Update: Bingham Associate Given Date Rape Drug?
Internal Email Offers Rebuttal to Ex-Associate’s Claims
As litigators know all too well, there are two — or more — sides to every story. Unfortunately, in many controversies involving law firms, we never hear the firm’s side (usually because they clam up — we try to pressure them give them incentives them to talk, but we don’t always succeed).
Earlier today, we reported on allegations made by a former associate at Bingham McCutchen in Boston. Michelle Moor claimed that (1) she was drugged at the firm holiday party; (2) a fellow Bingham associate told Moor that she had also been drugged — and then raped — by a Bingham employee the year before; and (3) a male employee at the firm “made ‘a number of alarming sexually inappropriate comments’ about ‘roofies’ and having sex with unconscious women.” Along with Moor’s allegations, we posted a brief statement from the firm.
Now we can bring you more of the firm’s side of the story. Earlier this afternoon, Bingham McCutchen’s general counsel, William Southard, sent out an internal email to all personnel. The email contains more specifics than the firm’s prior statement.
We got our grubby paws on it, of course. Based on the email, it seems to us that Bingham has handled this difficult situation with sensitivity and “delicate handling” (as touted in its ubiquitous advertisements).
Of course, you’re free to form your own opinion. Check out the email, after the jump.
BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP — MEMORANDUM — MCAD COMPLAINT AGAINST THE FIRM
From: William G. Southard
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 2:20 PM
To: zz personnel dc; zz personnel har; zz personnel hk; zz personnel la; zz personnel lon; zz personnel ny; zz personnel oc; zz personnel sf; zz personnel sm; zz personnel sv; zz personnel tk; zz personnel wc
Cc: zz management committee
Subject: MCAD Complaint Against The Firm
I’m sure many of you have seen or heard about today’s media reports concerning a filing yesterday by Michelle Moor with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. Because the reports and the filing contain alarming allegations, we thought it appropriate to respond briefly about the personal safety issues raised in Ms. Moor’s filing. While we empathize with the concerns raised by Ms. Moor, we want to address the allegations contained in the media. Because of the pending legal process, we are constrained in what we can say, but we do want to stress the following.
First, Ms. Moor reported that at the 2007 associates Christmas party at an off-site location she was given a date rape drug which made her ill and required treatment at an emergency room. The events occurred in a public restaurant with a very large number of people present over the course of the event, including numerous people unaffiliated with the firm. Our initial desire was to begin an immediate investigation, however, Ms. Moor asked us to refrain because she did not want her privacy compromised and because she felt that it would be difficult to determine the identity of the offending party at such a public venue. Only after Ms. Moor was comfortable with proceeding did we undertake the investigation. Ultimately, we could not determine, and Ms Moor could not say, who might have introduced the drug, how the drug was ingested or whether the person who did this had any affiliation with the firm. We did, however, conclude that the events, whatever their genesis, furnished an important reminder to all of us that issues of personal safety arise in all aspects of present-day life. As a result, commencing in January we began to plan to better inform all of our personnel about safety measures that they can take, and are conducting personal safety training sessions for all lawyers and staff in the Boston office. We will expand the reach of those efforts to the rest of the firm. We also engaged in outreach to concerned personnel in the Boston office to detail what had transpired, and sent out an email to all Boston personnel informing them of the off-site incident and advising them of the need to be aware of these types of concerns. We have today in Boston issued a response similar to this one to address Ms. Moor’s allegations.
Second, Ms. Moor purports to describe a second incident that occurred at some point in the past involving the drugging and rape of an associate. We investigated this assertion, though Ms. Moor refused to identify the associate whose story she purported to relate. Without any identifying information we had no way of verifying the report or reaching any conclusions about it. We have very recently been contacted by the associate referenced by Ms. Moor. Without going into details, we have learned Ms. Moor’s information is fundamentally inaccurate.
