Quinn's goof deserves full-article treatment. Or do you kowtow to them because John Quinn (excuse me, "john quinn") actually writes you back?

Do we more people getting frustrated w/ Elie's grammar?

THESE SALTY PRETZELS ARE REALLY MAKING ME THIRDSTY!!!! SOMEONE BRING ME A GLASS OF H2O, BABY!

"Do we more people with OCD?"

No, but we need one ATL EIC that can read.

And yes, Eric, I'm #2.

do we more people with bad grammar skillz

Ditto #2.

And, although I appreciate any good Chappelle Show reference, what the hell does Quinn's divulging client secrets have to do with "keeping it real"? I'm not one to Elie-bash, but for the love of Christ, is he even trying anymore?

Quick, someone jump on the Quinn handgrenade!

Shouldn't the $65 million Quinn slip-up be it's own post?

the elie error was intentional (and hilarious that you fuctards still don't "get him").

WOW. Just wow. Re: the Quinn advertising brochure. (Really? The marketing people advertised a confidential under seal settlement? Wow.)

Elkhart is well-known for another category - active Klan members. At least that's how most Hoosiers know of it...

11 - what, that we don't get he's illiterate? He's in the right place though, if he was an actual lawyer, stupid daily mistakes would get him the door sooner or later.

Guys in my high school used to disclose confidential settlements all the time and they got DISBARRED.

WTF Elie? Major ball dropping on the Quinn item. You would have no idea that the item is buried in this post. I would be worried if John Quinn paid you to keep this item hush - the internal newsletter will eventually out you.

You must be a REAL loser if you would rather go back to law school than high school. High school was more fun and less work. You also had your entire future ahead of you. In law school, you are pretty much locked in to a boring and possibly dead-end career.

Plus, you read so much as a lawyer that your face actually starts to sag.

I've always wondered why people value excessive money over health, and then I slap myself in the head for actually doing it myself. I woke up after a couple of years and realized that I had lost my true identity. Now I'm looking to get out.

Does anyone else here think that law sucks the life out of you?

How about the partners? Was it worth it? How is life just as a partner, regardless of the work it took to get to that level? You still have high billable hour requirements, so it can't be that great. But let me know.

First to point out that Elkhart is redundant as an elk and a hart are both male deer.

Elie consistently has great posts. Haters will be haters, but he has the last laugh. This site has prospered since he took over.

3L's are so fucked right now. There is no way in hell our firms, which hired us at the peak of the market, will be able to take all of us in. Even if we do manage to avoid having our offers revoked, it is HIGHLY unlikely we will start at 160K. As things continue to get worse, the firms will have no choice, and will have to (i) revoke offers to 3L's, and/or (ii) reduce our starting salaries.

Firms need to start reaching out to 3L's to let us know what the deal is. Personally, I'm applying to every government job I can find right now.

Agreed. Elie needs to proofread, and the Chappelle reference doesn't fit.

Ditto on 2, 8, 10, etc.

Quinn story should be a stand alone post.

The Quinn strory is HUGE, on par with the $57 Million Heller typo (http://abovethelaw.com/2009/01/the_57_million_dollar_typo_or.php) and the Cleary spreadsheet (http://abovethelaw.com/2008/10/the_case_for_sleep_what_happen.php). Typical ball drop.

I've been hearing about stealth layoffs at K&L Gatttes. Anyone else?

20,

Yes, you are so fucked because your starting salary might be reduced. Cry me a fucking river Mr. Entitlement Complex.

Waaaaa! I won't make $160K my first year in the real world! Waaaaa!

Ha ha! Judge Halverson is still fat!!

17: you can never 'go back' to high school.

The reason: you are now over the age of consent.

CNN had a story about Elkhart today saying the only jobs available are for topless dancers.

Why hasn't someone customized the site for Elie by adding http://bacolicio.us/ to the URL? Check it out: http://bacolicio.us/http://abovethelaw.com.

As bad as the economy is in Elkhart, it's not nearly as wretched or upsetting as Elie's grammar. (This coming from a former Elkhart resident.)

I lot of good men and women lost their lives by going to law school.

But a lot of them got out and became successful before it was too late.

Here's to you quit-before-you-were-warped-and-not-too-far-in-debt former law students. Because you found out that you are either fuckin' or gettin' fucked and chose the former. We salute you -

Please report the Loeb & Loeb salary freeze and layoffs.

17 i'm with you

20,
Stop posting the same dumbass comment on every thread. If you actually get your offer revoked or salary lowered, then come back to us.

I love how the WAC? post says Obama "didn't do well" in the Midwest, and uses Indiana as the proof. Um, how's that electoral map look again?

Sidley's really been kicking butt in nabbing BK filings this year. I see that grabbed Smurfit-Stone, the biggest filing of 09. STB just landed Sirius-XM.

35, that was my initial response as well because Obama did take Indiana (first time for a Dem in a long time).
However, If you look at the county map of Indiana, you will see that Obama got trounced in Elkhart county. I think that is what WAC was referring to about the area being unfriendly.