Biglaw, Drinking, Partner Issues, Violence

Biglaw Blind Item: A Managing Partner Who Needs To Manage His Drinking

Managing partners are supposed to have everything under control, right?

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As we’ve mentioned before in these pages, lawyers as a group are highly susceptible to addiction. The rate of alcoholism among lawyers may be twice as high as it is among the general population. If you think you or a colleague might have a substance abuse problem, try reaching out to a Lawyer Assistance Program for help.

Alcohol problems afflict the high and the low. As for the high, let’s tell you about a managing partner who needs to manage his drinking….

Who says the three-martini lunch is dead? The managing partner of a prominent (but troubled) law firm had a habit of going out to a well-known steakhouse for lunch, multiple times a week, and getting extremely inebriated. I guess you can do that as managing partner

Alas, this habit came to an end a few months ago, after he fell down on the sidewalk while stumbling back to the office and sustained a head injury. He took some time off — to recover from the injury, then to spend a stint in rehab.

This partner is known for running his firm with an iron fist. Not surprisingly, his absence from the office created a power vacuum. During one contentious meeting while he was away, one partner punched another partner in the face. Yes, in the face. During a partners’ meeting. Truth really is stranger than fiction.

The managing partner is now back in the saddle (and on the wagon). Will he be able to turn things around at his firm, or is the wine too far out of the bottle?

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Earlier: Think You Have An Addictive Personality? Steps You Can Take To Avoid The Worst

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