Third, Ms. Moor complains of comments made in her presence by a firm staff member concerning date rape drugs and she accuses the firm of not acting appropriately in response to them. The allegations of a failure by the firm to act are unfounded. When the firm learned of the comments, an exhaustive confidential investigation was undertaken over a period of several weeks, not only because the reported comments were inappropriate, but also because of the prior events at the Christmas party. At no time in the investigation was the firm able to conclude there was any connection between the inappropriate comments and the events at the Christmas party. Upon completion of the Firm’s investigation, the staff member identified by Ms. Moor was terminated.
We are very disappointed that Ms. Moor resigned from the firm and that she has filed her complaint, and we disagree strenuously that there is any basis, factual or legal, for any of her claims. The thrust of Ms. Moor’s MCAD complaint — that the firm was unresponsive to the concerns she raised — is simply untrue. Despite Ms. Moor’s complaints, the safety of firm personnel is of paramount importance to us, as the current safety training efforts and numerous other programs reflect.
Given the pendency of the complaint, please maintain this information as confidential. Please feel free to contact Ralph Martin or me with any questions you may have.
Bill
Update: We didn’t get it from them, but we see that Am Law Daily previously posted the Bingham email. See here.
Further Update (4/13/09): The MCAD has dismissed Moor’s complaint.
Earlier: Worst Holiday Office Party Ever: Bingham Associate Given Date Rape Drug?
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Comments
FIRST!
Huh? This doesn't even address the miscarriage issue.
The firm's side seems pretty legit.
First to say Bingham just waived privilege as to the subject matter of that communication.
First
Our initial desire was to begin an immediate investigation, however, Ms. Moor asked us to refrain because she did not want her privacy compromised and because she felt that it would be difficult to determine the identity of the offending party at such a public venue.
IS THIS GOOD WRITING?
long duk dong
assuming Bingham's account is factually accurate, i don't see what else they could have done about the incident.
Gotta say very impressive of Bingham management to respond so quickly and keep associates in the loop.
Paul Hastings is excited that Bingham got them off the hook.
It was Bill Southard in the bar with the Tegretol
I just solved it!!
I'm guessing their investigation of who leaked this email will be more thorough than the investigations referenced in the email...
Did Paul Hastings ever put out a reponse to associates or did they just "clam up"?
why is law firm news these dasy SO DAMN AWESOME
USA, USA, USA...
4:06 (1) - there needs to be a semi-colon, not a comma, after 'however' in the statement you referenced. Otherwise, it's OK.
By that email, it does not seem that Bingham is "constrained" in any way from speaking on the matter. Pending legal process be damned, and they've called Ms. Moor a liar (well, "fundamentally inaccurate"). This is going to get ugly.
Why didn't they just disclose this information when the incident first appeared in the news? Do they think they have something to gain, or lose, by withholding this information? Whether they like it or not, the internet is here to stay, and secrets cannot be protected forever.
"The firm's side seems pretty legit."
Hofstra grads believe anything they read
Ms. Moor is toast!
This chick should not get one cent from Bingham
Am Law Daily had it 17 minutes before ATL--admit it Lat they had the scoop
PH associate here.
I just put in a lateral application to Bingham.
I dunno, if it took them a month to fire an assistant who made date rape comments in front of more than one employee, and they told her to move floors. . .
That is the kind of idiocy wrt to responding to inappropriate behavior I am used to seeing from military commanders, not civilians.
4:15 - the semi-colon should go before "however," not after. thanks for playing.
I am tired of ATL and Charney, the PH associate, Moor, and the black Covington staff attorney all crying victim.
4:17 - Hofstra grads are trained to sniff out frivilous lawsuits from a mile away. Sorry that the TTT you attended (probably SeTTTon Hall or RuTTTgers or some other toilet in a flyover state or Jersey) didn't teach you how to think critically.
Best,
Magna
4:30 - How is ATL "crying victim" here?
"[I]t seems to us that Bingham has handled this difficult situation with sensitivity and 'delicate handling' (as touted in its ubiquitous advertisements)."
4:03 - Where is the attorney-client relationship? Where is the disclosure of a conversation between lawyer and client? Every conversation a lawyer has is not privileged.
