First to call this a dumb gimmick

first... but who heard of this firm?

FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FIRST

He's pretty hot, in a preppy/dorky way.

Dumb post. Clearly a slow news day.

That is hilarious. Nicely done, sir.

I laughed out loud at: "While our securitization, antitrust, environmental, mass tort, tax, trust and estates, and patent litigation practices remain nonexistent..."

Not only is this dumb, it's sad. If this guy lives in NY and only nets $60k a year, he's a good candidate for "quit job, kill self" advice.

He must be one of Lat's buddies.

Quite clever - and lots of free publicity...

this guy is super hot

Clients inlcude I Am Still Alive LLC ?

Very well done.

hah. great stuff.

UVA boys tend toward hotness.

Let's hope Uncle D matches.

is this going to encourage Sidley to match?

Note that he's giving a "special" bonus of $60,003 to all of his U.S. attorneys. This is fairly surprising, given the size of the firm.

His tie isn't straight.

Hey Patrick at 1:37! You're an a-hole! Your friends don't like you!

lat find out if he's gay

Is this what one does after 7 years as a bankruptcy lit associate at a firm like Dechert and with good academic qualifications? Gosh, my future looks pretty bleak in 6 years.

wow..he is pretty hot

pretty clever...a nice breakup of evidence class...

Nice publicity stunt.

I'm thinking that the person that keeps posting that this guy is hot should wear this shirt

http://www.bustedtees.com/shirt/yourrehandsome/male

1:51: Actually, you're right, and I was totally off base. Working here is a hell of a lot more bleak.

his bio says he was a "member" of Dechert's bankruptcy group. Kind of a misrepresentation. To me "member" always means partner.

None of my friends like me?! Fuck, I'd better quit school and kill myself.

I wonder if "I Am Still Alive LLC" is now dead . .

His tie is crooked.

that is cheeky, and therefore made of win.

His tie? His eyes aren't straight.

Instead of acting like a three-year-old why don't you stop being snarky and figure out a way to throw this guy some work.

Excellent post, and now half of big-law knows his name. There's no such thing as bad publicity.

that is cheeky, and therefore made of win.

Don't eat at that Go Sushi. They were shut down for health code violations a few months ago.

that is cheeky, and therefore made of win.

Is it just time for 2L's considering Latham and Gibson NY to walk away?

pretty easy to get free advertising these days.

LAT BRING HIS PICTURE BACK

i'd do him

he says it's a special bonus of 60K - is that in addition to a "salary?" or is that his total take-home pay? it'd be pretty sad if it was the latter.

WTF? David McGrail is lame and not even funny. Why would a lawyer ask for negative attention to be brought to himself? Loser.

bring his picture back. ATL TO FAIR USE!

clearly, the dude has a lot of time on his hands

Do you haters seriously not know the meaning of a joke?

Anyway, being a solo is awesome. Hanging a shingle (and having a sense of humor about it) takes guts.

Ph: (646) 290-6496

So, does this guy run his biz with a cell phone number?

"Profits are up infinity percent from 2006."

Does this mean he now has all the money in the world? Wow, this guy is rich!! . . Or hilarious!! :P

I'd send him conflict work...

I think the point is that in 2006 there were no profits (because the firm didn't exist until 2007)?

So even $1 in profit would be an infinite increase?

Reading this thread gives me hopes for my career prospects. Could biglaw associates (and/or people interested in biglaw) be any stupider?

He is a former senior associate at Dechert. A nice guy that everyone liked and was surprised to see leave.

BigLaw associates are, by and large, total dipshits who are hot sh*t when it comes to textbooks and writing, but no-talent duds in the real world, lacking anything remotely close to a sense of humor, people skills, or charisma.

2:45, the 646 area code is used for land lines now as well as for cell phones.

All of you people who are saying he's hot must be straight. He's not hot at all. Jeez. Breeders. Straight girls always settle for mediocre/fat guys. It's why I never do blind dates at the suggestion of a breeder: their idea of attractive is anything better than an obese slack-jawed mouth breather.

what about schulte?

"All of you people who are saying he's hot must be straight."

I completely disagree--there is nothing about him a straight woman would find "hot." Only the same desperate queens who live for Aaron Charney news would be turned on by this pasty non-entity.

The things I would like to do to this boy are not fit for writing on the internetz.

Have we seen the bonus parade come to a crashing halt?

It seems that only NYC is moving, and all the major NYC players have announced.

I bet we'll have to wait until December before L.A., Chicago, etc. chime in.

I am gay. I think he's hot, especially having just survived 7 years as a BigLaw associate. Yummy.

It must suck not knowing what your bonus is going to be year to year. At my firm they are not discretionary for the most part, and so you know as a 1st year what your bonus will be as a 7th year (other than the increases that come along as salaries change). Sure, there is an hours requirement, but at least you know about it up front and exactly how much you are going to get if you meet it. Plus, it is like getting paid overtime when you get a variable bonus on top of the regular bonus for every single hour you bill over and above the requirement.

To everyone who gets upset whenever people remark on the attractiveness of a female lawyer in the comments:

Please take note of the comments discussing the physical appearance of, drooling over, and generally objectifying David McGrail -- a male lawyer.

Thank you.

David,
Please stop posting messages about your own hotness.
Thanks.

Do any of you actually think David McGrail is "hot"? Are you kidding? Did you go to law school with chimps and baboons, who are arguably more adorable? This dude is decidedly unremarkable.

I don't know about being hot, but he is a pretty good basketball player.

Good stuff, David.

not to mention a really, really nice guy

I am amazed at the stupidity of some of the comments on this board (particularly since half its readers allegedly went to a so called "T14" school). The post was funny. I could tell right away that he was a solo with a good sense of humor. I checked out his website. I was impressed. Not a bad marketing scheme at all. Nicely played.

Why are lawyers such a congenitally invidious lot? Why must they drag down their brethren of the guild?

I've known McGrail since freshman year of college so I can testify with only a slight hint of homoeroticism that he is a hot dude. At least the girls in our dorm thought so.

More importantly, he has character.

He has fire in his belly. When 15 pages were required for a term paper, he feverishly wrote 25. When I hid his biology assignment for a half hour, there was death glint in his eyes until it was returned. This is clearly a man who will go above and beyond the call of duty for his clients.

There was also the time an old jar of kimchee was allowed to remain in our fridge for 3 months. That was a testament to my willpower, yes, but also to McGrail's capacity for tolerance and cultural sensitivity. Or his anosmia.

Stop the hate.