Lawyer Jumps To His Death From Empire State Building
This is tragic rather than funny. But it’s the subject of much gossip right now, and several of you have written to us about it. So here’s a quick post.
On Friday, Moshe Kanovsky, a 31-year-old lawyer from Brooklyn, jumped to his death, from the 69th floor of the Empire State Building. From the New York Daily News:
It wasn’t immediately clear what prompted Kanovsky’s suicide.“He was interviewing a client,” said a man who works in the suite. “He just got up, opened the window and jumped.”
A police source said that Kanovsky met with the client in one room and jumped from another.
Jokes about the misery of Biglaw driving people to suicide would be misplaced:
Investigators questioned employees at Levine & Blit, a personal injury practice, and at Ashok Karmaker. Both law firms share a suite on the 69th floor where Kanovsky “did odds-and-ends work” for Karmaker.
Our condolences go out to the Kanovsky family.
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Loyola 2L, get that resume in!
May G-d rest his soul
For a PI firm? No thanks. I could get that job by just passing the bar.
But I do read the obituaries to find biglaw job leads.
One can only hope tier 2 unemployment / crappy jobs + suffocating debt had nothing to do with this.
According to this post his firm only pays $35,000 per year.
http://www.lawschooldiscussion.org/prelaw/index.php?PHPSESSID=13e268ae487d5b4cb6f862ee283611a0&topic=86660.msg2152249#msg2152249
That $35,000 was probably his base salary in addition to a cut of whatever money his client won.
Anyway, just say no to TTT firms.
Click on the link to read the whole story and reaction.
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From the article:
At least 30 people have jumped from the Empire State Building since it opened in 1931. Before Kanovsky, Dovid Abramowitz, 21, was the last to die. He leaped from the 66th floor on Feb. 2, 2006, after buying a ticket to the 86th-floor observation deck.
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Why are so many Orthodox Jews jumping from there?
Is it because of the new CLS Law Revue special for passover?
From the article:
"He just got up, opened the window and jumped."
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At least 30 people have jumped from the Empire State Building since it opened in 1931.
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Does anyone else read this and think maybe the windows on the Empire State Building shouldn't open? None of the windows in my office building open. Who has even heard of tall office buildings in New York having windows that can open wide enough that someone can jump out? Weird.
The ESB predates air conditioning, so they had to be able to open the windows. Also, I believe it's one of those registered historic buildings, so they can't change the facade, which includes the windows.
it was his time to die
I used to work in Rock Center and those windows opened.