All of the commenters of the first Bingham thread just got pwned - bunch of TTT AU WCL wingnuts.
Isn't it interesting, though, that it wasn't until she filed a complaint that they actually informed the women who worked at the firm that there was a possible date-rape-drug problem?
Or, did they tell the Boston attorneys prior to today? Anyone? Bueller?
4:30, you may want to read a different blog because those stories are in ATL's wheelhouse.
4:32 should have a pic of Speedy Claxton instead of Chrebet.
Typical law firm response - accuser is lying, we did all we can but can't tell you about it
I don't buy BIngham's side of the story. I spent my 1L summer working in Boston last year and went to one of Bingham's summer recruiting events for law students in the city. They tried very hard to cultivate a party-hard fratboy environment and more than one of their associates got drunk and made inappropriate passes at me.
I raised this with a former classmate of mine from undergrad who is now a second-year associate there. She told me that you learn to avoid certain jackasses and it's not that big of a deal. Importantly, she didn't disagree with my assessment.
Bingham wanted to cultivate an atmosphere of freewheeling fratboys and they got it. Why are we at all surprised when something like this happens? An environment of suspended accountability of unlimited male perogative is not something that any professional services firm should strive for nor should we be surprised when this kind of outrageous behavior arises.
The bottom line is this: discussions of date rape at a firm event should be alarming and not a matter of course. I have to disagree with my friend who works there. This is not a bad egg but a cultural problem at Bingham and secretly trying to remove one actor without realizing that there's a huge problem is just going to lead to more headaches.
If there's one thing that's clear to me, it's that this memo was drafted with a precise eye toward getting into ATL. Congratulations, Bingham, on being the first firm to figure out how to use Lat to your advantage.
4:36 - are you slow? Moor's account of the first woman's story was determined to be inaccurate, and the one incident with Moor was not even established to be anyone related to Bingham.
How does one alleged incident in a public place rise to the level of having a duty to warn all females? What are they going to warn them of? "Someone might put a date rape drug in your drink in a bar?" Real news flash there, scoop.
Me is Roger Lou. In China testicles of managing partner of Benghim Mccuttin would have been removed from body of him by now because in China you guilty until proving innocent. Me glad that in U.S.ofA. there is system of innocent unless proving guilty. Case was tried here today on ATL to group of intelligent people as well as others such as HofstraMagna and jurys determine that Benghim Mccuttin is NOT GUILTY! America's system of justice so amazing! I admire very much.
With respect,
诶比西
HofsTTTra Magna,
Go get a blow out with some ice pick sideburns, put on a liberal amount of Aqua de Gio, spray tanner, and go sing some Cascada songs while you stand shirtless in front of the mirror taking pictures for your MySpace page. Strong Island Baby!
Well-handled by Binghammm
4:17,
While I am sure that "Hofstra grads are trained to sniff out frivilous lawsuits from a mile away" (hee.hee) US News lists Seton Hall as #66, Rutgers as #77 and Hofstra as #99...so watch where you sling your mud.
You are the biggest tool I have seen on this site.
Thanks for the good midday laugh. Oh, and nice pic...
4:43 - are you slow? Taking at face value the statement from a very interested party that something was inaccurate "without going into details."
"thrust of the complaint" -- really? What kind of word choice is that?
so where's the picture Latty?
4:41 - You are a 2L bashing the firm based on your attendance at one summer recruiting event when you were a 1L, and on a friend "importantly" not disagreeing with your assessment?
Even more, you disagree with your friend who actually works there (i.e., has more familiarity than one cocktail party) and determine this to be a "cultural problem" at Bingham?
Your logic and evidence are beyond flimsy.
4:47,
Are... or have?
Hey 4:41 you are just bitter because Bingham would not even grant your an interview this year.
Game, Set, Match - Bingham
4:41 = Ms. Moor
4:48 / 4:36 - Oh, I see. You are taking everything that one interested party (Moor) is saying as true, and everything the other interested party (Bingham) says as false. Ok so you answered my first question - you really are slow. H a a v e a g o o o d d a a a y. . . (I typed that slow because I know you can't read fast)
4:43 PM --
You don't seem to me to be the real 诶比西. Please prove to the readers of this blog that you are who you say you are, and, if you are not, please admit to being an imposter of the famed "Roger Lou."
