Fox in the Henhouse at DLA Piper
If the economy keeps getting worse -- check out today's stock market meltdown and Bear Stearns debacle, discussed over at Dealbreaker -- law firms will need to replace the dried-up revenue streams from transactional practice. And this time around, it looks like the usual countercyclical practices -- e.g., litigation, bankruptcy -- aren't picking up the slack.
Fortunately, there's a growing cottage industry for Biglaw: renting out offices to film and television production companies. This message recently went out to everyone in the Washington office of DLA Piper:
Subject: Fox Pilot Shoot This WeekendPlease be advised that Fox Television Network will be filming a TV pilot shoot on Saturday, March 15, and Sunday, March 16, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., in our office space. They have been authorized to take photographs and shoot scenes of the interior and/or exterior of the building.
The areas to be filmed, include office locations 6050 and 6052, the hallway outside these 2 offices, the atrium, 7 Red, and the dining area of the cafe. 7 White will be used to store equipment and other items needed during the shoot.
If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.
Thanks.
[xxxx]
And, no, they don't need any "extras" :)
Sorry, DLA Pipers. Your best shot at fame is still reality television.
We've walked past the DLA Piper offices here in D.C. many a time -- they're very well-located, in the delightful Penn Quarter neighborhood -- and we've been impressed. The building is sleek, ultra-modern, and so well-lit that you can practically see the titles of the books on the shelves (yes, we've tried). It's not hard to imagine a movie or TV show being filmed on the premises.
But we have to ask: Fox? Is this damaging the DLA brand? Consider the following hierarchy of law firms and the productions they've hosted:
Oscar-winning feature film, starring George Clooney: Dewey Ballantine (with shared credit to Davis Polk).Feature film, starring Cameron Diaz: Cadwalader.
Fox TV pilot: DLA Piper.
Well, hey, it could be worse. E.g., Skinemax.
Update: A DLA Piper source confirmed the accuracy of, and asked us to highlight, this comment:
DLA Piper's Baltimore office was a filming location for Syriana. Also an Oscar-winning feature film starring George Clooney.
So please don't associate DLA Piper exclusively with the folks responsible for making Paula Abdul a household name once again. Thanks.
DLA Piper moves to new office space in Washington D.C.’s Penn Quarter [DLA Piper]
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DLA Piper sucks.
Doesn't it seem that anyone named "Jessica" typically finishes email communications with emoticons such as :)
That office is hideous. I went there to confer with one of the partners once. Together, we spent about fifteen minutes looking for the room that had been reserved for us, since the rooms there all look exactly the same and are distinguished only by names of colors (!), but aren't color-coded, themselves. Then, when we finally arrived at our destination, the partner adopted the personality of a diva and screamed repeatedly at a secretary for not making his lunch-time yogurt immediately available to him.
I was going to experience this office this summer, but then my summer offer was revoked due to the downturn. O! what might have been.
145 and 148 = full of shit
re: lack of Friday comments
It could be due to several factors like the nice weather here in the northeast (at least DC), the lack of "controversial" posts, or, and I say this not to pile on, could it have to do with the expectation that Miss Nichols would be running the show?
It really wouldn't surprise me. I wonder if Lat sensed the natives were unusually restless and decided to give her a week or two or three off.
"We've walked past the DLA Piper offices here in D.C. many a time -- they're very well-located, in the delightful Penn Quarter neighborhood -- and we've been impressed."
Penn Quarter? That must be an adjunct of Penn St., like its U Penn campus in Philly.
They name their conference rooms after colors? I think that has to be the lamest naming convention I've seen yet.
Whore Island Season 3
Slut Hotel Season 4?
Please don't make it seem a fact that bankruptcy and litigation are picking up. That article you linked about the "perfect storm" is from January and the situation might be evolving. It doesn't help the nervousness that many of us are feeling.
anyone watch eli stone? the outside shot of orrick's sf office is used as their law firm office.
"Did you order Room Red?"
"I did the job you sent me to do."
"Did you order Room Red?"
"YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I DID!!!!"
The lead character in "Breach" is based on a DLA associate (who is a former FBI agent). And an attorney in the NY office was the producer of the Oscar winner for best documentary this year.
DLA Piper's Baltimore office was a filming location for Syriana. Also an Oscar-winning feature film starring George Clooney.
Rumor has it there is also a weekend film shoot outside one of the federal buildings in L'Enfant Plaza (DC) this weekend. Any word if it is the Russell Crowe/Ben Affleck movie? Either way, feature film beats TV so the Feds win this round.
Props to 3:06 and to 3:40.
1:45 - There aren't degrees of sameness. Something is the same as something else, or it is not. You don't need (and shouldn't have) "exactly."
What? No Howrey folk have mentioned that the Howrey offices served as the set for a scene in the Pelican Brief?
NBC filmed part of a Law & Order: SVU episode at Milberg Weiss.
Part of a Law & Order: SVU episode was filmed at Milberg Weiss.
economy in free fall