May 2007
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Andrew Speaker, Drudge Report, Media and Journalism, Pictures
The Drudge Report on 'TB Andy'
Thanks to commenter “legal beagle” for drawing our attention to what currently graces the Drudge Report. Our annotations appear in red. Matt Drudge, you are a genius. Exclusive: Diane Sawyer Speaks to TB Patient [ABC News via Drudge Report] -
Andrew Speaker, Lawyer of the Day, Technology
Still More on Andrew Speaker
The Atlanta lawyer who has been quarantined with a case of drug-resistant tuberculosis, Andrew H. Speaker, has become an overnight celebrity of the legal world. And we’re happy to bring you more information about him. First, from a fellow alum of the University of Georgia Law School, who knows Andrew Speaker personally: He was a […] - Sponsored
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Bad Ideas, Law Schools, Shopping
Worst Graduation Gifts: Submissions, Please
May and June are the peak months for law school graduations. And you know what that means: dreadful graduation gifts. So we’ve decided to embark upon a quest to find America’s most egregious graduation gift. If you have a nominee, please send it to us by email (subject line: “Worst Graduation Gift”). Please include a […]
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Andrew Speaker, Lawyer of the Day, Weddings
Andrew Speaker's Annotated Engagement Announcement
Here is the annotated engagement announcement for Andrew Speaker — aka “The TB Guy,” whom we just named our Lawyer of the Day — and his wife, Sarah Cooksey. It’s a tale that’s abounding in irony. Check it out: Engagements: Sarah Cooksey — Andrew Speaker [Appen Newspapers] New Father-in-Law a Microbiologist [Associated Press] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Money, Skaddenfreude, Summer Associates, Williams & Connolly
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: What's Up With Williams & Connolly?
By email and in comments, readers have expressed significant curiosity about associate compensation at Williams & Connolly, the elite, Washington-based litigation boutique. We’d like to help; but we don’t have anything to report at the current time. Here are some questions that we’d like your thoughts on: 1. Base Salaries. Historically the firm has paid […] -
Harvard, Jews, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 5.27: Pierced Through the Heart
LEWW is delighted to bring you the first all-Jewish edition of Legal Eagle Wedding Watch! The MOT really represented this week. Mazel Tov to all the happy couples and their proud parents! Here are the finalists: 1. Rebecca Kristol and Elliot Silver 2. Talia Milgrom-Elcott and Aaron Dorfman 3. Lisa Gordon and Michael Kanner More […] -
Andrew Speaker, Lawyer of the Day
Lawyer of the Day: Andrew Speaker
The strikingly handsome Andrew Harley Speaker (at right) is a graduate of UGA Law, and a member of the Georgia bar. Earlier this month, he got married, and flew to Europe for his honeymoon. Congratulations, Andrew! Andrew Speaker practices personal injury and family law in the Atlanta area. This doesn’t sound like a recipe for […] -
Biglaw, Money, Skaddenfreude
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Denver
We realize our coverage of law firm salary news focuses very heavily on certain major legal markets, primarily on the East and West Coasts: New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco / Silicon Valley. So we’re going to mix it up a little. Each day, for the next two weeks or so, we will […] - Sponsored
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Bad Ideas, Bankruptcy, Benchslaps, Biglaw, Fast Food, Practice Pointers, Rudeness
HappyMealGate: An Update on the Fry Guy
Earlier this month, we wrote about how William P. Smith — a partner at McDermott Will & Emery (Chicago), and head of its bankruptcy department — landed himself in the deep-fat fryer. Smith unwisely told a bankruptcy judge, in open court, that she was “a few French Fries short of a Happy Meal.” Well, Judge […] -
Announcements, Feminism, Gender, Reader Polls
Are You A Female Lawyer?
