Biglaw Siblings to Compete on the Amazing Race
The Amazing Race is a reality TV show where teams of two race around the world in the hopes of winning $1 million. The 14th season of the show debuts on February 15th, and will star hot legal siblings, Victor and Tammy Jih.
Victor Jih, 35, is a partner at O’Melveny and Myers, while Tammy Jih, 26, is an associate at Quinn Emanuel. In this CBS video clip, Tammy says she hasn’t “had exactly the same life experience that Victor has had.” We think she just means in terms of length of time spent in Biglaw. Both Jihs went to Stanford undergrad and Harvard Law School, and now work as attorneys in California.
According to their bios on the CBS site:
Tammy is a litigator who believes that her ability to keep a cool head under pressure, especially with little or no sleep, will lead to success on the Race. Her biggest pet peeve with her brother is that he’s a bit of a control freak…Victor is a partner at his law firm and works as a corporate litigator. He is running the Race to see if he and his sister can co-exist in a hyper-competitive situation without driving each other crazy.
We’re going to be catching up with the Jihs in an interview later today. If you have questions you’d like us to ask the hottie reality TV stars, beyond their practice groups and relationship statuses, send us an e-mail with the subject “Amazing Race.”
Check out a video clip of the two, as well as a little info on who they’re up against, after the jump.
How will lawyers fare in competition with flight attendants, cheerleaders, and college athletes? From the press release:
Other teams this season include pairs of stuntmen, Southwest Airlines flight attendants, former National Football League cheerleaders and University of Louisville college athletes. Brother-and-sister team Victor Jih, 35, and Tammy Jih, 26, both graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Law School and now work as corporate litigators in California.“Having seven years of higher education under our belts, we thought it would give us a big advantage because we’re good at learning,” said Tammy. “We went into this race knowing that everything we would face would be difficult and new and things that we’re not familiar with, but we were really comfortable in the fact that we’re good learners.”
It sounds like high school all over again. Will the Debate Kids beat the Jocks?
The Jihs discuss their Amazing Race strategy in this clip from CBS:
Meet the new teams on ‘The Amazing Race’ [CBS Press Release]
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AGWAG on AR!
Lucky for them! It looks like it would be very fun to compete in the Amazing Race. And seems like a good time to take off from work...
Unless it's already been filmed? Not sure when such shows do their filming.
Prediction: Top 3 if not the winners outright.
I know Tammy and the boy whose heart she broke in law school. Haha. Awesome. She is good peoples, even if she occasionally does crazy new-age cleanses.
Layoffs & Watkins news please!!!
GO VICTOR!
-a former VBI staffer.
Gee this Jih seems awfully strange.
"I would love to go visit Africa, I feel like it is one of those countries that is as far away..."
Africa is not a country dummy.
That being said, Tammy is pretty hot. Not everyday hot, but definitely lawyer hot.
Good luck to them. This is pretty awesome.
Considering that Victor is a Stanford and Harvard graduate, its astonishing to think that after 35 years he would refer to Africa as a COUNTRY! Its a CONTINENT!!!!
She's lawyer hot but annoying voice
Guys at my high school used to do their sisters all the time. And in all the countries, not only in Africa!! LoL
Did he say he'd like to visit the country of Africa? Wow! Last time I checked it was a continent.
"Tammy is a litigator who believes that her ability to keep a cool head under pressure, especially with little or no sleep will lead to success."
This is why I don't much care for CBS, they think adding a few words to something that was copy and pasted from a website promoting my show is the way to go. All I can say is wait until the crossover episode where you guys come into my world, the race will truly be amazing.
Go Victor!!
- former OMM DC'er
Apparently they both share the same dream - to one day become a robot.
Palin must be rubbing off: Africa is one of those "countries" you have to see. Hmmmm
I worked with Tammy in L.A. She's a cool person. Hope she wins.
- QE associate
Nope 15, Victor's dream is a white girl .
*conducts nationwide search for a partner to go with me on 'amazing race'...preferably an attractive female T-10 1L*
-nervous T-10 1L
4 interviews
3 offers
1 sa position
Kash's humor is so subtle and charming. Now that she is back from her internship abroad, what are her career plans? Today's ATL is too low a bar - are we going to see her land a more mainstream blogging gig. Might she take over for Elie? I would guess that he gets bored with it before too long.
"India, the birthplace of yoga." Sister, you ain't going to be doing any bakram in the slums. Get ready to be shocked.
First to say cold fish.
Dear Jack Bauer,
You appear to have lost your touch from season 1. You are not the witty commenter you once were. Maybe that is why you did not win commenter of the year. In any event, your days seem to be numbered. With my new executive orders, you will soon be out of a job and probably on trial. While I like you and think you are effective, Nancy Pelosi has threatened to do terrible things to me that I'm sure you know all about (since you wrote the book on the techniques). I know America is not going to be as safe, but I plan on blaming the Bush doctrine.