With respect (for Roger), I say.
shame ... shame ... shame.
skeet skeet skeet!
Roger Lou Rocks! Dude has me rolling on the floor.
4:43, first laugh out loud ATL post in a while
Gallion OUT!
OH SNAP...
Did I just read that correctly (5:01 PM), is there a fake Roger Lou lurking on this board?!?
FIRST!
Time to call in "Law & Order SVU", Det. Benson will get to the bottom of this!
What's a "fake" Roger Lou? Has it been established that there's a "real" Roger Lou?
5:03(2) -- nobody will dispute that the real Roger Lou rocks (see yesterday's post on GULC speaker -- that is the REAL Roger Lou); see also SOME of the posts on the other Bingham post from today. The dude here just ain't the real RL.
With respect,
FAN OF THE REAL 诶比西
Look, bottom line is, this latest bit is a CYA by the firm, nothing more. It would seem incredibly strange either way---but the firm assuring us it did everything and she's a wacko is just that-- a firm's word. Ask a contract/temp attorney what that's worth.
I think 4:41 is a Paul Hastings Partner.
"Benghim Mccuttin" is comedy gold, (especially because of its bigoted undertones).
Field Marshl DiBlasi
Ms. Moor sure sounds like a wacko.
Will the "real" Roger Lou please stand up!
4:38 - do not get Lat onto Wayne Chrebet's wikipedia page. We will have no more posts for the rest of the day!
C'mon. They're fake Rogers. I'ts 5 a.m. in Bejing right now. Dude has to be sleeping.
I can't believe he calls it a "Christmas" party!!! That's the true outrage here.
damn hope the real roger makes an apperance soon.
Damn, out of curiosity I went to Chrebet's wiki page and saw this http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bd/ChrebetWayne.JPG/302px-ChrebetWayne.JPG. Thanks a ton, 5:13.
Perhaps Bingham should hire "The Independent Internal Investigations Attorneys" of Gallion & Spielvogel.
http://www.internalinvestigationlaw.com/
Comical website filled with platitudes, clip art, and legal nonsense. Also, not that Gallion's bio still includes a description of how "After obtaining his law degree, Mr. Gallion was selected for the extremely prestigious clerkship with the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Miner, J.)" and other such hilarities.
Gallion OUT!
The real Roger Lou was on yesterday's non-sequitors (letters regarding application to AU, etc.). The real Roger Lou may have also been on the original ATL posting on Bingham today. I have mad respect for the original Roger, and like the break from sanity of other ATL posters (Hofstra_Douchebag / FRAT STUD / etc.).
WILL THE REAL ROGER LOU PLEASE APPEAR?
Dude where the hell is "Frat Stud"?
I think 4:41's observation on Bingham culture has some truth to it; while not a member of the firm, I've had occasion to attend over a dozen of their events, some related to the summer program, others not, and I've always been somewhat taken aback...plenty of comments that would be wildly inappropriate at my firm not to mention the hookups up and down the ranks.
5:27 -- who cares about Bingham? Not me, I want to get to the bottom of this Roger Lou conspiracy of phoneys !
We Need More Paul Hastings bashing!!!
The "Roger Lou" bit was tired back when it was spelled "Roger Luo" on the old Princeton Review board. Please just let it go.
"The "Roger Lou" bit was tired back when it was spelled "Roger Luo" on the old Princeton Review board. Please just let it go."
PLEASE ELABORATE OR POST A LINK...
"The "Roger Lou" bit was tired back when it was spelled "Roger Luo" on the old Princeton Review board. Please just let it go."
PLEASE ELABORATE OR POST A LINK...
5:27 = Bingham law school recruiting coordinator.
4:36(2): "Did they tell the Boston attorneys prior to today?"
