January 2008
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Andrew Cuomo, Job Searches, Law Schools, Lawyerly Lairs, Non-Sequiturs, Television
Non-Sequiturs: 01.31.08
* A shout-out to the Elect on TV tonight. The lawyer protagonist of the new ABC drama, “Eli Stone” — portrayed by Jonny Lee Miller (pictured), an ex-husband of Angelina Jolie — is supposedly a former law clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. [New York Times] * A novel approach to the legal job hunt: […] -
Crime, Death Penalty, Jeffrey Toobin, Judge of the Day, Media and Journalism, Screw-Ups, State Judges, Trials
Judge of the Day: Hilton Fuller
This has been all over the news. We like the ABA Journal’s version, ’cause it’s the crispest: The Atlanta judge overseeing the prosecution of alleged courthouse shooter Brian Nichols has stepped aside from the case after he was quoted [in a New Yorker article] as saying, “Everyone in the world knows he did it.” The […] - Sponsored
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Admin, Announcements, Biglaw, Media and Journalism
Open Thread: Do Associates Get 'Pigeonholed'?(And If So, What To Do About It?)
Our friends at the ABA Journal are working on an interesting piece about associates getting “pigeonholed” at their law firms. They’re looking for some sources, opinions, and ideas. We’re hoping that you can help. Some background, from Richard Acello, the reporter on the story: By pigeonholing, we mean the tendency of an associate to get […]
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Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Skaddenfreude
Associate Bonus Watch: DLA Piper
Today brings us bonus and salary news from DLA Piper, the biggest of all Biglaws. Back in November, the firm was crowned by the National Law Journal as the nation’s largest law firm (with a whopping 3,623 attorneys). DLA Piper may be the biggest — but not when it comes to bonuses. From a disgruntled […] -
Allen & Overy, Biglaw, Jews, Religion
Schoenfeld v. Allen & Oy-vey-ry: We've Got Close to Bupkis
Back in December — around the holidays, so many of you may have missed it — we wrote about Schoenfeld v. Allen & Overy. It’s a lawsuit brought by Norman Schoenfeld, an observant Jewish lawyer who once worked in the New York office of Allen & Overy. Schoenfeld claims, among other things, that A&O discriminated […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Skaddenfreude, Sports, Weirdness
Associate Bonus Watch: Kaye Scholer Bonus Follow-Up(And Other Random Tidbits About the Firm)
A little follow-up on Kaye Scholer, whose bonus memo we posted back in November. From a source at the firm: Just found out that despite the memo sent to associates last year, Kaye Scholer has decided to tie the special bonus to hours. Requiring 2200 hours to receive the special bonus. There was no mention […] -
Admin, Announcements, Baseball, Sports
Sports and the Law: Meet Marc Edelman(and John Montgomery Ward)
[Ed. note: As you may recall, last month we solicited applications for the position of ATL’s sports columnist. We thank the many fine applicants who threw their hats into the ring. Today we’re pleased to introduce you to this site’s new sportswriter: Marc Edelman, a sports lawyer and law professor. You can reach him directly […] -
Aaron Charney, Barack Obama, Blog Wars, Hillary Clinton, Job Survey, Loyola Law School, Reader Polls, WSJ Law Blog
Featured Survey Results: And The Winners Are . . .
The time has come, and the crowning of ATL’s Lawyer of the Year and Second Favorite Blog After ATL, both of which are sponsored by ATL and Lateral Link, is at last upon us. In all, a whopping 4,186 votes were cast, with 2,683 of you voting for Lawyer of the Year and 1,503 weighing […] - Sponsored
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Bad Ideas, Drugs, Mergers and Acquisitions, Morning Docket, Murder, Police, Politics, Prostitution
Morning Docket: 01.31.08
* New accounting rules for M&A. [DealBook] * Lilly contemplates $1 billion payment to settle civil and criminal investigations relating to its marketing of Zyprexa. [New York Times] * NYPD officer accused of pimping child. [MSNBC] * Ex-priest jailed for murder via exorcism. [CNN] * Indiana man arrested for making his own crosswalk. [The Indy […]
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Clerkships, Federal Judges, Jed Rakoff, Robert Katzmann, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Justice Breyer's Final Hire(And a Digression on Judges Katzmann and Rakoff)
We bring you an addendum to Monday’s post about the latest in Supreme Court clerk hiring. And we’re pleasantly surprised to see that we have this news before Wikipedia. Recently hired to clerk for Justice Stephen G. Breyer in October Term 2008: Brianne Gorod, currently in the D.C. office of O’Melveny & Myers. Gorod is […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.30.08
* Think of this as a compendium of Lawyers and Judges of the Day. [Legal Blog Watch] * Speaking of judges who do embarrassing things, a Canadian judge insisted that an HIV-positive witness testify while wearing a mask. The judge also “moved the case to a bigger courtroom in order to create more distance between […] -
Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Judge of the Day, Rudeness, SCOTUS, Sentencing Law, Supreme Court
Judge of the Day: Richard Kopf
Any trial judge with the Gall to benchslap the Supreme Court has a serious set of cojones. Accordingly, Judge Richard Kopf (D. Neb.) — who sent beer to Professor Doug Berman, as recently noted — is our Judge of the Day. See links collected below. We agree with Tony Mauro: Judge Kopf’s irreverent “top 10” […] -
Cars, Deaths, Lawsuit of the Day, Traffic Accidents
Pleito del Día: ¿Cómo se dice 'd-bag'?
