Laurie Lin
Laurie Lin is a former D.C. Biglaw associate now living in Charleston, West Virginia with her husband and sons. You can also find her on the Charleston Gazette-Mail op-ed page or West Virginia Public Broadcasting's "Front Porch" podcast. Follow her on Twitter (@wvpundette) or send wedding-related tips to her at leww.tips@gmail.com.
Posts by Laurie Lin
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Barack Obama, Cardozo Law School, New York Times, Religion, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 1.27: Church of Your Heart
Our favorite bride this week is one we don’t get to write about. Rachel Berkowitz is a professional organizer who “helps individuals and businesses to organize closets, filing systems and offices and to move and pack.” And if you’re not a little bit turned on by that, we want to see your underwear drawer. On […] -
Cardozo Law School, Money, New York Times, Thacher Proffitt & Wood, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 11.11 - 11.25: Jamaican Me Wealthy
The Legal Eagle Wedding Watch is kicking off 2008 with a few leftovers from 2007. But we think you’ll agree that these offerings are worth savoring. These couples have got a little bit of everything: brains, looks, athletic ability, and (something that never goes stale) lots and lots of money. Here are the contenders: 1.) […] - Sponsored
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11th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Clarence Thomas, Department of Justice, Eugene Volokh, Fabulosity, Federalist Society, Judicial Nominations, Kevin Newsom, Parties, Pictures, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Ted Olson, William Pryor
A Night at the Federalist Society Birthday Bash
We now yield the floor to Laurie Lin. Who better to report on one of the year’s biggest social events than the writer of Legal Eagle Wedding Watch? Over to you, Laurie. **************** Ambition and Old Spice wafted sweetly through the air last night at the Federalist Society’s 25th Anniversary Gala at Union Station — […]
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11th Circuit, ACLU, Harvard, New York Times, Peter Lattman, Racism, Reader Polls, Weddings, WSJ Law Blog
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 10.14 and 10.21: Plantation, All I Ever Wanted
A brief tour of things we don’t have room to explore in this double edition of LEWW: – This bride is foxy and forty-eight; this bride is twenty-six and hyper-annoying. – Some MoFo lesbians have made a match of it. – Graduating cum laude from Harvard wins you admission to a tier-4 law school. But […] -
Crime, Disasters / Emergencies, Insurance, Morning Docket, Nude Dancing, Politics, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 10.24.07
* Mistrial in case against Muslim organization; retrial likely. [AP; New York Times] * California wildfires lead lawyers to flee from their homes and offices… [The Recorder via Law.com] * … and may give rise to insurance battles, too. [CNN] * Ex-stripper convicted in “Last Seduction” trial. [MSNBC] * White House accused of doctoring environmental […]
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Contests, New York Times, Reader Polls, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Couple of the Month for September
We’re long overdue to crown an ATL Legal Eagle Couple of the Month for September. Before the poll, we should mention that for once, our collective readership seemed to agree with us — last week’s Couple of the Week contest (we put the weekly pick to a vote, in a break from our normal practice) […] -
Asians, New York Times, Reader Polls, Senate Judiciary Committee, Weddings, Williams & Connolly
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 10.7.07: Sweet Virginia
We had a tough time picking our finalist couples this week, and LEWW will be the first to admit that we’re not totally certain we chose the right three. (We’re sure our commenters and e-mailers will let us know if we’ve dropped the ball.) Specifically, in addition to our three finalists, we considered these three […] -
3rd Circuit, Munger Tolles & Olson, New York Times, Samuel Alito, Sandra Day O'Connor, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 9.30.07: Shall We Dance?
