State your pedigree. First.

hot

hot

Kristen?

Bloody journos

"Which convinced me not to go to law school" = sentence fragment.

that picture is hilarious. was that taken at a slumber party?

She's cuter than SEN and a better writer.

PS - Are we sure this whole guest blogging thing isn't Lat's last attempt to "bond" with the fairer sex before coming out?

9:11 = Bitter, unemployed, grammer-Nazi. A/k/a, SEN.

actually more like an associate at a top firm, happily eating my breakfast at my desk right now.

Lat, please hire a guest-blogger with first-rate credentials. For example, someone from Penn State Law, Philly Campus.

i dig the recent influx of hotties.

I am so excited to read up on legal news reported from people who aren't lawyers or even in law school. It's like watching CNN only nothing like it.

9:11 - HAHAHAHAH! No seriously, HAHAHAHAHAH! Everyone knows that associates at "top firm[s]" don't come in untill well after 10am. Nice try pal, but we all know you are busy toiling away on doc review at an ID firm in Tulsa.

kashmir, known for its very nice papier mache' handicrafts, eponymous wool, and border conflicts, is also a very good led zep song.

what are your thoughts on a cleveland steamer?

Whats up with the name. Must be a jihadi.

Much, much more attractive than SEN's "I'm so blonde and CUTE!" look. Definitly seems able to string together words better than SEN.

Good find, Lat.

JT thinks you fine girl, fine.

Additionally, JT feels the need to mention that JT is a top associate at a top firm who bills top hours and gets a top bonus.

Three diamonds. Possible upgrade to four with a body shot.

Sure as the dust that floats high and true, when movin through kashmir

kh's parents = zep groupies

Actually, 9:21, I'm an associate at a top firm and I regularly come in before 10:00 AM because I enjoy my personal life. You'd have to have one in order to experience the feeling.

9:11

"sentence fragment" is also a sentence fragment. :-)

9:11 - Wow - Following up a post in which you drop "I work at a top firm" with a post in which you drop "I'm cool, you're not; get a life."

I don't think I've seen the likes of that in ages.

Congrats.

P.S. try not to be so easilly trolled.

Jeez, I've barely finished my morning coffee and the misogynistic comments are already starting. What is it with with ATL on Fridays?

Agree with 9:17. JoPa might be available. He could use a computer at the Warden School.

"Having lived in D.C. for five years, I've almost forgotten that there are people in the world who are not lawyers, journalists or government workers."

Precisely why I've never entertained for a nanosecond practicing law in DC. Try living in a city with real people. NYC; Chicago, SF, many others. It's a lot more fun. And we don't make party talk about touching the POTUS's elbow. In fact we don't use "POTUS" at all. We refer to him as the douche bag in the White House.

9:41--warden school? do you mean WHARTON, you piss-bag?

Already better than SEN. Self-depricating humor beats self-aggrandizement anyday of the week.

agree with 9:44--as my civ pro professor once told me, you can't drop a penny out a window in DC and not have it hit a lawyer. and that's just sad.

I'm not a lawyer but I met one once.

Aside from ATL's physical attraction to Kashmir, is there any reason why she'll be posting today? There have got to be plenty of angry, unemployed ex-biglaw lawyers out there since the real estate bubble burst.

Will you go out with me? I'm a lawyer, but I hate lawyers. We have so much in common.

yeah, this chick's cute. good work, Lat.

9:41 - JoePa's probably not available to live-blog from PENN State Law in Philly. I think the Nittany Lions are in spring practice right now, so he's probably busy. That said, I could probably write Lat a few snippets of code to autoblog on Fridays. It's really super easy.

Already better than SEN. Self-depricating humor (and GORGEOUS) beats self-aggrandizement (and annoyingly ugly) anyday of the week.

