Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?
In our column for this week's New York Observer, we help you plan an imaginary dinner party. A dinner party, of course, is only as good as the guest list. So we review which colorful characters of the legal world, who made headlines in 2007, should be invited to your festivities.
Think of it as a "year in review" piece, aimed primarily at people who don't read ATL (since most of the names mentioned in the article will be familiar to regular visitors to this site). The potential guests under consideration: Charlene Morisseau, the sassy ex-associate who sued DLA Piper; Aaron Charney, who made S&C "bend over"; and internet celebrity Loyola 2L.
ATL bonus content: Due to space considerations, our write-up of Elana Glatt (née Elana Elbogen) wound up on the cutting room floor. But if you'd like to read it, we've reprinted it after the jump.
Culture of Complaint Spreads Through Law Firms [New York Observer]
The squib below, about Elana Glatt, should be read together with this column (from which it was separated in the editing process; alas, when trees are being killed so that your words can be shared with the world, you have to make tough choices).
ELANA ELBOGEN
Claim to Fame: A litigation associate at Kelley Drye & Warren, Elana Glatt (née Elana Elbogen) put her courtroom skills to use on her own behalf, by filing a pro se lawsuit against her wedding florist. She claimed breach of contract and sought $400,000 in damages, alleging that the florist provided centerpiece hydrangeas that “were not the rust hydrangeas that the Defendants agreed to provide, but were rather light pink and light green hydrangeas.” Jezebel (the blog, not the Biblical queen) promptly dubbed her “Bridezilla, Esq.”
Pro: Perfectionists never show up to parties empty-handed. Expect Ms. Elbogen to arrive bearing gifts: a bottle of fine Bordeaux, perhaps some flowers.
Con: Don’t be surprised if this punctilious litigatrix scrutinizes, and second-guesses, every aspect of your hosting efforts. Think Bree Hodge (née Van de Kamp) of Desperate Housewives, with a law degree.
Verdict: Hung jury. What year is that wine from?
Culture of Complaint Spreads Through Law Firms [New York Observer]
(16) Comments
recycle, reuse, reduce.
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same old crap over and over again
Yes, Gallion, that's a good summary of your comments.
wow, 2:51, what a stinging rebuke. this blog has been in the dumper recycling stories for a while, whether you want to acknowledge it or not.
Then don't read it. Then it will die from lack of traffic.
if you check the tracking statistics, that is already underway.
ATL doesn't have a public SiteMeter. But according to Lat, "ATL has been growing pretty consistently since its launch, with November 2007 as this site's biggest month ever in terms of traffic."
http://www.abovethelaw.com/2008/01/congratulations_to_the_blawg_1.php
If you don't like ATL, don't read it.
If you think you can write a better legal blog, go for it, and good luck to you.
Poor Lat, always under attack...
Will Elana Elebogen come to dinner wearing her party pants?
3:40 - news flash, you don't need a "SiteMeter" to track a website's traffic. there are a variety of other sources of that information, dumbass.
Gallion, you don't like ATL. We get it. Thanks.
ATL will be fine. There will continue to be plenty of traffic as long as Gally keeps checking in every 10 minutes or so, and posting comments every 30.
As for Lat being under attack, I'm sure he'll hold up too. Its just, you know, this is very personal for him, he has had so many opportunities from this blog, and he sees what is happening to it, and knows we have to reverse it . . . . (tearing up slightly). Some people think these blog comments are just a game, but its not about who's up and who's down, its about the blog's future, and about all of us together.
5:25: Comment of the day.
Lat that was ok...I mean, meh. Shoudn't you be thinking of moving on to bigger and better things?
Lat has so jumped the shark.