The rain in Spain falls mainly on… a**holes? Well, only if most Spaniards are like Tomas Delgado — and we’re guessing (and hoping) they’re not. After all, since chutzpah like this doesn’t come along often. Our latest Lawsuit of the Day hails from Spain, via CNN: A Spanish businessman withdrew a controversial lawsuit Wednesday against […]
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Akin Gump, Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Skaddenfreude
Associate Bonus Watch: Wilson Sonsini, Akin Gump (DC), Quinn Emanuel
Here are a few quick updates on the associate bonus front: 1. Wilson Sonsini: On Monday night, the firm issued a long and complicated memo, which we’ve posted in all its glory after the jump. Since we haven’t taken math since high school calculus, it went a bit over our head. General reaction to the […] -
Dan Markel, David Bernstein, Harvard Law Review, Law Reviews, Law Schools
Wherein We Gloat Over Vindication of Our Prior Harvard Law Review Coverage
Last year, we ran a popular series of posts on the Harvard Law Review (click here and scroll down, to the posts marked with a mushroom cloud over Gannett House). The gist of the coverage, as described by one of our sources, was that the Review’s new, left-leaning leadership “is running the journal into the […] -
Crime, Drinking, Kids, Lawyer of the Day, Marijuana, Parties, Sex, Sex Scandals, You Go Girl
Lawyer of the Day, People's Choice: Beth Modica
For Monday’s Lawyer of the Day, we faced an embarrassment of riches — of embarrassment. So we nominated a quintet of contenders: a North Carolina lawyer caught reading Maxim in court, a former prosecutor who allegedly had sex with two teenage boys, an AUSA arrested on DUI charges, a Canadian lawyer/politician who allegedly overbilled an […] -
Biglaw, Money, Partner Profits, Skaddenfreude
Stop Yer Whining, Senior Associates. You Could Be Making More Than the Partners!
No, seriously. Despite the perception of Biglaw partners as fat cats, some of them, at least in their early years, take home less than the senior associates who toil under them. From an article in the Legal Times by Nathan Carlile (whose work we’ve always admired, even before he wrote this nice profile of us): […] -
Biglaw, Job Survey, Reader Polls
Featured Job Survey: What Have You Been Missing?
In previous ATL / Lateral Link surveys, we’ve discovered that a surprising number of you worked over Christmas or New Year’s, and that many of you crave a better work environment or better hours. So, as we look forward to the Superbowl and tomorrow night’s Lost premiere and the crowning of ATL’s Lawyer of the […] -
Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Law Schools, Politics, Rudy Giuliani
The Presidential Race Loses Two More Lawyers
Official announcements haven’t been made yet, but they’re imminent. Two prominent attorneys are about to drop out of the presidential race: former U.S. Attorney and Associate Attorney General Rudy Giuliani, and super-successful trial lawyer John Edwards. Random factoid: Giuliani and Edwards both attended top law schools, NYU and UNC – Chapel Hill, respectively. These schools […] -
Art, Deaths, John Edwards, Michael Mukasey, Morning Docket, Old People, Politics, Rudy Giuliani, Sports, Tax Law, Torture, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 01.30.08
* “T.Owes.” [ESPN] * Rebates to $500? [CNN] * AG Mukasey won’t label waterboarding. [MSNBC] * Sen. McCain wins Florida, Rudy to bow out. [New York Times; Washington Post] * Federal inquiry into stolen artifacts expands. [New York Times] * Margaret Truman, only child of President Truman and author of mysteries set at the Supreme […]