Email at top of page:
"As a result, commencing in January we began to plan to better inform all of our personnel about safety measures that they can take.... We also ... sent out an email to all Boston personnel informing them of the off-site incident and advising them of the need to be aware of these types of concerns."
"The "Roger Lou" bit was tired back when it was spelled "Roger Luo" on the old Princeton Review board. Please just let it go."
PLEASE ELABORATE OR POST A LINK...
"The "Roger Lou" bit was tired back when it was spelled "Roger Luo" on the old Princeton Review board. Please just let it go."
PLEASE ELABORATE OR POST A LINK...
Isn't every Roger Luo post supposed to start with "Mister and I am apologize if it is Miss" or something like that?
I agree that it was lame. Many better classic PR board personalities deserve resurrection first.
You idiots can bash Hofstra all day, you can bash me all day, but if you go after Wayne Chrebet, so help me... I have three of his jerseys (home, away and throwback) and I'll be darned if I'll sit here and watch you impugn the integrity of the best WR the NFL has ever seen.
Guys in my high school used to slip roofies into chicks drinks at student council gatherings and the administration would tell the chicks their stories were "fundamentally inaccurate" all the time, it was no big deal.
MFS
Hello Mr. Admissions Committee Member and if it is Ms. then I am sorry. I say this for you why it is that I wish to attend HLS. Thank you.
Where I am born in Asia it is like this. When it is cold, we use coal stove for keeping warm. This oven turn everything black--outside of house, walls near stove. Also inside of nostril is black and when you cough, phlegm is black also. For this reason when I am very young, my father is dying when I am very young of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease which is also caused by constant inhalation of fume for the coal oven and condition worsened by lack of medical care also.
I say this to you quickly for the blackness of poverty-stricken childhood in Asia. Like coal oven which sends dangerous fumes into air, poverty in over-crowded Asia are constant poison which must be breathed in to survive.
I am the lucky one. Through lengthy circumstance which I am also not for telling you at this time but which have true percentage chance of one in seven trillion, three hundred twenty two billion, one seventy two million, four hundred and twenty six thousand, five hundred and two, I have the great chance for attending Yale University in America. For this I am also the lucky one. This is for certain. While I am here, I have concentrate to remove smoke of indigence from my lung. This I do by work fulltime and also through schoolwork. It is the proud thing for me that I am graduating from fine undergraduate institution.
Also while I am here I learn much about the great American melting pot. I say this for you. In America the only melting I see is that many American say is all Asian. For certain in America there is no Chinese, Japanese. Also there is no Vietnamese or Thai. This is for certain in America there is no Hmong or other small ethnic group. Also for America, we are all melted together into one group: Asian only and model minority also.
Also this is true for what are called people but not for food. Thank you.
For this reason, I say that I am from Asia. Also I am from Asia for it would be the great thing for there should be one in seven trillion, three hundred twenty two billion, one seventy two million, four hundred and twenty six thousand, five hundred and two chance also happen to other person of my family! Also it is for certain that my family is in Asia and for the letter I receive, they still keep warm around coal oven and also it is often cold there. Still they are inhaling black corrosive odor of poverty.
Also for this I learn that although in Asia there are Korean and Cambodean and other ethnic group and in America only Asian I am know for certain that black smoke from coal stove, scented with perfume of penury, is to be found in all country in Asia also and not just with my family. I am to return to Asia to be with my family also I hope to foster business relation in Asia through public policy which help clear up figurative black coal smoke from poorest part of Asia.
Also literal black coal smoke which is bad for environment.
For this reason I plan to return to Asia after law school and for this reason I am apply to HLS and HLS only, for HLS is the best in Asia. Also I hope to return to Asia after HLS and to also be the best for Asia. Thank you.
Welcome back, HofstraDouchebag !!!
Wayne Chrebet Rules!
5:37 -- You, my friend, are the real Roger Lou.
With respect, brother, with respect !!!
It looks like everyone's gotten over the new design of ATL. Lat's gamble is finally paying off (for his advertisers).
5:37 (2) - Best post ever
I am Roger Lou.
