Tavern on the Green just filed for bankruptcy. I guess PE will have to find a new place to romance young male associates.

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2= Comment of the day

How much asslobster does a human have to consume in order to achieve the size of Mystal?

Instead of this nonsense, how about a post on clerkship hiring and contact of applicants by chambers that supposedly follow the hiring plan before the date on which judges can schedule interviews in accordance with the plan?

Suggestion: Create two ATL sites. One for big time wrestlers, like those in the WWE, and another - Junior site - for small town wrestlers in the bush leagues. The new site could be called Monday Night Raw and the other Below the Raw.

"I went to [my firm] asking graciously for six months severance (approximately two weeks salary for each of my ten years there)."

there are 26 weeks in a 6-month period. If she's asking for 2 weeks pay for every 10 years she worked there, does that mean she worked there for 130 years? Can she tell me what the Industrial Revolution was like?

This is the second example in two days of why it is poor business to hire women, the uneducated, the undereducated, and those who fail to work hard and amass obscene wealth.

This news has reinforced two of my do-nots: do not date any woman with a personal net worth below 2 million (or a total family net worth below 8 million) and do not date any woman who received an education from a non-peer institution. I do not want my children's DNA tainted by an imbecile or a pauper.

At least Obama's speech inspired somebody out there...

"I went to [my firm] asking graciously for six months severance (approximately two weeks salary for each of my ten years there)."

there are 26 weeks in a 6-month period. If she's asking for 2 weeks pay for every 10 years she worked there, does that mean she worked there for 130 years? Can she tell me what the Industrial Revolution was like?

you can always "graciously" ask for something that is completely undeserved - yes, the "gracious" part makes the other party look sooo bad when it turns you down.

i graciously ask you to go away and never contact ATL again. if you don't graciously accept my request, you will look as bad as the firm that fired you.

This is totally racist, but I read that e-mail in a stern black woman's voice

8/11: EPIC FAIL. Your math is even worse than the Stepford Secretary's.

8 & 11 -- how those ESL classes going? The phrase "two weeks for each of my ten years" means, as everyone but you realizes, two weeks per year over ten years. So no, she's not saying she worked there 130 years. She's saying she worked there for 10 years, and wants 2 weeks per year.

Granted, she's still an idiot.

In my day, the only "severance" was when an employee had his hands cut off right before he was fired. This was done to prevent theft of company documents and telegraph records. Severance was a legitimate practice under the old common law. I still shudder when I think of the day that this was modified by statute, plainly offending employers’ rights under the U.S. Constitution’s Contracts Clause.

#13, it was racist and ignorant. Maybe Bingham had a performance issue with Stepford, maybe not. The bigger picture is that Biglaw has used the economy as a license to circumvent basic employee rights and all of its own written policies and procedures to deal with a wide range of employment issues with the caveat of "sue me if you dare." For Biglaw, it is payback time for all of the "indignities" it has had to "endure" the past few years -- from lockstep salaries to jobs for first years to the inherent difficulty in firing people who probably aren't qualified. For those of you commenting who stick your noses down thinking this only happens to non-lawyers, I think you're finding that the sentiment applies to lawyers at all tiers, perhaps even you. Having been through my own trauma with Biglaw, I have no intention of ever going back. Who needs it?

This is totially racist, but I read 17's comment in a whiny woman's voice

We need to bomb those secretaries back to the stoneage.

-DOJ Secure

Elie, what the hell is the point of redacting the firm name in her current email if you name it in the linked post?

This is totally racist, but I laughed out loud at 13 and 18

I agree with 18--once 17's point became apparent, I was suddenly hearing Fran Drescher's voice the rest of the way.

13 -- That's funny, I did your mother with a large white man's penis last night. Wah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.

This is totally racist, but I read comment 23 in a scottish accent

At least she has a sense of humor about it all

I'll take the pen is mightier....Alex

who's the man now, dog?