Sincerely,
BHO.
Nothing to do with this post...but did anyone see that Eliza Gray had a small Q&A column with the Hawk&Dove manager in Newsweek?
Comment #12 is way too sarcastic. I am offended, please remove.
to be fair,
AGWAG.
The show them anyway button for the comments is a pain in the arse. Let us click a box that makes visible comments the default. If I want to refresh to see some new comments, I have to reclick the link.
If memory serves, I met Tammy during HLS QE interviews in '07. Assuming I'm thinking of the same person, she was nice and friendly, and very cute.
Slow news day?
................crickets................
This is a great discussion.....you guys must kill it at social gatherings drinking Zima.
Can we talk about THIS instead:
Today, Connecticut’s Judicial Review Board released the video of Superior Court Judge E. Curtissa Cofield calling a black police officer “n—- trooper” and other horrible things.
You can be sure that if the judge was a white guy, this would be national news.
Enjoy the drunk liberal racism at this link:
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-cofield0127.artjan27,0,2287060.story
Here’s a sample:
Asked if she was ill, Cofield replied, “I’m sick of being treated like a freaking Negro from the ‘hood,” and added: “Write it down, write it. Did you hear what I just said?”
Asked what her illness was, Cofield said: “Negro-itis.”
“Do you need to take any medication now?” Washington asked.
“Yeah, I need to take anti-Negro, ummm ...”
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#30's comment references something I find offensive. Please moderate.
Coalition for a Better Sesame Street
How can a partner at a major law firm have enough time to do this kind of crap? I'm a partner and my clients would fire my ass if I took a huge amount of time off.
1-33 are VERY OFFENSIVE. Please moderate
don't forget 34-35. as well as my comment. shit
I am offending myself right now. Please moderate me.
30 - That's hilarious!
But if you don't understand why it's not "racist" for members of the same race to mock each other, you're a moron that shouldn't be commenting on racism.
My fellow Harvard alums,
Be sure to visit my state, Kenya located in that great country of Africa.
Good luck and godspeed.
BHO
Crimson '91
Bad choice, CBS. They should have taken Kash and Elie. Picture Elie trying to run through an airport. Imagine Kash telling Elie that he doesn't have to do all of the food challenges. Consider the possibility of Kash in a bikini while being towed in a mud pit behind an ox (who looks a lot like Elie) in Bangladesh.
morons offend me. please eutahnize 30
Muddy oxen from Bangladesh are offensive. Please moderate.
WASTE OF TIME
The little bitches that think they're cute by "pretend complaining" about things being offensive are misconstruing the argument.
It isn't that people are OFFENDED by your nonsense, it's that we don't want to waste our time reading your nonsense!
Start saying things like "I'm offended the legal community doesn't want to read about my private Asslobster joke that no one gets or thinks is funny." At least then you'ld be on point.
I am offending myself right now (vigorously).
Please moderate me.
I'm pretty sure it was Victor's outline that got me through the corporations exam (Brudney).
Lat - Why don't you just do a comment voting system like Digg and let us vote down all immature assholes?
Do the Jihs do WGWAG?????
24 = 30 = 32-33 = 35-37 = 41-42 = 44
After a decent start to this comment thread, these junk comments came in bunches, most one minute apart from each other.
You are lame and not funny. Leave.
On a better note, I found another video of this commenter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWSjUe0FyxQ
PLEASE ASK THEM IF THEY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT LAYOFFS & WATKINS?
43 is offensively wasting my time with his vitriolic denunciation of my approach to complaining about what offends me.
I find this treatment abusive and distasteful.
UVA2L
43 if you dont read these immature comments, why are they being moderated. it literally takes 2 seconds to scroll through to substantive comments, so why are we doing anything at all. were you a part of the cahill layoffs?
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46, see the post from last night:
"Update: We are aware of the various comment rating / flagging / moderation systems that are used on different sites -- e.g., YouTube, Slashdot, Craigslist. We hope to implement such a system on ATL later this year. This is a temporary measure designed to address the situation on an interim basis."
51 is evidence that most of the immature douches on this blog are law students.
I kind of mind their silly posts less now--instead of feeling mad at them, I feel really, really bad for them. They're screwed and don't even realize it.
Now THIS is legal news....http://www.10news.com/news/18569727/detail.html#-
from drudge.....
Too bad the show doesn't involve DDR marathons or "how fast can you ditch your friends for white ones" - they'd be a shoe in.
54 is evidence of how bad the economy is. while he should be billing hours, he is trolling legal blogs complaining about law students. could someone pleae get this guy a job?
57-
You simply don't understand my business. Plaintiffs' lawyers can make millions without billing 2400 hours a year.
Come to the dark side, or continue to be jealous.
-54
No, this is news:
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-cofield0127.artjan27,0,2287060.story
She should have called him out on Africa = country. Victor - EPIC FAIL
1-33 are VERY OFFENSIVE. Please moderate
So while they have quit their jobs at these firms and those positions are open for laterals?