In English there is this idiom: dogged persistence. I ask for you what is the persistence for the dog? I am think of the dog which is chase the cat for the short space of time. First it is make the big racket. Next it is to dash like crazed beast through bush and street to try for catch the cat. Then it is to forget what it is to do and to lick itself in the place which I am not here for mention. This is the persistence for the dog: the big noise, followed by the big failure. When I decide to go for law school, I made the big noise. The noise that I am make is to be heard by all my friends and family. I say to them I am to go to Harvard Law School, for the great reason that Harvard Law School is best in Asia.
The first year I was to decide this I am apply to Harvard Law School with certainty I am to be accepted. It was with greatest shock I was to receive the letter for the rejection. The second year I was to make the bigger noise. I rewrote personal statement, found better recommender. I researched much of the informations on Harvard Law School. I went over application to Harvard Law School, as you are to say in the other idiom for English, with the fine-toothed comb. I say for you if you are to attempt to groom the dog with fine-toothed comb for certain you are to realize inherent lack of dignity in the mix of the metaphor. Also the mix of the metaphor was soon to turn to the mix of the drink, when with relief I am receive the important news: accept for 2006 Harvard Law School class. It was with greatest shock I was to discover lack of eligibility for educational visa for the next two year. This is the third year in which I am apply for Harvard Law School. Because of problem with the visa, I am at this time apply for Harvard class for 2008. Possible you are to think that apply the three times for Harvard Law School is to demonstrate the dogged persistence. For this reason I am ask that you are to accept me and also to allow for defer the additional year. Even dog need time off to lick the crotch before once again yelp, bark, and chase after the crimson cat.
With respect,
诶比西
"Case was tried here today on ATL to group of intelligent people as well as others such as HofstraMagna"
AHAHAHAHA Roger Lou totally dissed Hofstra!!!!
man this is no where near the 1000+ post generated by the Paul Hastings articles. time for another one.
Roger Lou is dominated this board!!! Add him to the payroll!!!!
We Need More Paul Hastings bashing!!!
We Need More Paul Hastings bashing!!!
5:37 & 5:46 (诶比西) --
With respect!
Please elaborate, either here on on another board, as to why you chose to attend the America's University, Washington College of Law (best in Americas) instead of HLS (best in Asia).
Welcome to the U.S. of A.
With respect,
Sum Dum Fuk
roger -- your writing takes my breath away. best in asia!
no we need more Roger Lou
诶比西 to 190 Yen !!!
4:47 - US News isn't the only game in town. ATL has its own NYC area rankings, wehre Hofstra finished third, so nice try:
http://abovethelaw.com/community/2008/05/top-nyc-area-law-schools.php
Guys in my high school used to undertake exhaustive internal investigations all the time. It was no big deal.
Hofstra Magma,
Hi. This is the Roger Lou of much fame writing about the rankings of the law schools in NYC, DC, and the U.S. of A. Everybody knowing that HLS is "best in Asia" and that America's University, Washington College of Law is "best in Americas." ATL's posting of Columbia and NYU are better than Hofstra which, if you are the Magma of, I cannot at this time understand. Why, if you are best of Hofstra, you did not attend best of New York which is the Columbian University in Harlem.
With respect,
诶比西
The Paul Hastings post resulted in more comments because something awful actually happened to that woman, so there were people sympathizing with her as well as people defending PH and/or making crass jokes.
Here, nothing all that bad happened to the woman. She got some free drugs and then quit on her own volition.
Well, that settles that.
spot on 6:09
HofstraMagna,
Where is your response to 诶比西's challenge of your choice to attend HofsTTTra Law (see 6:09(1) PM)? You lose to Roger Lou and are officially KING OF ALL DOUCHEBAGS.
Congrats on graduating "magna" from Long Island's finest.
6:09 = subtle Mr. Miyagi troll
Roger, Frat Stud, Hofstra, and (the new) "Sum Dum Fuk" have graced this board with their collective stupidity. Where is the guy who declares that firms have been infultrated with a "herpes epidemic"?
