Law Firm Mascot of the Day: Lady J.
[Ed. note: This post is by EXLEY, one of the finalists in ATL Idol, the “reality blogging” competition that will determine ATL’s next editor. It is marked with Exley’s avatar (at right).]
We apologize for the delay in bringing it to you; we received it later than the other submissions. Alas, the demands of Biglaw are not very conducive to covert participation in a legal blogging deathmatch.]
I saw this rather striking ad at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank this morning (pre-quake):
The text on the right says: “Justice may be blind but she still sees it our way 92.3% of the time.”
Call me a sick nut but at first I thought it was an ad for the United States of America, to make me feel good about all the rigmarole a person has to go through at airport security these days.
But it turns out that Lady Justice was posing for another almost-all-knowing entity.
Find out who it is after the jump.
Good ol’ Quinn Emanuel. Even AmLaw picked up on the ad in an otherwise positive article about the firm, describing the claim as having “remarkable, if questionable, precision.”
I’ll leave the raunchy quips to the readership.
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First + you suck + who cares?
I miss HOPE WINTERS....
When is Ann Outhouse going to comment on Lady Justice's Boobs.
No wonder this post came in late. It must have taken hours to create.
I liked it. Short and punchy. Now work on getting a few more jokes in there and you'll have the contest in the bag.
SEN>Exley
Alex and Arnie Becker are going pee on you in the contest, bro. You might as well get back to biglaw. Obviously working those long hours aren't conducive to blogging, and if you're not fed up enough to slack off and post, you're clearly not ATL material.
Better luck with your next attempt at avoiding a midlife crisis (don't worry, I'm sure you've got some time left).
poop in a hat > exley
Tier 1: Frolic & Detour; Marin
Tier 2: Alex; Sophist
Tier 3: Arnie Becker; Exley
Definitely wasn't wordy. That's good.
#7's right.
This contest needs more golden showers.
Considering the competition, this wasn't half bad.
This was the only one short enough for ATL readership. I liked it, though it wasn't particularly relevant to any event. Late submission stinks. Great use of the jump (hint hint other contestants)
New updated order at the close of Day 1:
1. Alex
2. Exley
3. Marin
4. Sophist
5. F&D
6. Arnie Becker
The poster rightly raises the issue of Quinn Emanuel. It's easily the most overrated "prestigious" firm out there. Everything I've read of theirs form LA, SV, and SF has been terrible; with the exception of Bob Feldman in Silicon Valley. He's amazing. But the rest? Bullies, hacks, and lacking in ethics.
This is second to Marin. The others are just awful. Even this and Marin pale in comparison to a hungover Lat in tighty-whities blogging rumors of 18 weeks at Debevoise. Have to believe Lat's bosses are having second thoughts...
This post is 92.3% TTT
Bad use of the jump I thought. You're supposed to use the jump to let people click through to details, not what should essentially be in the title of the post.
My Rankings
1.Marin
2. Sophist
3. Alex
4. F&D
5. Arnie
6. ExLax
Lat wears boxers.
way to phone it in... LOOK I CAN USE A CAMERA PHONE!
I'm a bit surprised to read about this and not the recent cold-offers over at a certain Vault 2 firm.
The problem with these guest posts is that they're too self-absorbed. As in, "look at me! I have a funny personality! I can observe things and comment on them but also make my post about me!"
Jokes work better when you just deliver the punchline. The "[c]all me a sick nut" part is an artificial attempt at trying to connect with the reader. And it really doesn't work. You're not David Sedaris.
Let the story tell itself.
Oh, and Quinn rocks. That too.
And where is the righteous indignation that posting win/loss percentages in a lawyer advertisement is possibly a violation of the bar's ethics rules?
Ok, Exley and Alex are still on top after the first round. Marin and F&D are on the bottom. Let's see how things progress from here.
GARNET EXELBY!
That has been driving me crazy all day. I knew this Exley name reminded me of an obscure late 90s NHL player. Garnet Exelby. Wow, that takes me back.
By the way your post sucks ass.
I concur with no. 9.
Just weak. Drop out and get back to making your billables.
Lady J was the second-hottest GI Joe. Scarlett FTW!
Guys from my high school regularly beat Quinn Emanuel at trial and scored bj's from Lady J. That's what we called a typical Friday.
In the past, gents at my preparatory academy would take cellular telephone photographs of advertisements at the autogyro depot, and then reproduce them online with writings that displayed minimal creative capabilities in an effort to obtain gainful employment with a somewhat reputable electronic publication. It was not a conspicuous event, and incidentally they were not extended offers.
- Fraternity Lothario
Epologue: I believe those gents are panhandler paupers now, shamed from their malfeasance.
harumph harumph harumph
Great discovery. This ad has been on Quinn's web site forever.
i heart Fraternity Lothario. never before has harumph sounded so sexy.
The point is that Exley gets the minimalist simplicity that is the ATL post.
Some might counter that the posts are short around here because the typical ATL reader has the attention span of a ring-worm.
But, no matter, Exley--through the Zen like simplicity of this post--clearly gets it, and is now #1.