Thinking that it's "fun" to watch "Karl Rove rap," or to "touch POTUS's elbow," does not bode well for the prospect of intelligent blogging. I give her one, or maybe two guest appearances before she's off with SEN correcting grammar. What's the fascination with bimbos Lat? You're gay. Didn't your parents tell you?

head shots often mean big backyard.

I'd prefer a lawyer for a law blog, but I agree that her writing already far outshines SEN's. Huzzah!

Not good grammar. Ex. 1:

"I'm a Washington, D.C., non-profiteer (aka low-paid nonprofit organization employee) and come to ATL from the journalism world. "

9:50(2) --

That's right as a general proposition, but look at those collar bones. There's no way she's beefy.

9:45 - You must not read ATL on a regular basis. We had the Wharton/Warden School discussion several days ago and the consensus, after several thoughtful posts, was that Warden was the correct name. The school is famous, in fact, for its many graduates who have gone on to become prominent wardens in different fields (game, prison, church, and the like). More than that, the very name Warden School is synonomous with the principal attributes of wardendom (e.g., discipline, rehabilitation, physical abuse, and mythmaking), in this country and abroad. JoPa would be proud to use one of its computers. I hear that it is even considering starting an interdisciplinary Law and Wardening program with Penn State Law School - Philly. Out in the forefront once again (this is a sentence fragment).

http://geekswhodrink.com/blog/media/Care_Bears_Easter.jpg

Seriously, 9:45, what's wrong with you? Are you upset because you couldn't get in to Warden, so know you have to dis it by comparing to something called "Wharton" that nobody has even heard of? Are you some sort of Buckeyes fan and you are just jealous that the Nittany Lions, many of whom are enrolled in Warden, crush the Buckeyes every year?

You know what, JoePa and I don't need you. So take your little Warden bashing and sell it somewhere else.

So far so good, but really, she still uses Hotmail?

Is there any doubt that Kashmir Hill is actually Lat? Look at the next post about the judge. Clearly Lat wrote that.

Cuty fo sho

10:14 - No, the judge post is not Lat. Unlike Lat, Kashmir Hill doesn't use the royal "we":

"I'm not sure why the number of times the judge and the stripper had sex is the lead on this story. But hey, it is interesting!"

Isn't "Kashmir Hill" the punchline from one of those Little Johnny jokes?

Nice!

She chose not to go to law school? This one's pretty smart...

Another one of Lat's multiple personalities comes out -- SEN/LAT and Kashmir are all THE SAME PERSON!!!

Cmon people...

I like her -- smart too! Decided not to go to law school after witnessing first hand the human shipwrecks that roam the hallways of law firms. Bravo Kashmir!

she is really on the ball and on top of her email address--you think she might mean kashmirhill@hotmail.com?

What a pleasant surprise- the questionably-named Kashmir seems to show considerably more promise than SEN.

I also have to agree with 9:44, DC is a pretty tedious place to live, I was thrilled when i finally moved out. Ms. Hill has my sypmathies for having to live there.

Finally, I would like to point out that our co-blogger looks like plucky Lindsay Lohan circa 1999. We have high expectations for you, so don't got hooked on coke, booze, and leggings, ok?

I like her already. Good job, Lat. And she looks like Kristen, but better, which is a bonus.

Why does everyone think that Lat is in the closet?

10:28 -- Lat is NOT in the closet -- he is open, flamboyant, and FABULOUS!

FIRST

I like that she decided not to go to law school after paralegaling. She must be clever.

Guys, the reason why she looks so happy and pure in her picture is because she DID NOT go to law school.

is your brother's name katmandu or k2?

I found my thrill . . .

. . . at Kashmir Hill

I would like to wear her like a Cashmere sock puppet....

Elliot Spitzer

"Having lived in D.C. for five years, I've almost forgotten that there are people in the world who are not lawyers, journalists or government workers."

Hold up there, Kash-tastic. We use the serial comma around these parts. See:

http://www.abovethelaw.com/2008/02/heres_an_article_about_the_sem.php#comments

And if you don't like it, you can get out!

