Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: May's Couple of the Month
A commenter recently noted that "[t]he LEWW posts are marked with a logo to make it easy to avoid them." Ouch! In fairness, we note that the same commenter also called us "one [of] the best, funniest, most well-written features on ATL" (thanks!). Whether the sight of the LEWW logo makes your heart sing or sink, the please note that the logo has changed to something a bit more festive.
In other business, we certainly made the right call when we decided to include an extra couple in May's Couple of the Month poll! The "write-in" candidates were your favorites by far, running away with over 60 percent of the vote.
Congratulations to Noraan Sadik and Stephen Haskins, ATL's Legal-Eagle Couple of the Month for May 2008!
We caught up on our wedding-watching backlog this weekend, so stay tuned, LEWW lovers. There's more coming this week, and it includes some of our readers' favorite acronyms.
Cheers!
(103) Comments
WHERE IS THE BOLD SPORTS CLAIMS COLUMN?? IT'S MONDAY MORNING!!!!
First. She's way too hot for him.
Why is this couple even eligible? He's not a lawyer, he's a doctor. I thought the legal eagle couples had to BOTH be lawyers. This is lame. The whole point of the contest is to pick a powerhouse legal couple. Can't do that where only one is a lawyer. And although the woman in this couple is gorgeous and accomplished, her creds are run of the mill.
Re: 10:30 - I'm with someone who is conventionally "hotter" than I am. I like it this way.
When you're with someone hotter than you are, the implication is that you make up for the hotness gap with other desirable attributes (like intelligence, wealth, personality, etc.).
10:42 - No, many LEWW couples / winners include non-lawyers. Just one of the people has to be a lawyer.
But I think two lawyers is a "plus factor."
Many of us still love you, Laurie.
she's one ugly chica. but he's no prize either they deserve each other.
I love when people arbitrarily decide that people who are "hot" only belong with people of similar "hotness." Because your random opinion on physical attractiveness is obviously the key in forming a long lasting relationship.
Call me when your third divorce occurs.
Wow. What a gorgeous couple.
How selective is Latham's NYC office? It's not like she's working at Irell.
1042(2). So you are saying that your signifcant other is either stupid, has a bad personality, or is poor. Or maybe all 3.
I don't think you can be too restrictive on which couples qualify for a Legal Eagle pairing. Look around people. For the most part, as a profession, we're generally socially atrocious people. I consider it a serious accomplishment for any of us to get married, let alone get married to another attorney. Anything more is just asking too much.
Congrats to the happy couple.
That chick is HOT!
Does anyone know whether she put out at U Penn or Stanford?
Congrats!
Dude sort of looks like Bodie from "The Wire."
Seriously, for all those jealous TTT a-holes who posted that she is ugly or he is ugly or they aren't qualified, let's be honest: Not only would you love to have her resume and money (she probably didn't have any debt), there is also NO WAY you would kick her out of bed. In all likelihood, you wouldn't kick HIM out of bed, you loser hard-up, d-bags.
They are going to have hot babies.
P.S. I think he looks like Jeremy Sisto of "Clueless" fame.
Rollin' with the homies...
He looks like Al Reynolds (Star Jones' ex)
With the number of stealth firings going though the roof, glad to see that ATL is focusing on the really important stuff.
I agree with the commentator. I hate these.
12:23. That's assuming you like that type of girl/guy. I prefer the all-American look. To each his own.
its 1230, can we get a new post?
11:47: Irell doesn't have New York office.
12:23. That's assuming you like that type of girl/guy. I prefer the all-American look. To each his own.
LOL! 12:26(1)
LOL! 12:26(1)
uh, yeah. Its lunch time and this is all we have so far?
12:26(4) - yeah, today's a pretty slow news day so far if this is still the top post... maybe all the scandal will hit the fan after everyone gets back from the July 4 long weekend...
11:57 'let alone marrying another attorney'--I think it's actually MORE of an accomplishment to marry a non-attorney. It means someone outside the profession is willing to have you. Dual attorney couples are people without imagination or conversatoion skills--happily married to a PhD
Do BigLaw associates have time to get married? Granted, it's summer, but it seems like it would be a major undertaking.
10:42(2).
In my case, if I'm dating a supermodel, the implication is that I have a giant cock.
uh lat its lunch time and this is what we have
Do you have to nominate yourself to be in LEWW? Otherwise, what is the point of publicly putting these couples to the horrible trashing that goes on by these ridiculous and cruel ocmmenters?
