Good riddance to a TTT firm.

The ship crashed into a fucking iceberg.

BREAKING - NO ONE CARES

"DAGGER!!!"

Ah ha. I was waiting to see some firms totally dissolve. It's about time. Keep 'em coming.

really? you couldn't pay the $3 to download the petition from PACER and put it up for free for all your users? really?

Lawyers suing lawyers over non-existance assets--this is why we went to law school in the first place.

Unless you were counting on severance promised by the firm. Good luck to you all.

Please post petition. Thx.

"A glossy admissions brochure for Brooklyn Law School, considered second-tier, reports a median salary for recent graduates at law firms of well above $100,000. But that figure doesn't reflect all incomes of graduates at firms; fewer than half of graduates at firms responded to the survey, the school reported to U.S. News. On its Web site, the school reports that 41% of last year's graduates work for firms of more than 100 lawyers, but it fails to mention that that percentage includes temporary attorneys, often working for hourly wages without benefits, Joan King, director of the school's career center, concedes.

Ms. King says she believes the figures for her school accurately represent the broader graduating class. She says the number of contract attorneys is "minimal" but declined to give a number."

http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB119040786780835602.html

Elie, I like how you hide West Wing references in your posts. Keep em coming.

shoulda kept pitcock obv

these fucking comment boards just crack me up.

I like to eat pizza...

What ever happened to Kash's ass lobsters?

Elie - Word on the Street is that Skadden just issued another memo about the Sidebar Plus program. Get on it.

Smell the rot?

Filing for bankruptcy on St. Paddy's day is bound to bring good luck.

I have still never heard of this firm in any context other than ATL's reportage of how shitty they are, so who gives a fuck?

20 = Brooklyn top-5% who couldn't get a callback from Morgan & Finnegan

It would be appreciated, no doubt by many, if more people who comment would at least make an effort to sound intelligent.

These Morgan & Finnegan f***s are into me for 180g's. I'm never gonna see that again - Mr. Lexis Nexis (see bankruptcy filing).

22,

Try this:

Many people would appreciate if the comments sounded more intelligent.

Are you the ghost of Justice Cardozo???

Shitty enough that they flew me up from NC for a callback w/out an initial interview for a summer associate gig back in October.

24: No, but a lawyer, gainfully employed, who has difficulty believing that most posters have been admitted to the Bar or are in law school.

The ship be sinking...

HOW FAR CAN IT SINK?????????????????

Kenny Powers would never file bankruptcy. Doing so is admitting failure. Kenny Powers does not fail.

28 - SKY'S THE LIMIT!

(happy now?)

Not 27

Will there be some kind of memorial service for the firm?

And if so, will it be referred to as "Finnegan's Wake"?

Kenyon & Kenyon: 1; Morgan 0. Boo-ya!

Michael Ray Richardson is played, time for a new schitck buddy

M&F no longer has an active website.

31: Win.

who does a corporate 7? fucking moron. put this shit in an abc.

Isn't it about time that the state bars begin imposing some sort of ethical obligation on partners to ensure that their associates and staff are fully compensated before pulling the plug on their firms and moving on to new, comparable positions, while their associates and staff struggle to find new employment because crappy non-equity partners who suck up to the rainmakers get brought along as glorified associates?

Very TTT = checking the incorrect "entity" box on your Chaper 7 petition.

The sip shunk.

It's not a partnership?

2 questions:

1) How can Sweeney sign on behalf of M+F? He's a partner at Locke Lord.
2) Why aren't the amounts due to laid-off employees (such as WARN payments) included in the "amount of claim" column?

41: because even though they gave WARN notices (I think), they're going to claim the WARN Act doesn't really apply (they'll argue they fall into some exception they likely didn't invoke when they were required to in their notice) and that they don't have to pay.

LLP ≠ Partnership. Stupid fucks.

42 you are right in that they will argue that they fall into some loop hole. That is what Gould, Sweeney and company are good at. Loop holes are us and fuck you all Ha Ha. They did not give any notice however. They have not won a case in years because they devoted all their time to screwing others.

Seems rather clear that the severance payments are priority claims that will get paid up to $10,950 (assuming there is anything left to pay priority claims). See 11 U.S.C. 507(a)(4)(A).

Seems rather clear that the severance payments are priority claims that will get paid up to $10,950 (assuming there is anything left to pay priority claims). See 11 U.S.C. 507(a)(4)(A).

45 -- For whatever reason, on their schedules, M&F listed zero unsecured priority claims...

Not getting into a war with your former emploer is generally a good rule. But this is not a general situation. M&F employees should take a crash course in banlkruptcy and make their case for a priority claim.

37 -

While I agree it is slimy what some of these partners have done (and no doubt, continue to do), I disagree with imposing any new ethical obligations. Bottom line, it's a business, and the owners of that business are priority number one. If I were ever a shareholder in a partnership, I'd loathe the possibility of other lawyers passing "ethical" judgment on my management and business practices.

In fact, I think the key here is to abolish the ethical prohibition against lawyers partnering with non-lawyers. If good lawyers could partner with good non-lawyer managers, maybe more firms would be in a better position and many quality associates would still be gainfully employed. It's quite clear that lawyers can't manage shit, so maybe we should be ethically obligated to work with those who can.

Time for screwed M&F employees to file a proof of claim with the bankruptcy court. Who knows...you may get something. Here's the Heller Highwater Bankruptcy section on their site. It's very helpful.

http://hellerdrone.wordpress.com/bankruptcy/

Look on the creditor schedule to see if you're listed. It seems as though they've listed laid off M&F employees. No need to file a proof of claim if you're listed.

51 wrong. We all just received a proof of claim that we have to fill out and send by July 20. There is also a meeting of the creditors on April 20 accoridng to the papers sent. 51 are you working for Locke Lorde???

No 52...just someone who's as clueless as you. Write a summary of what happened, e.g., I'm Joe Blow, I worked as a secretary, para, etc., I worked for MF from blank to blank, Laid off on blank, etc. Make copies of your 1/26/09 termination letter, the 1st WARN check, and the MF letter regarding the frozen Chase account. Attach it to the proof of claim. Good luck.