Did your mother bone Plant or Page?

Journos don't use the serial comma

I agree with all of you, this one is so much better, and now that SEN has some free time, call me?

When I saw the picture, I thought this was an Ashley Dupre/"Kristen" post. Glad it's not. Also, as many have pointed out, she is cuter than SEN and a much better writer.

she is a poor. Nuff said.

More of a body shot is available via facebook.

Since when did this site become XOXO?

To 9:11 -

Lat's 3/13 5:10PM post (still on front page at time of this comment): "Which is precisely why they need to hire $600-an-hour lawyers."

It's called a blog.

she is a poor. Nuff said.

I think I love you.

11:35-you're right. But I'd still Spitzer.

What about me? I was one of the best bassists of all time. Could I not be her father?

To those debating the whole "before or after 10" thing, I can tell you from first-hand experience that "before 10" definitely impresses the partners, and greatly increases your chances of remaining at the firm and being promoted.

Almost all of your clients are at their desk by 8:30 at latest (and if a trader, etc., probably in by 7 or 7:30).

"Since when did this site become XOXO"

Since XOXO became too radioactive to ever visit from work.

Warden '99 - I'm sure 9:45 didn't mean to insult Warden. While he wasn't admitted there, his post indicates that he's very well educated, so he must have gotten into a good school somewhere. Maybe he can go to Warden for graduate school, even participate in the Law and Wardening program, though I've heard it's also a tough admit.

I grew up a "ward" of the state. Does that mean I'm qualified to attend the Warden School at the State University of Pennsylvania in Phi?

945 furious at life - works at Bear

"I also go to a lot of fun media awards dinners, like the Radio TV News Correspondents Dinner last March, where I watched Karl Rove rap and touched POTUS's elbow."

You are so pathetic. Just another hanger-on quasi-journalist hack in DC, begging for table scraps from people who actually matter. I bet you think it's pretty cool to attend a congressional hearing, too (OMG, I walked right by Ted Kennedy!!!). And now you're on a blog! Wow!

Actually, I guess this all makes you the ideal candidate to assist with this blog -- just look at its founder.

wicked hot

Wow, It actually took 5 comments to get a Spitzer tie in? I'm disappointed.

But on the plus side, definitely hot, much better than Kristen.

Lat,

you're turning Friday into Hot Guest Blogger day...

YAY! Now just require them to have a profile with more pictures...

12:10: Does your firm block XOXO?

Am I the only one who thinks that she took the picture herself?? What's with the armpits - unless she was in middle of YMCA dance?

you people need to get out more. This woman, while decidedly cute is nowhere near hot...

2 Diamonds only, though. Still, I'd pay a few hundred dollars for a throw.

Journalist (surprisingly?) is a step above hack Alabama 1L. You'll figure this blogging thing out yet, Lat. YES YOU CAN!

Lat,

is this how you get laid? inviting these young girls to your website --- are you going down the path to becoming a Spitzer?

"Kristen"? Is that you?

LOL 7:43, like Lat likes girls.

Is your name really Kashmir? That's awesome that your parents named you taht. Kash is also a cool nickname.

Her Emperor's Club name is Kashmir Hill. Her stripper name is Cashmere Hills. Her real name is Edna Jablonski.

Hot in a good way, not the porn star kind of hot. And a good writer. . . she's a good find.

No SEN, no los. Kashmir is hotter, cooler name, and (no surprise) more cred. (Not that it takes much to surpass a 1L in 'bama who has a grammar critique group and crappy grammar skills.)

Does anybody know when 1st year assoc. generally are expected to come into work at biglaw? Would be useful knowledge for me. Thanks.

"Friday, March 14, 2008 9:25 AM

Whats up with the name. Must be a jihadi."

More like ji-hotty!

Aaaaaand I'm 3 months late with that.

100, lol.

Last

Not last anymore punk ass bitch!

Last.

Kash you are HOTTT