Do you have to nominate yourself to be in LEWW? Otherwise, what is the point of publicly putting these couples to the horrible trashing that goes on by these ridiculous and cruel commenters?
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Cutest. Couple. EVER! Congrats and Best Wishes!!
Cutting through the bullshit, what 12:26(3) meant to say was that s/he prefers white people.
thanks 12:48. What TTT did you learn those stellar reasoning skills?
12:53 here.
that should have read: "At what TTT did you learn those reasoning skills?"
Apparently my TTT (NU) didn't learn me to write good.
12:48 what the hell are you talking about? where did 12:26(3) say white people i just see all american look and why is that white. have you no confidence..
also i agree with 10:29 (who was first) where is monday morning sports. and lat no excuse of tech difficulties as that post should be up bright and early
Wow, the Latman sure is a cutie:)
1:01 = Lat's mom.
12:41 wrote -- "Do you have to nominate yourself to be in LEWW? Otherwise, what is the point of publicly putting these couples to the horrible trashing that goes on by these ridiculous and cruel commenters?"
Umm, you nominate yourself by submitting your marriage announcement to the New York Times. If you don't want to be ridiculed, don't announce the marriage to the whole world. Simple.
please let this mark the demise of MMQB
This couple is what fugly lawyers is all about.
Lameam and Watkins is nothing special. My dog could get a job there if he were willing to have no life and work with a bunch of assholes. This is not NYT material.
12:48, actually he said "all american"; this means non-muslim.
1:16: provided your dog went to Yale Law School, then yes.
1:13,
What exactly about this couple is fugly?
WOW - ATL is as usual providing us with some cutting-edge legal news and analysis!
12:42 should be banned from commenting on this site.
1:16...ding?
Lat,
Did SEN crash the servers when, unable to control either her ferocious hunger or her blond curiosity, she gnawed through their power cables?
No 1:16. Look at their web site:
This is just a random sampling, with the names redacted. Where do you get your information from? If you are willing to work weekends, nights, and be miserable, you can get a job there. This is not a difficult firm to get a job at. The firm is lucky they find enough people to fill up all of the slots:
Associate
JD, University of Illinois, 2001
Associate
JD, Univ. of Southern California, 2007
Associate
JD, Univ. of Southern California, 2002
Associate
JD, University of Illinois, 2004
Associate
JD, University of North Carolina, 2001
Associate
JD, Loyola Law School, 2003
Associate
JD, Loyola Law School, 2006
Partner
JD, Loyola Law School, 1985
Partner
JD, Saint Louis University, 1988
1:40: for some reason, your selective list missed all of the Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, NYU, and Chicago graduates.
Besides, all of those people graduated at the top of their class.
1:40 - you MUST work at a TTT to have the kind of time to visit the website, let alone that exhaustively. Might I suggest spend your time doing work, retard?
She's not pretty, but to each his own. Congrats.
1:40=as stupid as this couple is fugly.
he looks like K-Fed.
P.S. that's not a compliment.
"The firm is lucky they find enough people to fill up all of the slots:"
LOL.
I really don't see what's so attractive about either of them. A little exotic, maybe, compared to the usual overly Jewish LEWW couples, but not that hot.
What's with all the Latham-haters? A little east coast bias, maybe? It's not like she works at MoFo NY or someplace like that--Latham's not a slouch firm.
1:58: what's wrong with MoFo NY?
P.S. I think it's a general bias against remote branch offices.
1:59 - nothing per se, just a bit more run of the mill than Latham NY.
Mondays = suck
Mondays without ATL updating = bordering suicidal
1:40 = latham recruiter
I really must insist:
The dude looks like Bodie from "The Wire?" Does he f***ing not?
Aren’t you guys forgetting that she went to STANFORD?! I’m sure she had her pick of firms and prestigious clerkships, regardless of class rank.
The guys who think that woman is "ugly" should have their head (and eyes) examined, but probably don't have time for that given all of the runway models they date on a regular basis.
What's with the girl keeping her maiden name?
Bitch.
ok, which non-NY firms with NY offices are TTT and which are good? This is confusing!
2:15, I agree. She should henceforth be known as Noraan "Mrs. Bodie" Broadus.
Does he look more like Shane Battier (http://www.nba.com/playerfile/shane_battier/) OR Bodie from the Wire (http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/060915/1530__jd_williams_l.jpg)
Either one kinda looks like an alien; maybe not as alien as Sam Cassell, but alien none the less.
