Attorney Misconduct
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Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, Nude Dancing, Orin Kerr, Scott Blauvelt
If We Ever Get Arrested, Our One Phone Call Will Be to Orin Kerr
We’ve blogged a fair amount about Scott Blauvelt, the Ohio prosecutor charged with public indecency for walking around his office in the nude. His lawyer, Michael Gmoser, seems to be laying the groundwork for an insanity defense. In a statement issued yesterday, Gmoser said that his client was seriously injured in a 2005 car accident, […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, Nude Dancing, Scott Blauvelt
The Case of the Naked Prosecutor, and A Brief Note on Owning It
Earlier today — at 7:30 this morning, actually — we wrote about Scott Blauvelt, the Ohio prosecutor who faces criminal charges of public indecency “for walking around the Government Services Center after business hours without clothing.” Now we learn, via CNN, the explanation he’s offering for his conduct: Blauvelt’s lawyer, Michael Gmoser, said in a […] - Sponsored
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Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, Nude Dancing, Scott Blauvelt
Scott Blauvelt Needs a New Office Chair
When you’re spending long hours at work, you want to be as comfortable as possible. Late at night or on weekends, we used to pad about our law firm office in socks. Eventually we brought in a pair of white fuzzy slippers, courtesy of the Ritz-Carlton in Chicago, for this purpose.* But this may be […]
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Ann Baskins, Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, HP, Larry Sonsini, Oy, Rank Stupidity
The HP Debacle: Babies, Candy, Etc.
We are guilty of dereliction of duty. We’ve neglected to write about the Hewlett-Packard leak investigation scandal, now unfolding in all of its glory before Congress. (Yes, that Congress: a body that knows all about unethical behavior, illegal conduct, and mind-blowing stupidity.) We’ve been avoiding this scandal for two main reasons. First, it’s a story […] -
Anna Nicole Smith, Attorney Misconduct, Sex
No, We Won't Make a Joke About Howard K. Stern's "Briefs." That's Too Gross Even For Us.
Oooh boy. Last night we read the extensive coverage of Anna Nicole Smith in the latest issue of US Weekly, focused on the (still mysterious) death of her 20-year-old son, Daniel. So we thought we were pretty caught up on ANS developments. But this morning we received this breaking news, about an attorney-client “relationship” that […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, Biglaw, Interview Stories, Job Searches
Interview Horror Stories: Sports Night
Our series of interview anecdotes, which we kicked off yesterday, continues. And today’s tale illustrates that sometimes the rudeness comes not from the interview candidate, but from her hosts: As a law student applying for summer associate jobs, I had a post-interview lunch at [a large New York law firm] with a young male associate. […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, John Marshall Law School, Sex, Sex Scandals
This Sex Scandal Is Finger-Lickin' Good
Above the Law bills itself as “a legal tabloid.” And no tabloid would be complete without a sex scandal. Our scandale du jour emanates from the Windy City, home of John Marshall Law School. The Chicago Sun-Times reports: When students returned to John Marshall Law School this month, everyone was talking about the lawsuit against […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, Biglaw, Pranks, Rank Stupidity, Summer Associates
Low-Hanging Fruit: Summer Associate Stories, Please
Okay, kids, it’s official. We’ve reached Labor Day weekend, and summer is pretty much over. Officially summer doesn’t end until next month (September 23, to be exact). But at law firms, the summer fun is done. Summer associates are heading back to law school (if they’re not back already). For permanent associates, who got to […] - Sponsored
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Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, Drinking, Michelle Leavitt, Rank Stupidity, State Judges, Videos
Judge to Lawyer: "Just Go Ahead and Blow"
Earlier this month, we gave Nevada attorney William Caramagno a Lawyer of the Day award. What did he do to merit this honor? He showed up to court late — and, even better, drunk — to defend a client facing a kidnapping charge. A charge with a potential life sentence. How was the lawyer’s drunkenness […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, Perverts, Pornography, Sexual Harassment, Too Clever By Half
What's a Little Kiddie Porn Between Friends?
We’ve already named William DiSalvatore our Lawyer of the Day, so that award is off the table. But if DiSalvatore hadn’t already grabbed the laurels, Kweku Hanson, of Hartford, Connecticut, would have been a deserving winner. Here’s why: Sexual assault and child pornography charges pending against Hartford attorney Kweku J. Hanson aren’t enough to warrant […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Lawyer of the Day, Pro Bono
Above the Law Lawyer of the Day: William DiSalvatore
The lawyers who get accused of professional misconduct are often solo practitioners, or partners in tiny firms you’ve never heard of. So it’s refreshing when a Biglaw partner gets nailed on ethical charges. And it’s especially refreshing when the lawyer involved was once named by the National Law Journal as one of the country’s top […]
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