WTF are these firms doing letting these idiots run wild for reality TV (which puts actors, writers, and directors out of work)...anti labor publicity hungry retards.
I used to work with/for Victor at OMM CC. Great guy. It will be fun to see how he handles the very different pressures of AR. Hopefully he and his sister won't have that "creep factor" that last season's brother-sister team had.
California lawyers? They will probably be laid off while traveling the globe.
TWO! TWO POTENTIAL LAYOFFS!!! AH AH AH AH AH!!!!!
- Count Layoffula
For the record, in season 1 of the Amazing Race, a pair of buff lawyers from California schooled the rest of the field and won with ease. I don't think there's been another pair of lawyers since . . .
Did [former] comments 64-72 just get deleted wholesale? For what reason? I don't think there was anything remotely insensitive contained in them, and I was trying to converse with one of these posters re Latham...
Please explain what happened.
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Hmmm. How many Harvard grads does it take to figure out that Africa is the 2nd largest continent in the world filled with many COUNTRIES? I thought litigators were supposed to be good seeing the details and the big picture. things that make you wonder.
68 - you're probably right. And the tryouts must have involved some combination of math, DDR, and anime trivia.
The answer to #68's question is the same as to the question about the presidential oath:
How many Harvard grads does it take to properly recite the oath?
Answer: Apparently more than two.
ahhahaha holy shit VICTOR JIH?
MY DEBATE COACH AT CAMP?!?
I love that some of you are commenting on Tammy's hotness. I'm sure she's way out of your league. You're probably "livestock hot" though, i.e. typical ugly, law school troll.
She is hot! I worked with her this summer and everyday she'd wear a hot miniskirt. "Legs" was her name ...
72: you are absolutely right. She is WAY out of my league and I am not even afraid to admit it. In real life, I would awkwardly talk to her once or twice, but never have the guts to try to date her, or make any sort of move.
A number of commentators seem to be familiar with this brother and sister. Luck to be with them.
I am curious if any of you how to pronounce the plural of jih - I hope the pronuncialtion is not "jizz" - as in "here come the jizz running toward the finish line for the million dollars"?
Lets see the announcers on the program get around this one. On the other hand, Elie might like it.
Not meant to be offensive, just curious.
These two are perfect for the show. And if the casting people did their jobs correctly, both are ticking timebombs. I can't wait to see their friendly sibling relationship implode.
The discussion of love between a brother and sister is offensive to me. Please moderate.
75 - It's pronounced geez.
I guess neither of them are worried about their billables? or perhaps this will appear as a "professional development" entry that seems to show up a lot these days . . .
I guess neither of them are worried about their billables? or perhaps this will appear as a "professional development" entry that seems to show up a lot these days . . .
The Amazing Race? I've never seen it. Is that show about white people?
Worry about billables? The show will be a free weeks-long advertisment for their firms!
OMM needs the good publicity, in LA at least.
Agreed, 83. OMM's reputation has nosedived over the past few years. It used to be arguably the most selective of the big 3. Now many consider it closer to Paul Hastings than GDC or Latham.
75 - Now that is the type of comment that makes ATL great. Coarse, but in a very funny way! Keep it real.
Sexy sister. Boring TV series.
Sorry to bust your bubble Count L, but Victor's a partner, so he can't be "laid off" ("bought out," perhaps, but not "laid off"). So that's only "ONE!"
Also, he gives a mean CLE.
65 - A pair of Harvard law students competed on Season 3 of The Amazing Race. They were eliminated because they misread a clue and couldn't drive stick shift properly.
Just because they are book smart, that doesn't make them street smart or have common sense. I think Tammy is a second year associate. What has she done so far in keeping her cool under pressure? Doing doc review isn't the same as running through the streets of Moscow looking for clues. I hope they get eliminated early. She may be hot for an attorney but she's not street hot. Go cheerleaders!
Just because they are book smart, that doesn't make them street smart or have common sense. I think Tammy is a second year associate. What has she done so far in keeping her cool under pressure? Doing doc review isn't the same as running through the streets of Moscow looking for clues. I hope they get eliminated early. She may be hot for an attorney but she's not street hot. Go cheerleaders!
Hey #89:
In the case you are a male: Please loser law school dork, you couldn't get your dick wet if you fell out of a boat.
In the case you are a female: Ugly law school girl, do you realize you are statistically more likely to die from a killer bee attack than to have sex with a living man?
74 - Don't sweat the small stuff. Two things and you're in: 1. not be Asian, 2. make more than 150k.
Big law--you say it like it means something.
You'll be unemployed within the year with no skills other than blogging.
How are you going to pay your student loans?
http://endofesq.com/?p=909
I hope the dude doesn't shoot or decapitate anyone Virginia Tech style. Have they done a psychological analysis of him?