Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 6.15 and 6.22: Ho-ly Owned
As promised, we’re back with our second installment of LEWW this week. We think you’ll agree that this one features some of our finest contestants of the season. A SCOTUS clerkship (finally!), a Rhodes, more YLS grads — enjoy this special Independence Day edition of the Legal Eagle Wedding Watch!
Here are the names:
1. Stephanie Denton and Zeno Baucus3. Emma Terrell and Trevor Leitch
Click on the “continue reading” link below to see these couples’ photos and sparkly credentials.
1. Stephanie Denton and Zeno Baucus
(Buy them a TV.)
The Case:
- We begin the week with a two-JD pairing. Stephanie was summa at Emory and got her law degree from Harvard. Zeno is Stanford/Georgetown.
- The unusually named Zeno is an associate at Orrick. Stephanie is at Kirstein & Young, where the only other attorneys are … Kirstein and Young. (She was previously at Kirkland & Ellis in DC.)
- The father of the groom is none other than Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus. Impressive.
The Case Against:
- From the way they’re posing, it looks like Stephanie is snapping the picture with her outstretched arm. But there’s a photo credit, so it appears they paid someone else to do their self-portrait. Nice eyebrow placement, though.
The Case:
- Another week, another double-YLS couple (unlike our previous LEWW winners, these two actually met at Yale). Mary was magna at the University of Arizona, and Dean graduated with high distinction from Berkeley. Both also have master’s degrees from Cambridge.
- Mary, who clerked for their officiant, Ninth Circuit Judge John T. Noonan, will start this fall as an assistant professor of law at American University. Dean will be working at the DC office of Boies, Schiller & Flexner.
The Case Against:
- Mary and Dean have already attracted some attention in the ATL comments section (see, for example, here, here, here, and here, and also this commenter, who concluded, “I wish their marriage luck, although I would not have sex with either of them”) We think Mary and Dean are both brilliant and adorable (admittedly, we have a soft spot for double-YLS couples from their class). We’ll concede, however, that Mary’s description of her beloved to the NYT as “a little Ken doll” was regrettable.
3. Emma Terrell and Trevor Leitch
(Buy them a fruit bowl.)
The Case:
- This couple met at Princeton, where the bride was cum laude. The groom earned a Rhodes scholarship (apparently despite graduating honor-less), while the bride went to NYU for a JD.
- Emma is now an associate at Cooley Godward. Trevor, having neglected to attend Yale Law School like a normal Rhodie, works for “Benfield, a London reinsurer.” Whatever the heck that means.
The Case Against:
- We’re stifling a yawn — much like Trevor appears to be doing in the picture. To be honest, we’re only including this entry because there seemed to be an unusually high degree of interest in this couple, judging from comments and e-mail. The only truly impressive thing is the groom’s Rhodes scholarship, and he’s not even doing anything identifiably prestigious with it.
4. Courtenay Van Sciver and Peter Washkowitz
(Buy them a spaghetti spoon.)
The Case:
- Double-JDs, again (yes, single-JD couples are eligible for LEWW consideration — but doubles certainly have an edge). Courtenay is Duke/Columbia, and Peter is Penn/Penn.
- Courtenay is a Biglaw escapee (she was formerly with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman). Peter remains trapped at Simpson Thacher. (By the way, STB’s Wikipedia entry appears to have been written entirely be the firm’s marketing department. Please remedy this, ATL readers.)
The Case Against:
- Courtenay’s now occupied by the Gilt Groupe, an “invitation only” online store, where she’s an accessories buyer. Presumably one of said accessories accounts for what’s going on with her hair.
5. Maria Glover and Derek Ho
(Buy them a gravy boat.)
The Case:
- Oh, mercy — where do we start? We’ve been waiting all season for a prestige-orgy of this magnitude. The basics: Two lawyers. The bride was summa at the University of Tennessee and got her JD at Vanderbilt. The groom was magna at both Harvard and HLS.
- Derek clerked for Judge Michael Boudin of the First Circuit and thereafter ascended to the chambers of Justice David H. Souter (note that this in no way changes our assessment of Boudin as a mid-range feeder). Derek is now a partner at Kellogg Huber, the ultra-prestigious DC litigation boutique.
- Maria is a star in her own right, having just completed a clerkship for Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the Fourth Circuit. She’s also a former Miss Knoxville!
- Justice Souter himself was present at the wedding and had the immense honor of being shown to his seat by ATL’s own David Lat, a groomsman (college roommate of the groom).