Which relieves me greatly, because although a much better writer than I expected, her to be, I do not wish to be saddled with that countenance that is Marin (not to mention her yarmicha wearing dog) for the next 2 years.
QE lawyers are all cocky and full of themselves.
At an interview, they ridiculed the judge I clerked for, for ruling against them.
They have Steve Emanuel there, I believe. He has a gift of boiling down every field of law into a simple outline. You don't even need to read cases if you work there- you just use one of Steve's handy guides.
lol at 34.
brady quinn fucking rocks, yo.
Horrendous post - and terrible use of jump.
I wish I had three hands so I could give this three thumbs down.
Yeah, late and for no purpose. There's brevity and then there's substanceless.
I always assumed Exley was Lt. Exley from L.A. Confidential, boy-o.
Oh, and why exactly need there be a link to Bob Hope Airport? Are we all going to take a field trip to see the ad?
Ummmmm....just no.
this isn't good at all... And it really took that long to write this boring crap?! Blah
new order:
Sophist
Marin
Alex
F&D
Exley
Becker
I'd swap F&D with Alex, but I agree, 42.
I agree with 32.
Exley's post is pretty good - short, simple, and snarky. Quinn Emmanuel is a good standard ATL topic, and this post doesn't get bogged down in trying too hard to be funny.
What a half-baked joke this one is.
Although this post is lame, Exley gets my vote for his "clitigator" comment alone.
And before all the females with no sense of humor get their granny panties in a bunch, I'm a woman.
I'm disappointed by this post.
You don't write well and you need to learn how to use a camera phone.
does anybody think it's strange that this firm has been able to make a statement ("she sees it our way 92.3% of the time", implying they win 92.3% of the time) that is reasonably likely to create an expectation about results the firm can achieve without disclaiming that prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome (as rqrd by the NY rules of prof. resp.)
--NY attorney
does anybody think it's strange that this firm has been able to make a statement ("she sees it our way 92.3% of the time", implying they win 92.3% of the time) that is reasonably likely to create an expectation about results the firm can achieve without disclaiming that prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome (as rqrd by the NY rules of prof. resp.)
--NY attorney
does anybody think it's strange that this firm has been able to make a statement ("she sees it our way 92.3% of the time", implying they win 92.3% of the time) that is reasonably likely to create an expectation about results the firm can achieve without disclaiming that prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome (as rqrd by the NY rules of prof. resp.)
--NY attorney
43 you are nearly right... I say:
1. Sophist
2. Marin
3. F&D
4. Exley
5. Alex
6. Becker
43 you are nearly right... I say:
1. Sophist
2. Marin
3. F&D
4. Exley
5. Alex
6. Becker
I generally like this article for ATL. It's the sort of post we routinely see on here. Having said that, it's not a great audition. While it may be okay to "leave the raunchy quips to the readership" once you're EIC, you need to show us what you can do. If I wanted to come up with my own quips for articles, I'd be reading news feeds from the AP or Reuters.
The story is very average. Unfortunately, that puts it above most of the other first round idol articles.
Meh. Fine if this was one post of many in a day, but this is a competition...bring the A game
Sophist
Marin
F&D
Alex
Exley
Becker
You can't even meet the first deadline? Really? Exley is out for me
I like this post, but Marin and Alex are still my top 2.
Please -- That poster has been at the airport for several years ....
I like how Exley is keeping it real ATL-style... Excited to see your next post!
1 Alex
2 F&D
3 Exley
4 Marin
5 Sophist
6 AB
1. Alex
2. Exley
3. Marin
4. Sophist
5. F&D
6. Arnie Becker
1. Marin
2. Alex
3. F&D
4. Sophist
5. Exley
6. Becker
I like the form - short and decently designed. The subject matter stinks though. Do you have the time to do this job?
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
yeeeesh. this isn't even news: quinn's had that campaign for awhile.
doesn't sound like exley's got the time to give this competition the effort it needs.
In fairness, you guys, this posted at 7 p.m. Pacific time. Which means Ex would've gotten it in probably between 6 and 7. Late, sure, but not as bad as you're all making it sound. As hard as it might be for some of you to believe, there is life beyond the East Coast.
Plus, we had a fuckin' earthquake yesterday. Biggest since '94 if I'm not mistaken. Meaning, a lot of buildings evacuated or shut down for a bit, thereby putting everyone on edge and taking away a decent chunk of time that could have been spent working or slacking. So focus on the substantive problems rather than the lateness. Lat posts late all the time.
That said, I agree it's mediocre. Mostly because Ex takes what's actually a pretty decent topic/setup, but he has no follow-through. It's like "hey look! Quinn Emmanuel is being ridiculous again!" Great, good material, always plenty of that from Quinn. So why's this one special? Why do we care about this one? Telling us to think up the jokes ourselves is a little lazy. Most redeeming quality of the post: it doesn't overexplain itself, unlike Sophist's. I think I started yawning about fifteen words into that one.
Also, I'm a woman and I think "clitigator" is hilarious. Far preferable to the awkward and unnecessary "litigatrix."