What DO you do when someone pokes you on Facebook?

Poke back? Send them a message? Ignore?

Lat, dude, posting about Facebook pokes and such is ultra-lame.

At least wait until you land an exclusive interview with the fair Ms. Fulbright.

Damn, she is hot.

For those of you who have commented on Kumari's man-ness (big hands, man belly, etc.) - obviously you've not lurked on ATL long enough to know that there seems to be a weirdly high number of tranny-chasers on this blog.

This is the best thing since the party pants.

I aggree - she's smokin' hot! I tell you what I'd do . . . I'd give her a nice facial! No not that kind . . . get your mind out of the gutter!

Latty Boy looks especially zexy in his cute little pose on facebook.

5:07 - It's a FGAS

It gives you the opportunity to view her profile. Thus, view her profile and paste the information you find on your blog,so that we can find out about her.

This is the last time I'm going to ask this:

SOPHISTICATED, CROSS-BORDER TRANSACTIONAL WORK vs. COMPLEX BET-THE-COMPANY LITIGATION

(T5 heading to V10)

Clearly this is the appropriate time to utilize the superpoke application.

Is this tiger-caused death worth $54 million?

Lawsuit Abuse is REAL.

LAWSUIT ABUSE VICTIM:
San Francisco Zoo
San Francisco, CA

Get the Stories at:
I Am Lawsuit Abuse.org

Can I has a lawsuit abuse poke plz?

5:10:

Shut up. No one cares.

5:10 - a dbag like u will be out of a job within 6 months no matter where u go or what u do, so i would say don't worry about it too much...

5:10, if you can find a way to simultaneously stick two fingers up your ass and milk your prostate while also fellating yourself with two dozen cinnamon altoids in your mouth, i would take that over either of your somewhat crappy-sounding options.

5:10 --> is there a reason you feel compelled to include that you are a "T5-->V10"? Oh, I figured it out... you're the biggest douche in the world with a massive inferiority complex. And please make this the last time you ask this question. Thanks.

So which part do you haters envy more--the T5 or the V10?

Seriously, wtf does (T5 --> V10) mean!

5:10, why dont you go taunt tigers at the San Fran Zoo you tool . . .

T5 means he went to a Tier 5 law school. Probably Regent or Boston College.

I think it's about time you tested Kumari's Scrabulous skills.

Call Regent a Tier 5 will you . . . I pray you end up in the firey pits of hell.

So what does V10 mean then . . .

David- a bit off topic but did what did you score on the LSATS? Did you take a prep course? Do tell.

oh my god, you idiots, obviously 5:10 is creating a character and isn't serious. You all must have gone to Fordham.

Dear 5:10/5:32,

Thank you for proving my point that you battle with an inferiority complex and great self-esteem issues to such an extent that you resort to gloating on an anonymous blog. Have a great day.

Cordially,

5:27

Also, dumbasses, T5 means a top 5 lawschool, and V10 means a Vault top 10 firm. Don't worry about these ranking systems because they don't apply to temp attorneys.

For the love of God, what in the hell is a T5/V10?

She is nasty looking, even in the before pic. Her body is smoking, though.

Thanks 5:46. Btw, "don't apply to temps" . . . hahahahaha!

It was not an injection of steroids. It was an injection of T5/V10 manufactured by Roche Pharmaceuticals to control my loose stools.

guys at my high school used to duct tape and threaten to kill ex-boyfriends all the time. it was no big deal.

5:38: subtle BU troll

Let's let the people who have no social skills, no social lives, congratulate themselves and let them think we are so very jealous of them pat themselves on the back for 1) going to a t5 and 2) going to a vault 10! hip hip hurray! clap clap clap clap!

Well, we're not making the same amount of money, but we're leaving in the next 5 minutes for a lovely dinner date...toodleloo!

I'm not sure I'd be bragging about an offer as a paralegal coming from a T5 no matter how high the firm is ranked.

Slow day, Lat? Post something that people give a shit about.

T5 + V10 = small penis

5:53(2): While you're at dinner, can you try to solve the ageless dilemma of why women aren't funny?

