Another Argument in Favor of Working in London
If you work in the London office of a U.S. law firm, you'll be paid very well. But there are other reasons for working as a lawyer in the U.K. It seems that the Brits just have WAY more fun than we do.
Earlier this year, James Wolcott wrote a Vanity Fair article in which he wondered: Why are British sex scandals so much better than ours? He was referring to the scandals of political leaders. But the same appears to be true about lawyers.
A host of lusty lawyers have been dropping their briefs to enjoy a bit of rumpy-pumpy at the office. Steamy tales of sexy solicitors and passionate partners were revealed yesterday by trade magazine Legal Business.They took the form of a Christmas quiz on gossip picked up by the mag’s journalists – prompting a massive guessing game in the legal industry to identify those involved. The questions posed include:
WHICH female partner at a top City law firm was banished to Asia after she was caught having a three-some with two trainees in the office?
WHICH City partner had to take time off to save his marriage after discovering his wife was having an affair with a Premiership footballer?
WHICH leading partner was so tired of waiting for a cab in Cannes, France, that he hailed a hooker and asked her to drive him to his hotel, before paying her for the lift and asking her to leave?
What's so bad about that last story? He was just being smart and resourceful.
Other saucy stories involve a secretary smitten with a lawyer who bashed an office love rival with a bottle of champagne.Then there was the law firm partner who hired an assistant, then bedded her after taking her out for “celebratory” drinks.
The girl felt so guilty at cheating her boyfriend she quit before she officially joined. The mag runs the quiz every year but editor James Baxter said: “This is a good crop.”
So will our friends at the New York Law Journal, or maybe the Legal Times here in Washington, issue a similar quiz? It could be a fun addition to the holiday party. Just be sure to leak a copy to your friends at ATL...
Lawyers Take Their Briefs Down? [Charon QC]
Lawyers Writs' Out for the Lads [The Sun (London)]
Why Are British Scandals So Much Better Than Ours? [Vanity Fair]
(20) Comments
Sigh. I worked in the Magic Circle for a year and didn't hear squat. Nobody ever tells me the good gossip :(.
The bad teeth's gotta hurt, though.
Aren't hours at London branches of US firms even worse than NYC BIGLAW hours?
"Rumpy-pumpy"? Is this from the same linguistic family as "va-jay-jay"?
WHICH legal blogger loves your mom and penis pics?
11:54: my impression is the hours are better. in my firm, the required hours for London partners and associates are lower than they are for domestic US partners and associates.
You don't pay hookers for sex. You pay them to leave when the sex is over.
Oh, and I guess you pay them for car rides.
There is NO sexual harrassment policy at Linklaters London. They recently added one to the NYC office....Partners and associates in London office can (and do) hook up. Odd situation.
I shagged some trainees rotten... God Bless the Magic Circle
LAT!!! How do I see the "everyone knows Filipinos make great lovers" link without a facebook account????????????
There's this hot Filipino (I think) down the hall who has the most luscious kissable lips and cheekbones carved from gods. Penultimate hotness indeed.
HELP!
12:39 - kudos, i laughed at hs football players banishing each other to asia
Penultimate hotness? Now there's a backhanded compliment.
The threesome with the trainees story makes me proud.
I shagged some trannies rotten... God Bless the Magic Circle
12:14: That must be because they're so much more enlightened across the pond.
1:12 - post of the day
first!
Slaughter and May = S&M??
stiff upper lip-- no comment
Solicitor down the hall:"Mate..."
Other solitor replying: "Yeah, let me get my buddy..."
I've seen a few of FRAT STUD's comments - that dude is hillarious!