that, based on last year’s revenue, would have placed 56th on the Am Law 100 […]
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Allen & Overy, Biglaw, Holland & Knight, Magic Circle, Musical Chairs, S.D.N.Y., U.S. Attorneys Offices, Willkie Farr
Tons of moves to report today — and these are just the highlights: New Partners: * Latham & Watkins — which, as discussed yesterday, is very popular with Supreme Court clerks — has elected 26 new partners, in offices around the country. That’s enough lawyers to start a whole new law firm. You can check […]
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Harold Koh, Litigatrix, Pictures, Separated at Birth, Sheila Birnbaum, WSJ Law Blog
Separated at Birth: Sheila Birnbaum and Harold Koh?
When we surfed over to the WSJ Law Blog a few minutes ago, quickly scanned the page, and saw the photo for this post, we thought it had to do with Yale Law School. But upon closer inspection, we learned we were wrong. Instead, it was a post about Skadden Arps partner Sheila Birnbaum. Birnbaum, […]
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Art, Celebrities, D.C. Circuit, Eyes of the Law, Fabulosity, Feeder Judges, R. Alexander Acosta, Samuel Alito, Stephen Williams
The Eyes of the Law: Judge Williams’s Portrait Ceremony
If you, like us, find Supreme Court justice sightings more thrilling than Brangelina spottings, you would have died from excitement at the portrait ceremony for Judge Stephen F. Williams. Judge Williams is the brilliant former law professor who now sits on the venerated D.C. Circuit. Back in the day, before he assumed senior status, Stephen […]
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Celebrities, Lawsuit of the Day, Music
Lawsuit of the Day: You Can’t Always Get What You Want
But if you file a lawsuit, you may be able to win money damages. From the New York Daily News: Rosalie Druyan wants to stick the Rolling Stones between a rock and a hard place with a $51 million lawsuit. Shattered when Mick Jagger’s sore throat scrapped the Rolling Stones concert Friday in Atlantic City […]
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Biglaw, Cars, Gay, Interview Stories, Lesbians
Interview Horror Stories: And Then He Suggested She Buy a Subaru Forester
Law firm recruiting season is winding down, but we remain interested in your job interview horror stories. To read prior stories, click here, then scroll down. (Note: The “horror” in “interview horror stories” is loosely defined. Stories that are somewhat embarrassing or mildly amusing will suffice.) Most of our interview horror stories involve interviewees saying […]
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Holidays and Seasons, Walter Stapleton
A friendly reminder from ATL: Today is Halloween. If this slipped your mind, be sure to stop by your local CVS / Duane Reade / RiteAid on the way home, and pick up a bag of miniature chocolates for the trick-or-treaters. Some lawyers, judges, and law professors get into the Halloween spirit. For example, back […]
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INNOVATION IN ENTRY LEVEL RECRUITING
We’ve all heard how dysfunctional entry-level legal recruiting is: Inordinate expense, decisions made on the briefest of subjective impressions with opacity all around, and what do firms reap for all their efforts? Shocking attrition rates among junior associates. It’s time for a conference on what could work better, and this is it.
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Crime, Election Law, Ken Lay, Morning Docket, Politics, Sandra Day O'Connor, Sexual Harassment, Stephen Breyer, War on Terror
* “Colombian Supreme Court: grabbing a woman’s behind is a crime.” [Herald-Tribune via How Appealing] * One week until elections — there must be some litigation somewhere. [Wall Street Journal via [How Appealing] * Justice O’Connor spoke in Utah this week, and she and Justice Breyer shed some politico-rhetoric in Washington. [CNN] (For related links, […]
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Bad Ideas, Canada, Crime, Drugs, Marijuana
Criminal Justice, Canadian Style
Yesterday we implied that Canada isn’t tough on crime. Maybe we should take that back. Check out this interesting case: “Return to the Court With a Verdict of Guilty.” That’s what a Canadian judge told the jury in a marijuana possession case, where the defendant claimed he possessed the marijuana for medical reasons (though he […]
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Non-Sequiturs, Nude Dancing, Perverts, Television
* The German court is right — long distance relationships are a bitch. [Reuters] * Blonde Justice shares her views of the new legal drama Shark. James Woods is pretty universally acknowledged as a horndog / lucky bastard, but despite his stellar Dirty Old Man credentials, how can we watch him in anything anymore without […]
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Crime, Drugs, Judge of the Day, Prostitution, Sex, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Ex-Judge of the Day: Glenn Staege
We worship federal judges — for their brilliance, their probity, and their service to our nation. We have a somewhat lower opinion of state court judges. Many state judges are talented and dedicated public servants (and some of them later serve on the federal bench). But some of them are like the Not-So-Honorable Glenn Staege: […]
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Lori Alvino, Money, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Clerks Are Fair Game, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Last Year’s Supreme Court Clerks: Where Are They Now?
If you’re wondering where your favorite October Term 2005 Supreme Court clerk wound up — like, for example, this Kathryn Judge groupie — the National Law Journal has the answers. Check out this juicy article (free access): Latham & Watkins is the “in” spot this year for recent U.S. Supreme Court clerks leaving the rarified […]
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Celebrities, Divorce Train Wrecks, Family Law
Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe: Splitting Up, Lawyering Up
After enduring copious coverage of Heather Mills’s and Sara Evans’s marital woes, we finally get to read about an A-lister’s split. From TMZ.com: Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe have separated. The couple’s rep released a statement to TMZ Monday morning that says “We are saddened to announce that Reese & Ryan have decided to formally […]
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Canada, Immigration, Perverts, Sentencing Law, Sex
Canada to U.S.: Please Send Your Pervs to Mexico
Okay, they didn’t quite say that. But they might as well have. A quick update on a story we previously wrote about: An American schoolteacher sentenced to three years’ probation — to be served in Canada — [was] detained at the border, Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day has confirmed. Malcolm Watson, who was convicted of […]
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Biglaw, Intellectual Property, Musical Chairs
Lateral Moves: Both of today’s moves are in the field of intellectual property law: * Patent litigator Sandra Bresnick, to Sidley Austin, from Weil, Gotshal & Manges. * IP transactional lawyer Warren Nachlis, to Jones Day (NY), from Shearman & Sterling. (Interesting to leave so soon — Nachlis made partner at Shearman only just last […]
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Ann Althouse, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, David Souter, Glenn Reynolds, John Paul Stevens, John Roberts, Reader Polls, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court
ATL Poll Results: Your LEAST Favorite Supreme Court Justice
After finding out your Favorite Supreme Court Justice (answer: Justice Scalia), we asked about your LEAST Favorite Supreme Court justice. And the result was surprising, at least to us. Voter turnout was massive, with over 6,000 votes cast. Maybe everyone’s in a voting frame of mind, with Election Day so close. Here’s how you voted: […]
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KINNEY’S EVAN JOWERS IN HONG KONG TODAY THROUGH MARCH 4
Kinney’s head of Asia recruiting, Evan Jowers, is in Hong Kong today through March 4 and has some slots still available for meetings on this trip. Please feel free to reach out to us at asia@kinneyrecruiting.com if you would like to set up a meeting with Evan. His next trip to Hong Kong will be in late March.