Tell her how the moon is a spy satellite put there by Oprah and Minister Farrakhan, and not the Minister Farrakhan you are thinking of.

Love my job, love being able to see my family, love the people i work with, can't complain. Since when did having no life, being at the whim of a*hole partners who demand your soul and tossing out your young, fun years be worth the biglaw salary? Is it just me, or are people crazy???

Oh wait, maybe that's why there's so much bitchin' and moanin' right! I'd like to ask each biglaw associate: What's been the most meaningful and satisfying moment while at biglaw?

Some of us take pleasure and satisfaction in doing high-stakes, sophisticated, complex work. I'm sorry you never got that opportunity.

@6:00, the most satisfying moment has been paying off my loans. And not all partners are assholes. The work can be demanding and drudge-like but I think all work is. This just takes more time for which the pay is good. Not saying we should be envied but do not pity us either.

T5 is the new L2L

LAT:

Invite the lass over for dinner, take camera phone pics, post.

First: Program 911 on speed dial.

poke back, of course. it's basic facebook etiquette to have poke wars.

You're all wrong. T5 is the new upgraded Terminator; this poster is obvious a cyborg.

To 6:03, I have done complex, high-stakes work for some Fortune 100 companies. Yes, even at smalllaw, we get those - not all the time, but just because we don't get it as often as biglaw doesn't mean we're ill prepared, or that we are "intimidated" by the work. We got some very happy clients who have been continuously giving us work, obviously though not the bet the company stuff. And we're fine with that. I can still leave by 6:30, my weekends hardly are full, and I'm able to have a stress free life for the most part (unless its the end of the deal).

6:04 - I agree that paying off loans is satisfying. But, aside from that, and what I meant is from a social/work perspective. Were you able to meet the love of your life/SO/date around after work? Or were you always working so late that you haven't gotten around to meeting new people, or even have a good social life?

And agreed, not all partners are a*holes. But, there are enough of them that gives them the sense of entitlement to treat the associates like shit. That was my point.

Have you seen this chick's mugshot?

Holy shit:

http://blogs.kansascity.com/crime_scene/2008/01/kumari-fulbrigh.html

Now, back to Lat's date with the B-Queen:

Now that would make a great (blow-by-blow) post.

WHAT KIND OF F100 CORPORATION HIRES SMALLAW TO DO A BET-THE-COMPANY LAWSUIT???

Here at smalllaw we do plenty of sophisticated, cross-border transactional work, but we are thinking about moving into complex bet-the-company litigation. Maybe we should ask ATL readers what they think?

If you can, write on her wall. Ask her if she'll do an interview with you. You could _make_ news (or at least get her "version" of the story), rather than report it. Don't send her any stupid *bite* or *tase* superpokes. There's no sense pissing her off - she'll just not respond and nothing newsworthy will result. Though I'd highly advise against meeting up with her in person.

So smallaw, what type of small law place do you work for? 10 attorneys or less? Just curious. Seeing the outside world on occasion does sound nice.

Smallaw, there are a lot of elitist d-bags who post on ATL, so I can't blame you for arguing your case. However, as much as Biglaw associates like to complain, there are some of us who manage to set enough boundaries and work for decent enough people that we do have social lives. Granted, they may not be as exciting as someone with a lower stress job, but I'll admit that I enjoy being able to afford what I want in my free time more than having more free time but no money to spend on travel or the things that I enjoy doing. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the latter alternative, that's just me, but I'm also not the person trying to bill crazy hours to get a huge bonus.

By working in Biglaw, I managed to pay off my student loans (around $85k) in 5 years and did in fact meet the love of my life in my spare time. I'm only 30, so I don't exactly feel like I wasted my entire youth and I was able to begin my 30s in a solid financial position, so that I can move on from Biglaw if I want to (in case it's not obvious from the rest of my post, I'm not exactly gunning for partner).

T5--->V10

I work at a Bet the Company Litigation Boutique and we also do high end transactional work. As a matter of fact, you might see me on the other side of a deal one day and I did not go to a T5 school but would be happy to bitch slap you any time when it comes to the complexities of M&A, Tax, Structured Finance. We don't brag about our schools because we don't have to. Our work speaks for us. Just ask the Fortune 50 clients we work for on a regular basis and whol keep our litigators on retainer.