- We’re lukewarm about the race-based acronym some ATL commenters will doubtless bestow on this couple. Nonetheless, we were pleased when a Google search for the term led us to this.
The Case Against:
- “Ms. Glover … is keeping her name.” We dare say.
The Verdict:
No offense to the other fine contestants, but Team Glover-Ho has no serious competition here. Congratulations!
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It has to be Mary and Dean. They took the picture of themselves! And then submitted it to the NYT weddings section as their engagement picture. That's kickass.
How can Boudin be regarded as a "mid-range" feeder judge? He is definitely in the top 10, maybe even the top 5.
These rankings are a few years old, but not much has changed. Lutting is gone, but Garland is on the scene. So net-net, Boudin is still way up there.
http://underneaththeirrobes.blogs.com/main/2004/08/feed_me_seymour.html
12:34 here. I apologize for my typo - should be "Luttig," not "Lutting."
For anyone of you who are wondering, it is pronounced LOO-tig (not LUTT-ig).
Maybe this will shut up the people complaining about no Asian wedding announcements
Is the girl in couple 1 a bit crosseyed? Check out her pic on the firm's website.
So what are Maria's career plans following the clerkship?
Stephanie Denton is identified as a "senior associate." Senior to whom? There apparently are no other associates at the firm!
In terms of looks, take the bride from couple #1 and the groom from couple #4.
5 more reasons I will never marry a woman lawyer.
wgwag?
wgwag?
This. Is. So. Asinine.
I had lunch with Bride #1 at an event a while back, and she's really quite nice, and not cross eyed. I think her eyes may just be a little close set.
penn/penn? quick, someone call a plaintiff's lawyer!
@1:25, No. Putting. Periods. After. Every. Word. Is. Asinine.
1:29,
FIVEHEAD
lol IMAX
This was an awesome LEWW. Thanks, Laurie!
Maria summered at Covington, but I don't know what her post-clerkship plans are.
Though "a Rhodes is a Rhodes is a Rhodes," winning from Bermuda is not nearly as competitive (even an honorless Ivy degree like Leitch's puts you in the running).
I don't think Trevor is yawning. He's saying, "Baby Ruth! Rocky road!"
Zeno also used to live in the San Fernando Valley and appear in films under the name Butch Meatslap.
That fool Peter is a sucka. -Gull
Trevor Leitch is actually reacting to the fact that, off camera, the photographer's assistant is stealing his yorkshire pudding.
Laurie, re: Boudin, you continue to be incredibly wrong in describing him as a "mid-range" feeder.
Consult that list that 12:34 PM linked to. I will cut & paste:
October Term 1994 to October Term 2003 (the past ten terms):
1. Luttig (4th Cir.) (30)
2. Silberman (D.C. Cir.) (21)
3. Calabresi (2d Cir.) (17)
3. Wilkinson (4th Cir.) (17)
5. Kozinski (9th Cir.) (16)
6. Tatel (D.C. Cir.) (15)
7. Boudin (1st Cir.) (14)
8. Edwards (D.C. Cir.) (13)
9. D. Ginsburg (D.C. Cir.) (10)
9. Williams (D.C. Cir.) (10)
11. Leval (2d Cir.) (9)
11. Posner (7th Cir.) (9)
11. Sentelle (D.C. Cir.) (9)
UMLS continues to make the list that Lat used to compile the above numbers. Here is a quick tally of what it now states:
Updated as of 12/07, clerks hired by SCOTUS from 1989-2007
Kozinski: 38
Wilkinson: 33
Silberman: 31
Calabresi: 23
Tatel: 23
Edwards: 23
Boudin: 20
Posner: 19
Garland: 18
Edwards is Senior now and doesn't send as many; his tally is inflated by the list going to 1989. So Boudin is the sixth-best. That's mid-range? You are crazy if you think so.
I hope to never be placed on the legal eagle wedding list. ATL isn't exactly known for its kind encouraging comments. I wonder if Lat lets people opt out, or if he talks to this people for comment before they make the cut?
The woman in #1 is HOOOOTTTTTTT!
that pic doesn't do Maria justice -- she is an incredible hottie.
Oh, the comment on Courtenay's hair....SNAP!
And who spells courtney courtenay? Other than that, she's like the juice, she's very fine.
I didn't know that Steve Sanders was a lawyer and an associate at Orrick.
Courtney is pretty hot- like to see her in leather panties and bra.
Ha, nice 90210 reference.