2:16 all non-ny firms besides quinn emanuel are ttt
Lathnam is the west coast's Binder & Binder
2:22 does someone there wear a hat ala charlie binder
um i had to stare at the couple - they are an attractive couple - but she is GORGEOUS! Definitely hotter of the two. For those calling her not attractive you are NUTS and BLIND. For the person who said all american looks and I didnt say "white" - ALL AMERICAN LOOKS is code for white, blond, blue eyed and tan or other generic white variation - and obviously THATS what you meant otherwise you wouldnt have used ALL AMERICAN because the word does signify a stereotypical look.
It's been *forever* since SAME-SEX MARRIAGE was legalized in California.
When are we going to have "LEWW: A Very Special Episode"?
Ummm 1:58, Jews are totally exotic. (note: Family guy reference).
But seriously, what does it mean to be "overly" Jewish.
I'm glad 2:26 is a societal anthropologist and decode everyone's language at all times.
on another note, Bodie? This tool is totally K-Fed. Right there with his ugly looks, doberman face, and sly "I can't believe I fooled this stupid hot broad into marrying me" look.
Yeah they are hot if you live in Tikrit
2:26: "ALL AMERICAN LOOKS is code for white, blond, blue eyed and tan or other generic white variation "
Yes, thank you for your insight. Your ethnic studies class meets at 3pm, better hurry.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE start a thread on the Kawamoto/Fan Wedding. They are both YLS grads and ridiculous people. The announcement discusses how Miss Fan is not attracted to Kawamoto and explicitly states that they are platonic. Ridiculous.
Guys at my high school used to date runway models, had no time to get their heads (or eyes) examined, and called perfectly attractive girls ugly all the time, it was no big deal.
FRAT STUD.
ye 1:58 what do you mean by overly jewish? that they are represented on leww more than others? first of all what do you mean by "they", are they not as american as you are? also maybe lots of jewish people just send in their marriage announcements to the ny times
The woman looks like Mileena (with her mask off) from Mortal Kombat II.
Guys at my high school used to look like doberman pinschers while marrying women way out of their league all the time, it was no big deal.
FRAT STUD
You guys are so wrong, but so funny! One's almost better off not winning this stupid "couple of the month".
Um...don't they both look like Obama?
These people made LEWW because AIPAC nominated them.
These people made LEWW because AIPAC nominated them.
why are people being so thick about how "all american" is used...? sure its not right but thats how its used.
look at ads that feature "all american" looks and exclude the token dark face they love to stick in there.
tommy hilfiger
abercrombie and fitch
polo
2:32, I went and read the article. If you had done the same, you would notice that it does not state that they ARE platonic, only that they WERE. Which makes him, in my book, a superstar for being able to make the nearly- impossible leap out of the Friendship Pit.
3:21: "look at ads that feature "all american" looks and exclude the token dark face they love to stick in there."
---So, in other words, discount any facts that directly contradict your theory, and, voila!
Did you learn how to debate at ACS meetings or something?
a lady lawyer should never take her husband's name
5:29,
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/34098
She looks kinda like a man.
Look idiots--If you want to work at a miserable place like Latham, it's not difficult to get a job there. What's difficult is working 80 hour weeks, putting up with assholes and doing boring work. You losers who are in awe of a place like this, believing this is an incredibly prestigious firm, that you have to go to Yale to work there, etc. are feeding right into the firm's hands. The firm want you to be so honored to work there that you won't mind getting treated like shit. Rather, your mindset should be: This is a horrible place to work, and the firm is lucky that I'm willing to work for it.
8:20:
I'm telling Bob Dell to trace your IP address and fire you.
Gorgeous lawyer + hot doctor = the rest of us insanely jealous. Congrats to a deserving couple!
Who the heck is Bob Dell? Michael Dell's loser brother?
11:05 must have the Harvard goggles.
Not everyone is jealous because they don't think a particular couple is unattractive.
I think it's so ironic that something that is supposed to be celebratory, like a wedding announcement column, has been transformed into the opportunity for a bunch of losers locked up in their offices to insult some random couple anonymously.
I think the LEWW should be canceled based solely on the fact that it fails to serve it's intended purpose. You might as well call it the Legal Eagle "vote for a couple to publicly humiliate" watch.
Although some of the commentary is almost funny (almost), overall, it's a waste.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THE MATTER WITH YOU PEOPLE???
This girl is UGLY! I love the people that criticize the people who comment on this site, yet, they are also visiting the site and commenting. If you don't like it, move on.