If so, then please take this survey. Please note that the survey is for WOMEN LAWYERS ONLY (sorry, boys). It’s being conducted by the ABA Journal and the Center for WorkLife Law, at U.C. Hastings. The goal of the study is to find out how women lawyers treat each other in the workplace. (We could […] -
Ann Banaszewski, Antonin Scalia, Cars, Celebrities, Drinking, DUI / DWI, Lindsay Lohan
Fathers and Daughters and Celebrity DUIs
Time for some celebrity DWI news. It’s like your morning coffee: you can’t get your day started without it. First, troubled underage starlet Lindsay Lohan (near right) — who is back in rehab, after a drunk driving arrest over the Memorial Day weekend — allegedly suffers from OxyContin addiction, according to her estranged dad, Michael […] -
ACLU, Football, Milberg Weiss, Morning Docket, Sports, Torture, Violence, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 05.31.07
* Cleared Duke lacrosse players given extra year of eligibility. [New York Times] * ACLU v. Boeing over alleged CIA torture flights. [Jurist] * Save it for the field, fellas. [Reno Gazette-Journal] * Milberg partner may plea in class-action kickback case. [WSJ Law Blog]
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Biglaw, Money, Skaddenfreude
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Covington, Confirmed
The rumors were correct (as they so often are). Before the Memorial Day weekend, Covington & Burling raised associate salaries to the $160K scale. The raise is retroactive to May 1, and summer associates are in on the fun. Alas, it took us a while to get our hands on the memo. We obtained it […]
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Lawsuit of the Day, Nauseating Things, Shopping, Tort Reform
Lawsuit of the Day: Wal-Mart Truly Is Vomitous
Today’s Lawsuit of the Day comes to us from Davenport, Iowa, courtesy of the Quad-City Times (via How Appealing): First came a puddle of vomit and a fall, then a classified advertisement and now a lawsuit against Wal-Mart. June and James Medema of Blue Grass, Iowa, filed the suit May 22 in Scott County District […] -
Celebrities, Masturbation, Music, Prisons, Sex
British Prisoners: They Gotta Have Faith
Well they guess it would be niceIf they could touch his body… And soon they may have their chance. George Michael Faces Jail: Michael ‘was on drugs’ court told [BBC News via Drudge Report] -
Biglaw, Money, Munger Tolles & Olson, Skaddenfreude
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: A Few More Announcements
To follow up on our earlier post, as well as this post from before the holiday, here are more confirmed pay raise announcements not previously mentioned in these pages: 1. Munger Tolles & Olson: They’ve raised to the $160K scale, according to The Recorder. (The same article also mentions Pillsbury Winthrop going to $160K in […] -
Feminism, Gender, Judicial Divas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Justice Ginsburg: No Future in Voice-Over Work, But Could Become the Next Great Liberal Lioness
The front page of today’s Washington Post has an interesting article about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dissent yesterday in Ledbetter v. Goodyear: The court ruled 5 to 4 that Lilly Ledbetter, the lone female supervisor at a tire plant in Gadsden, Ala., did not file her lawsuit against Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in the […] -
Biglaw, Money, Skaddenfreude
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Tying Up Loose Ends
We’re a little behind in our coverage of associate pay raises at large law firms. This post will attempt to bring everyone back up to speed. Listed below are firms for which we have announcements that have been (1) confirmed and (2) not previously posted on ATL. We treat an announcement as confirmed only if […] -
Attorney Misconduct
From the 'Whatever Happened To?' File
We wrote about them previously here and here. Now, an update on the “Biglaw Boys Gone Bad,” from the Chicago Sun-Times: Two Chicago lawyers accused of raping a Wisconsin woman in 2005 could lose their law licenses as a result of a disciplinary complaint filed against them last week. Stephan Addison and Benjamin Butler face […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Afternoon Docket: 05.30.07
* My credit card bills are killing me too. [Sixth Circuit (PDF) via How Appealing] * Will immigration reform screw up New York? [New York Times] * Cert granted for 4 cases next term. [Jurist] * Zoellick to replace Wolfowitz at World Bank. [Wall Street Journal] * Wow. CNN is apparently using the expression “baby […]