Laurie, please look at this older LEWW where Lat himself refers to Boudin as a "feeder judge extraordinaire."
http://www.abovethelaw.com/2007/11/supreme_court_clerk_hiring_wat_7.php
Is #3 from an LL Bean catalog?
I've been waiting for this! Go Maria - you rock. Congrats!
This comment thread has become infested with former Boudin clerks who are bitter about not getting 9th and DC circuit clerkships.
2:28 -- Please... you're turning what could be a great test of WGAG into boring talk about clerkships that most of us will never attain....
What does Frat Stud think?
Asian guys in my law school used to marry white girls all the time, it was no big deal.
FRAT STUD
THANK YOU
What does Roger Lou think of all this WGWAGing? I'm sure he approves.
"Justice Souter himself was present at the wedding and had the immense honor of being shown to his seat by ATL's own David Lat, a groomsman (college roommate of the groom)."
Oh yes, it was an honor FOR Souter. That's right, the justice with no tv, no cell phone and no email, who would take a horse and buggy back to New Hampshire if it was allowed on I-95, was very impressed with being seated by a legal-gossip blogger.
Or did you mean it was an honor for Lat?
Just as an aside, if you put the five grooms in a cage match, Trevor would have everybody properly whupped in about 2 minutes.
I dunno, 2:53. I think Steve Sanders could give Trevor some trouble. He's not all looks.
2:44,
I think Laurie did mean that it was an honor for Lat, but that she said the opposite as part of an elaborate ruse called "sarcasm."
@2:44: Perhaps the writer was being tongue-in-cheek, ya think?
Even if Souter were some other SCOTUS Justice who wasn't from a cave and had heard of ATL, it would still have been a bigger honor for Lat. And I'm confident that Laurie--and Lat--realize this.
Sarcasm??!! Damn you wiseacre kids with your elaborate ruses!
Bless these couples' hearts. At least their resumes look impressive.
Couple #1 wins running away, with bonus points for the uncanny Steve Sanders resemblance (nice work, 2:13 pm).
i'm pretty sure couple number 4 were officemates when she summered at stb
"The bride and bridegroom, both 28, met at Princeton, from which they graduated, she cum laude."
I guess I'm immature for noticing but....she cum laude? Come on NYT. Everyone knows you're arrogant but that's not an excuse not to edit your paper.
I also thought Ian Ziering... thanks for reminding me what his character's name was.
4:52 - she also graduated with honors.
I am so disappointed. Out of all of the interesting things happening in the world (legal and otherwise), is this the best that Above the Law can come up with? And are there really people with JD's commenting on whether a person looks cross-eyed in a picture? I know it’s the day before a holiday, but don’t you all have better things to do in the middle of the day…like…oh…say…billing some hours? Please, stop with the petty crap! And Above the Law, please do us all a favor and stick to salary issues! Thanks!
I demand to see a LEWW with all white guys with asian girls -- the true meaning of WGWAG!!
- King of WGWAG
Congrats!
They are all outcast lawyers - therefore, they all suck. Nobody wins.
8:59- Firstly, stop being such a stick-in-the-mud. Secondly, you're free to scroll past the posts you don't like. Or, you know, you could stop reading ATL and oh...say...bill some hours.
The first lady (Stephanie) is GORGEOUS.
@2:58 - thank you for making me laugh out loud.
re: Emma Terrell
http://www.princeton.edu/~nweekly/issues/nassau_may_9_2002.pdf
see page 8 as one of Top 10 Most Beautiful Girls at Princeton
I vote for Zeno and Stephanie. They're hot in their picture and cool in real life.
I finally know an LEWW couple! I'm both excited, and sad for myself for being so. Vote for Steph and Zeno, they're great. Steph is such a sweetie!
it's not exactly the most accurate thing to judge the way people look on a random candid photo. this is lame.
So Emma and husband both went to Princeton, but they only note that she graduated cum laude. He was a frikkin Rhodes scholar. You want to tell me he didn't at least graduate with a high enough GPA to be cum laude? Particularly as someone who shares their alma mater, seems a little weird to me.
He's a Rhodie from Bermuda, not the US. Sure, you have to be intelligent, but it's nowhere near as hard to get the scholarship as if from America. Funny thing is that I do remember that Nass. article coming out, and Emma didn't deserve to be top-10. No way.
Bride #1 = Cruella DeVille. I'm for Derek & Maria - impressive combined CV, Lat and Souter in attendance, etc.
The case against:
http://orig.jacksonsun.com/misstn2003/contestants/pages/Miss_Knoxville_02.htm