Associate Life Survey: And The Nominees Are …
In last week’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, we asked you to submit your nominations for ATL’s 2008 Lawyer and Commenter of the Year.
Today, you get to vote for the Lawyer of the Year.
There were almost as many nominees as layoffs this year, so we narrowed it down to the top nine.
In fact, one of the nominees used to be known as Client 9. Another has been referred to as That One. And yet another just likes numbers.
Your nominees for the 2008 ATL Lawyer of the Year, and select comments explaining why, are as follows:
1. Nervous T-10 1L
Personifies the economic doom and fear among law students.
If he doesn’t win something, he might kill himself.
2. Eliot Spitzer
He showed us that lawyers can have it all — power, fame, beautiful women — until it all comes crashing down. Kind of a metaphor for biglaw.
3. The Anonymous Laid-Off Big Firm Attorney
Because one month after being told “here are the things we need to do to make sure you look good for partnership in the next two years and here’s a 10% raise” I was told that my performance was subpar and I had no future at the firm.
4. Rod Blagojevich
He paid me a pretty penny to nominate him.
5. Count Layoffula
One! One Reason!
6. Marc Dreier
Having the stones to defraud corporations with the sale of false securities — in their own buildings.
He’s accomplished so much in so little time. He single-handedly obliterated his own firm, his employees’ futures (by rendering them unemployed at the single worst possible time, economically speaking), and likely a significant chunk of his future liberty. Not to mention he dated Maxim models.
7. Judge Halverson
Because you don’t have an “ATL Judge of the Year”
8. Phil Telfeyan (a/k/a The Harvard Law Avenger)
Generating by far the most controversy; protesting PJ day in high school or whatever, and failing to fully walk around a statue he prominently cites in a lr article.
9. Barack Obama
Duh.
So, who should win? Cast your vote below.
Note: when you cast your vote, you’ll get a sneak peek at some of the comments from this year’s ATL Commenter of the Year nominees.
Update: This survey is now closed. Click here for the results (and click here to read some comments from the Commenter of the Year nominees).
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Justin Bernold is a Director at Lateral Link, the sponsor of this survey.
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Helen Barshevsky. FTW.
A sheep with juicy insides.
Elie Mystal to his sandwich:
BITCH SPREAD THE BUTT CHEEKS SO I CAN SMELL THE JUICY INSIDES!!!
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I am jealous that everyone but me is getting so much hot sheep action.
Phil Telfeyan ftw.
Go HLS!
VOTE FRATERNITY LOTHARIO TOMORROW!!!
We have no evidence that three of these nominees are actually lawyers. Maybe you should make it Person of the Year or have separate contests for commentator of the year, story subject of the year and lawyer of the year.
We know Nervous T-10 1L is not a lawyer and we have no confirmation regarding: Count Layoffula and Phil Telfeyan (a/k/a The Harvard Law Avenger) - I think he was an 08 right?
Incidentally, will Rod Blagojevich, JD, Pepperdine University School of Law, 1983 now lose his status as a member of the Bar Association? Where's that suspension pending investigation?
Guest. Guest should be rocking the commenter-of-the-year award. No doubt about it.
Sure, some awful dumb comments (take this one, for instance!), but sometimes brilliant, too.
Certainly more varied and frequent than those other guys...
Count Layoffula
- huge gap -
Barack Obama
- small gap -
Everyone else
How about the soon to de-equitized partners of 2010? or am I jumping the gun?
Layoffula is a shark-jumping fraud.
Jack Bauer actually got his law degree while in prison in China. He should win both categories.
8, Phil Telfeyan passed the California bar and is clerking, so I think he counts.
Plus, that guest commenter has more "firsts" than anyone. Not even a close contest...
Jack Bauer doesn't need a law degree.
To 13:
Thanks, Phil.
I vote for the bucket of suck that is Bob Costas.
I always thought Nervous T-10 1L was a woman.
Is it hilarious or sad that I could identify the commenters by quote alone?
As much as I love Count Layoffula, he is a johnny come lately. Fraternity Lothario for the win.
Glass cock?
16, no problem.
Never again shall a blog lawyer contest starve of lawyer candidates in a world of plenty.
~Phil
Let's make one thing clear.
If Nervous T-10 1L is actually under serious consideration, we need to note at that outset that we are referring to the actual inventor of the character, not that D-BAG Michigan 1L who copied it with numerous, completely idiotic posts that weren't even remotely funny.
I hope I catch that kid's resume during recruitment. All Michigan 1Ls are suspect until proven innocent.
Jeremy Cisto is dreamy......
What about the whore?
All Michigan law graduates are suspect until proven competent. Has anyone else had particular problems with that school like I have?
I have a problem with the State of Michigan in general.
Houston 4 Life
Does any of this have ramifications on my freedom to nail a sheep whenever I want without being looked down upon by my office peers?
If elected I would not serve, so the Glass Cock is not hurt by the snub.
Isn't whoever coined "MysTTTal" the automatic winner?
How about adding a write-in option?
The Glass Cock in a landslide.
The Glass Cock for sure. Can't believe he was omitted!
Marc Dreier by a mile. JT enjoys when someone show that kind of arrogance and balls. Conversely, JT also enjoys the gullibility of said person's victims.
Okay, seriously, Obama.
evan here, i was hoping i could be the lawyer of the year for my jet setting, blogging, and wining and dining.
SkaddenDC! Bringing you the truth about stealth layoffs and Elie eating all the cookies.
This is obviously a bogus list. How dare you try to form a list like this without including Jonathan Lee Riches. The man sued the Garden of Eden for Christ's sake. All Nervous did was annoy people and garner a few death threats. Jonathan Lee Riches actually amused people. He should clearly be the ATL lawyer of the year. Yeah, pro se, I know. But his antics are far more amusing than anything all the $150,000 JDs put together have managed to do.
1) Laid off Associate is clearly the lawyer of the year.
2) "I got out at the next stop wearing a frilly pink cashmere sweater as pants, and sat down on the curb to beg for change. Where I remain to this day."
Oh man, I forgot about this schtick...
My pitch for Halverson: What single candidate has consistently brought so much amusement, let alone laughter (laugh till I pee laughter) to ATL audiences for such a sustained period of time?
On the commenter of the year category, the "Gentlemen at my preparatory academy..." guy is the hands down successor to Loyola 2L, and noses out the Nervous T-10 1L person by, well, a nose.
Any cracker that don't vote for my baby dadda must be a racist!
38 is TTT
Nervous T-10 1L is not a lawyer.
The survey should randomize the voting order. It has Barack Obama at the top, followed by low vote getters, followed by what will likely be 2 and 3, respectively.
So I assume, based on the poll structure, that ATL wants Obama to win, and that Obama will win.
So who needs to vote? Just make a poll that will push your desired result.
Um, isn't it in alphabetical order?