February 2007
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Jury Duty, Kids, Merrick Garland, Supreme Court Clerks, Trials
Strategic Misstep By Libby Defense Team
They should have induced delivery by Baker Botts associate Alexandra Walsh, so she would have popped out her baby girl in the middle of trial, before the jury (and preferably during the strongest part of the government’s case, for maximum distraction value). Delivering a baby in open court would have created a magnificently dramatic scene. […] -
Aaron Charney, Biglaw, Eric Krautheimer, Gay, Media and Journalism, Pictures, Robert Kolker
Brokeback Lawfirm: The New York Magazine Piece (Part 1)
We’ve now finished reading Robert Kolker’s interesting and highly detailed New York Magazine article about Aaron Charney (a piece that we’ve been anticipating for weeks). And we do have a few thoughts on it — besides admiration for Ted Partin’s elegant, black-and-white headshot of a trim-but-borderline-emaciated Aaron Charney, at right. On the whole, the piece […] - Sponsored
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I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Jury Duty, Trials
Least Ridiculous Member Removed from Scooter Libby Jury
We’ve given it almost no coverage here at ATL (largely because it doesn’t seem very amusing). But yes, in case you haven’t heard, former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby is being tried on perjury charges. The jury has been deliberating for over two days. And they’ve just lost a member: The presiding judge […]
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Aaron Charney, Biglaw, Celebrities, Gay, Movies, Television
Brokeback Lawfirm: A Casting Thought
Yup, we watched the Academy Awards ceremony last night. We sat through the whole damn thing. As always, it was overlong. But at least we were struck by inspiration. It’s only a matter of time before the Aaron Charney story gets turned into a Lifetime Original Movie. And when it does, we have a recommendation […] -
Biglaw, Money, Skaddenfreude
Skaddenfreude: The List of Shame Shrinks To Nine
Two more firms drop off the LIST OF SHAME. First, we received this information about Nixon Peabody, on Friday afternoon: Email came out today, but i do not yet have access to scan it. NYC was bumped to 160, Boston/Wash/CA bumped to 145, Long Island bumped to 115. Second, over the weekend, Vinson & Elkins […] -
Aaron Charney, Biglaw, Gay, Media and Journalism, Pictures, Robert Kolker
Brokeback Lawfirm: If Only Herb Ritts Were Still Alive
The New York Magazine piece about Aaron Charney, which we have been eagerly awaiting, is finally out. The article, by Robert Kolker, looks long and juicy (hehe). We haven’t read it yet, but we’re about to. You can check it out for yourself by clicking here. In the meantime, check out this quasi-artsy, black-and-white, dramatically […] -
Bad Ideas, Celebrities, Feeder Judges, Law Schools, Ridiculousness
Wherein Harvard Law School Hits Itself Over the Head With a Silly Stick
We’ve always admired Harvard Law School. It struck us as a place of high seriousness. It didn’t succumb to the latest trends in legal education. It didn’t train philsopher-kings; it trained LAWYERS, dammit. So what if its students were kinda miserable? They got the best, most rigorous legal education money could buy. In short, HLS […] -
Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: January 21, 2007
As Coco Chanel once observed, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” A new feature over at Gawker, called Altarcations, is like Legal Eagle Wedding Watch, but for civilians. The arrival of Altarcations reminds us of how far behind we are with LEWW. We continue to whittle away at our backlog, and we hope to […] - Sponsored
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.26.07
* “Hi, I’m Mac.” “And I’m a European antitrust regulator.” … “What have you done with PC??” [MSNBC] * There’s never been a better time to be a 2L. In related news, being a 1L is still hell. [WSJ Law Blog] * Speaking of 2Ls, Loyola 2L should monitor this case on anonymous posting, currently […]
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Biglaw, Screw-Ups
Best Conference Call Screw-Up -- EVER
This email has been making the rounds of law firm associates around the country. By the time it reached us, the lengthy forwarding chain included these endorsements (among many others): “Priceless.” “Brilliant!” “This absolutely made my day.” “Funniest dial-in screw-up in the history of civilization.” Here’s the original email (with merciful redactions by us): From: […] -
Airplanes / Aviation, Bad Ideas, Crime, Fashion, Free Speech, Jury Duty, Non-Sequiturs, Rape, Sexual Harassment, Violence
Non-Sequiturs: 02.23.07