Thanks a bunch!
6:22. Herpes epidemics were so last week.
Does this firm do mostly sophisticated, cross-border transactional work, or are they more a complex, bet-the-company litigation shop? (T5-->V10)
More posts Roger Lou
6:27 is a TTTool. Idiot. Moron. Thomas A. Cooley 2L.
This is what happens when you do a crappy re-design. The regular commenters bail, and the place fills up with trolls scurrying from the sinking ship that is xoxohth.com.
It won't be long until every comment is someone hoping somebody gets raped and/or contracts "Sumerian face AIDS" while lamenting the avarice of Jews and the malodorous nature of African-Americans.
6:31 - You must not have read ATL much before. The commenters have always been rude, even in the pre-redesign Golden Age.
ahhhh these comments are priceless
So the PH Associate got knocked up at a Bignham event after being roofied? No wonder she miscarried.
6:34 -- while the old comments may have been "rude," they were at least (usually) witty. Now, pretty much all we have are tired Roger Luo impressions and herpes jokes. I'm sorry your sense of humor is not developed enough to distinguish.
While 6:34 is correct in that comments were always, by and large, rude, the quality of the snark has definitely declined. It's gone from "Gawker" to "Perez Hilton" pretty much in the last month or so.
bring back the snark
This site has jumped the snark.
Dear 6:40-
You make some very good points. Basically, you lick nut sack.
Sincerely yours,
Your Mother is a Whore
Herpes jokes aren't witty?
I think someone's got a sore spot... literally!
Sunstein is still a dork.
This is a law firm that is in serious trouble. They are advertising at baseball stadiums and in programs at plays. I'd be embarrassed to work there.
"Hofstra magna"....
kind of like saying "best concentration camp."
these comments suck
Who let "hofstra magna" onto this board? I knew him in law school... we were on law review together. He works as an ADA in Nassau County -- real douche.
Who let "hofstra magna" onto this board? I knew him in law school... we were on law review together. He works as an ADA in Nassau County -- real douche.
She's obviously lying. When is the last time anyone at Paul Hastings got laid.
8:05, you're just an idiot. Bingham isn't in any kind of financial trouble.
9:23-24 - Stop lying. I would never do toilet law like ADA in Nassau County. I am going to Zarb in the fall. Right now, I'm poking around to find a firm that will hire me on as a summer associate with the hopes of having a chance at landing me full-time after I have my MBA. Firms would really like to have a guy like me who has the Triple H with a JD/MBA. I almost had an interview at a Vault Top 71 Firm last week, but it fell through at the last minute. I'm not worried though, there are plenty of other firms out there.
Hofstra Magna, you are hilarious. I am 90% sure everything you say is a joke, but either way = hilarious.
I am starting to like your posts as much as frat stud's.
Bring back Frat Stud!!!
I'm sorry, but the newspaper says "Moop."
this comment thread is boring
Hofstra Magna, who sat next to me during the NY bar exam FAILED THE BAR (which explains why his V 71 firm canceled his interview)!
Magna -- You know who I am. Its me, Vinni from Long Island. Please go back to being a paralegal at the Nassau DA's Office. Your kind of smart, but we all know that there is no way a dude who failed the New York bar and who has a little-boy crush on Wayne Chrebet could ever get into Zarb ! You're lying.
Those Roger Luo posts are old. Plagiarism!
Paul Hastings Sucks!
5:37/5:46 - get some original material
Why would anybody admit to being a Hofstra Law grad??? I'm perplexed.
Nothing to see here folks, move along...
(except for Roger Lou)
Boycott Bingham!
PAUL HASTINGS BLOWS!
Doesn't really change the fact that the odds of being drugged and raped appear to be higher at Bingham than at comparable firms.
Might be something law students should consider.
Any biglaw firm will have no problem filling its 1st year slots in these economic conditions.
Might be something law students should consider. (Considering most of them have 100K+ in loans at minimum.)
Who gives a rat's @ss what law students think? Whiney babies who think that 160K starting is a right and not a privilege.