Warmest congratulations to our friends Junko Ozao and Jason Choy, whose lovely wedding was written up in this week’s Vows column. Jason is an associate at Kirkland & Ellis, but Junko is a normal person, and that shortcoming cost them a spot in this week’s Legal Eagle Wedding Watch. The news will likely ruin their […] - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
D.C. Circuit, Douglas Ginsburg, John Roberts, New York Times, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 9.16.07 and 9.23.07
So LEWW was at a wedding the other weekend, and who should plunk down next to us but a reporter for the NYT Vows section! It was a deeply emotional, humbling experience — like being face-to-face with Gandhi, or Bono — but after we recovered, we waved our ATL press credentials and had a nice […] -
Contests, Reader Polls, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: August's Couple of the Month
Who says lawyers aren’t romantic? In this month’s Couple of the Month voting, an adorable tale of enduring teenage love won convincingly over a SCOTUS clerk, a lesbian couple, and a United States Congressman. Congratulations to newlyweds (and Redskins fans) Shauna Burgess and Jonathan Friedman as they enter their second decade of couple-hood! Earlier: Legal […] -
Gay, Gay Marriage, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 9.2.07 and 9.9.07: Weiner Kings
That’s right — this is a combined edition of LEWW. Weep with joy, wedding-watchers! Before we serve up this double shot, a request for input. In response to prompting from readers, when we’ve chosen the week’s top three couples lately, we’ve been giving a big edge to lawyer-lawyer couples. The result is that we’ve often […] -
Contests, Reader Polls, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Couple of the Month for August
LEWW is surrounded by packing boxes at the moment, and the cable guy is about to take away our modem, so you’re going to have to wait till we arrive at our new HQ to read about this week’s super-impressive newlyweds. In the meantime, please help us crown August’s Couple of the Month. If you […] -
Hogan & Hartson, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Law Professors, Lesbians, New York Times, Supreme Court Clerks, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 8.26.07: Mrs. Frisbee and the Wedding China
We hope there aren’t too many of you in the office on this federal holiday, but for those ATL readers who are toiling away, here’s a Labor Day edition of LEWW to ease the pain. This Last week’s superlative couples: 1.) Elizabeth Holland and David Franklin 2.) Lara Ballard and Gigi Sohn 3.) Allison Caldwell […]
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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Harvard, New York Times, Politics, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 8.19.07: Greener Pastures
We apologize for the tardiness of this edition of LEWW. We’ve been in the thick of a real estate transaction and various related matters, and we haven’t been able to devote our usual amount of attention and energy to wedding criticism. But fear not — the nuptial machine grinds on, and we have three impressive […] -
1st Circuit, Harvard, Harvard Law Review, New York Times, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Smart Alex
We’re bummed that we can’t write this week about the groom who arranges music for Yo-Yo Ma and Jay-Z. Or the one who’s associate counsel for the NBA. But lawyer-lawyer couples abound, and we know those are the pairings ATL readers crave. Here are our finalists: 1. Lisa Kutlin and Alexander Goldenberg 2. Shauna Burgess […] -
Antonin Scalia, Brett Kavanaugh, Contests, Reader Polls, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: July's Couple of the Month
LEWW offers a seven-gun salute to newlyweds Zina Gelman and John Bash III, who scored a convincing victory in our July Couple of the Month vote. Zina and John — currently public servants in the chambers of Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Justice Antonin Scalia, respectively — finished 16.7 percentage points ahead of the surprising second-place […] -
Kramer Levin, Romance and Dating, Supreme Court Clerks, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 8.5.07: From Russia with Love
Before we begin, a nod to one of the best wedding write-ups we’ve seen in a while, and for once (just once) we’re not being the least bit tongue-in-cheek. Joanne Handler and John Rau III didn’t make our final three this week, even though John has a law degree, but . . . wow. They […] -
Contests, Reader Polls, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Vote for July's Couple of the Month!
Here it is: the breathlessly anticipated SCOTUS Smackdown! To be precise, we should note that not all of our July couples featured a Supreme Court clerk. But Gelman-Bash (Scalia), Ingber-Metlitsky (Roberts), and Bernstein-Foster (Kennedy) are all Elect-able pairings. We can’t wait to see who gets to strut around One First Street with ATL’s coveted Couple […] -
New York Times, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 7.29.07: Un-Electable
This week LEWW comes down from our recent SCOTUS-fueled three-week prestige bender and faces a column without a coupling of the Elect. It’s kind of like chasing a bottle of Château d’Yquem with a MoonPie, but what can we do? We work with what the NYT gives us. Here are this week’s final three: 1. […] -
Anthony Kennedy, New York Times, Supreme Court Clerks, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 07.22.07: Seeds of Love
Apart from our three finalist couples, there isn’t much to highlight for you this week: just some minor WGWAG action, and, in the Vows column, a nice shout-out to LEWW’s temporary home city. So without further ado, we bring you our fabulous finalists: 1. Nykeesha Davis and Chad Peterman 2. Deborah Bernstein and David Foster […]