* Jurors become instant BFF over testimony of an intimate and sexual nature. [Los Angeles Times] * Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel] * Turns out you actually can’t dance if you want to. [Newsday] * As kids, my brother and I were familiar with only this constitutional amendment because […] -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Racism, Screw-Ups
Stepping in Deep Duke-y: A Post-Mortem
The mini-scandal that erupted after it was reported that Fulbright & Jaworski partner uttered “the n word” during a recruiting event at Duke Law School has pretty much blown over. Much wind was taken out of the racist sails when it came to light that the partner said the magic word while “recount[ing] a story […] -
Anna Nicole Smith, Celebrities, Deaths, Larry Seidlin, Ridiculousness, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Television, Trusts and Estates, Videos
Judge Larry Seidlin: What a Clown
For all of the references in his introductory remarks to being “dignified,” Judge Larry Seidlin was anything but. We’re mortified. Words don’t do him justice. Just watch this video clip of his ruling in the Anna Nicole Smith matter: Some highlights (or lowlights, as the case may be): (1) Judge Seidlin’s theatrical sigh, around the […]
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Department of Justice, Judicial Nominations, Musical Chairs, Politics, White House Counsel
Musical Chairs: The DOJ and the White House
Here’s some (belated) news about notable moves at the Department of Justice and the White House: New Arrivals at the DOJ: We enjoy breathlessly reporting on the meteoric career trajectories of attractive women. And attractive men, too. Over at Main Justice, two handsome gents have come onboard: * The fresh-faced Thomas Dupree, Jr., formerly a […] -
Bill Clinton, Fabulosity, Hillary Clinton, Money, Monica Lewinsky, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, Politics
An Alternative Career Path for Top Law School Graduates
Forget about Biglaw, kids. If you want to make some serious dough, there are better ways. And we’re not talking about i-banking, hedge funds, and venture capital. If you want to make not just hundreds of thousands, but many millions, follow this easy, five-point plan: 1. Become governor of a small Southern state. 2. Become […] -
Aaron Charney, Biglaw, Charles Stillman, Eric Krautheimer, Gandolfo "Vince" DiBlasi, Gay, Technology
Brokeback Lawfirm: Aaron Charney's Hard Drive, RIP
What’s more thoroughly trashed: Aaron Charney’s Biglaw career, or his computer hard drive? You be the judge. Patricia Hurtado and Lindsay Fortado, of Bloomberg News, have filed an excellent report about yesterday’s court proceedings in the litigation between Aaron Charney and his erstwhile employer, Sullivan & Cromwell. Here’s an excerpt: A former Sullivan & Cromwell […] -
Biglaw, Money, Skaddenfreude
Skaddenfreude: Dickstein Shapiro, Friday Open Thread
Dickstein Shapiro can be removed from the LIST OF SHAME. Their memo appears after the jump. And here’s an open thread, in which you can discuss the latest associate compensation developments. It’s a perfect space for speculating, as some of you are already doing, about whether today might be the day for some Texas law […] -
Ann Althouse, Arthur Leonard, Blogging, Conferences / Symposia, Dahlia Lithwick, Fashion, James Lindgren, Law Professors, Lawrence Solum, Media and Journalism, Pictures, Randy Barnett
Writing About the Law: A Correction, and Photographs
A pair of Volokh Conspirators, Professors James Lindgren and Randy Barnett, at last week’s NYLS conference on writing about the law. Inset: Professor Cameron Stracher, who organized the symposium. In our write-up of the NYLS conference panel on law reviews, we offered the following fashion commentary: Professors Barnett and Stracher are both rockin’ the “downtown […] -
Crime, Death Penalty, Iraq, Morning Docket, Television, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 02.23.07
* The war on terror on trial in Miami. [The Nation via How Appealing] * Death for South Carolina cop-killer; I wonder if the fact that he gets to choose between the chair and the needle in SC helps the constitutionality any. [CNN] * 100 years for U.S. soldier in Iraq rape-murder case. [CNN.com] * […]
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Cartoons / Comics, Plaintiffs Firms, Reader Polls, Tort Reform
ATL Poll Results: The Trial Lawyers Cartoon
Remember that editorial cartoon from “Bench & Bar,” the journal of the Kentucky Bar Association? Some lawyers objected to the cartoon as offensive and inappropriate for the Association’s journal. We viewed it as non-offensive, but only moderately humorous (capable of inducing a chuckle, but not a belly laugh). You seem to agree, according to the […]