I don't mean to be dense, but is the person who keeps asking about sophisticated, cross-border transactional work vs. bet the company lit (not the people who keep making fun of the question) being serious or is it the latest frat stud/wgwag/firsty mcfirsterson, etc.? If it's the latter, ATL has reached an all time humor low.

MWE HAS REVERSED THEMSELVES! Paying market + special bonuses in New York.

What? Is that true, MWE associate? Give more information, please! Was there an email?

Re Law Blogger Happy Hour:

Lat, no egg nog until you have had face time with the b-queen.

lat, poke her back and ask fulbright how she feels about sophisticated cross-border transactions

Fools. Clearly Lat should add the Flickster application and induce Kumari to do the same, so as to compare movie taste with her. JT has spoken.

I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to find America on a map because some people out there in our nation don't have maps and I believe that our education like, such as in South Africa and the Iraq everywhere like, such as and I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., er, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future for our children.

- Another well-known beauty queen brainiac

Goddamnit, please stop saying "oh noes."

T5 + V10:

Assembling deal books vs. endless document review?

I don't know - that's a tough question.

Call me when you have a question about actually practicing law.

Holy shit, are people here really so dense? There is no way that T5-V10 is serious - not a solitary frigging chance. He is just the best-fed troll in the history of the internet, thanks to you idiots.

5:46 = best post in response to a response to a troll.

V10 heading to T5. That's right, I just got a faculty job for next fall!!! Probably teaching a lecture and a seminar, five hours of week in the classroom and the rest of my time to write on whatever I want so I can lock up tenure.

The only downside is that I have to encounter snot-nosed law students that post here complaining that their firm hasn't sent them a Wii and a pair of Uggs for Christmas.

For Christmas my firm paid some law profs to stand in front of the summers while we threw thinly sliced bologna and olive loaf at them.

Sorry for not getting back, it seems as while many of you were still at the office, I was able to watch the incoming Iowa results with a glass of wine and out of the blustery cold.

6:30 - congrats on your accomplishments! Happy to hear (one of a few, I might add, judging from the posters here) that you're happy, and paid off the loans, with a good social life. Perhaps if we had more of those posts (David?) that focused on the (God forbid) good side of biglaw, I wouldn't have assumed that for the most part, people are awful and miserable and loveless.

And to 6:34 - that's what I like to hear. Who knows, with the way clients are complaining, maybe eventually they'll just start farming mostly everything out to smaller firms anyway.

Harvardgirl: Sorry, I forgot to reply to your question. We're 12 attorneys, 5 partners, 6 associates, 1 counsel in the NY area. And yes, being an attorney is not all about biglaw - the money is of course nice, but there are plenty of people who go to Biglaw for a year and flame out really quickly.

If it's for the loans though...its a tough call.

Dear swalllow, t4 tool, personality of a clam:

Let me get this straight. You went to a t4 school and work at swallow. You obviously either come from money, or the family you love so much lives in a two bedroom apartment eating canned ham while you drive your 93' Civic home at 6:30 every night.

Also, with your writing and grammar skills, I doubt any Fortune 100 Company is hiring you. I think you are happy at swallow because you graduated in the bottom 25% of your "t4" and big law isn't much of an option for you. Or you are a paralegal. Either way, you write like a 12 year old.

dear swallow
gulp
GULP

Fairy Queen befriends Hot Psycho... wake me up when there is some RECENT news...

T100/V200: What is the best law firm for a lazy queen?

10:15: Obviously, Wachtell.

WELL ITS OBVIOUS HE HAD GIVEN HER THE FUCKING OF HER LIFE AND SHE WANTED MORE..BUT HE HAD ALREADY DUMPED HER,CAUSE,TRUTH BE TOLD..SHE..DOES LOOK LIKE SHE IS A BIT TOUCHED!

I want to smah my fist into 9:39's face until my hand cramps.

I want to smash my fist into 9:39's face until my hand cramps.