The Judge Chin stuff made me REALLY miss the Underneath Their Robes style ATL. Bring that back!!!!

Could we stop giving the Stepford Secretary air time? She is sooo last season.

Could we stop giving the Stepford Secretary air time? She is sooo last season.

I would take her case. Sure, its a gamble but nothing ventured...........

The comments here disgust me, as usual.

This is totally racist, but I read 32's comment in PE's voice

32 = Stepford

This is race neutral, but I think it is crap that employers have to lie about reasons for termination. If I want a hot secretary and she later blimps out, I should be able to fire her and get a newer one (see generally the same argument for houses, cars, and wives). Ladies, dont get fat, augment your boobs, and stay employed. it is not hard math.

6, chill out about the fucking hiring plan. It ONLY affects current 3Ls, and you guys are a pretty small portion of the population that's interested in clerkships.

It's amazing that she still doesn't get that she was fired for her poor judgment, not the content of her e-mail.

actually, 18, it's sexist, but I don't think it's particularly racist.

Either way, irrelevant and adds nothing to the discussion. But thanks for playing!

34 = socialist

35 = socialist

Fuck you, 35. I seriously doubt your secretary, whether hot or not, would let you get near her. Why don't you just buy a couple of balloons, fill them with water, and fondle them? That's the closest you'll ever get to anyone's boobs. Stupid freaking moron.

I know this is Calvinist, but I read 41's comment in the voice of a non-believer

Poor lady. Lawyers are so freaking vain.

42 = socialist

13 = 18 (=21) = 24 = 33 = 42 = has been drinking Café Lattes since the fifth grade and hasn't looked back

This is totally racist, but 45 has way too much time on his hands

actually 38, you've been trolled, and are too stupid to tell.

Either way, irrelevant and adds nothing to the discussion. But thanks for playing!

2 - Tavern on the Green has already told PE to take his latin catamites "elsewhere."

37 so why did Bingham site violation of policy and insubordination? poor judgment is not violation of a policy. better they should have just said nothing.

37 so why did Bingham site violation of policy and insubordination? poor judgment is not violation of a policy. better they should have just said nothing.

49/50 because corporate firms don't want controversy and firing you for speaking out in your crazed way is similar to firing a whisleblower

35 - secretary,female, fat, 1 each.

35 - secretary,female, fat, 1 each.

Sue them.

Love to. Show me the association or firm that will take it on pro bono for the middle class. Not even Bingham does that. Not even for their own. You're either dirt poor or rich in this Country. Middle class just isn't poor enough to gain stats or get any needed assistance.

I believe this secretary (Stepford) is actually correct with her analysis of what is taking place at Bingham as well as most big firms. I do believe though that many firms, just like Bingham would have terminated her employment for insubordination. Poor judgment is what it was but she was, like most of us are, an at will employee and they had the right to fire her with or without cause and they exercised their right.

These firms don't want bad publicity, especially now, in this economy. I honestly do believe that BigLaw has never been sympathetic or caring and, during this down economy, they have "lost their sensitivity chip" completely. Not that they were ever really caring, maybe more tolerant, but not anymore. Give them a good reason to even think about showing you the door to save them money and they will. It has just gotten worse and worse and they really don't care.

Stepford, forget this and just try to get on with things. You know, you are probably 95% correct on things you said and believe, however, it is done and you can't go back and rewind what was done. I sort of give you an A for speaking out what most of feel, I am sorry you lost your job. Good luck to you and your family.

23: Did you "buy" it with your lexis/nexis points?

49 (&50), you're a lawyer or law student and you think it's site?

Any firm would have fired her.

I think that if she's got information about misconduct and can't afford to sue them she should share it publicly. She's been humiliated and is without her job so why not dish on them?

I think that if she's got information about misconduct and can't afford to sue them she should share it publicly. She's been humiliated and is without her job so why not dish on them?

Hard times and her focus and energy are surely served better elsewhere.