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Clerkships, Diarmuid O'Scannlain, Fabulosity, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Changing of the Guard
At One First Street, home of the Supreme Court of the United States (aka "SCOTUS"), clerk classes are transitioning. July is when outgoing Supreme Court clerks leave the marble palace -- do pass go, do collect a $250,000 signing bonus -- and their replacements arrive. Interested in having a look at July's update on Supreme Court law clerk hiring? -
Biglaw, Choate Hall & Stewart, Fabulosity, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Partner Issues, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: A Wicked Awesome, $13 Million Penthouse Condo
One Boston attorney has enough free cash flow to buy the most expensive condominium ever sold in Boston -- the very best penthouse at the Mandarin Oriental Residences, on tony Boylston Street. And who is the lucky lawyer who will get to spend another seven-figure sum finishing and then furnishing this 7,000-square-foot space? - Sponsored
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Barack Obama, Biglaw, Fabulosity, Federal Government, Military / Military Law, Partner Issues, Politics
An Afternoon With Jeh Johnson, General Counsel of the Defense Department
Jeh C. Johnson, General Counsel of the Department of Defense, can be described as one of the most powerful and influential lawyers in the entire federal government. Our very own David Lat had the pleasure of interviewing him.
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Fabulosity, Law Professors, Law Schools, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Real Estate
Tuition Dollars Hard at Work: A Palatial Pad for NYU Law Profs
NYU Law students fell on hard times this year in the wake of the recession. Perhaps the administration could have assisted these poor and downtrodden students with their tuition dollars, but instead, NYU Law bought a $3.5 million condo in the West Village. -
Admin, Announcements, Blogging, Fabulosity, Media and Journalism
Breaking Up the ATL Boys' Club (Nobody Likes a Sausage Fest)
My name is Staci Zaretsky, but most of you have known me as Morning Dockette for the better part (or worst part, depending on your opinion) of a year now. You must be wondering why I’m finally putting aside my absurd pseudonym and writing this post under my real name. Well, thanks to the powers […] -
Barack Obama, Department of Justice, Fabulosity, Fashion, Hotties, Litigatrix, Musical Chairs, Shoes, White House Counsel
Musical Chairs: Bob Bauer Out and Kathy Ruemmler In as White House Counsel
Big news out of Washington today: Bob Bauer is stepping down as White House counsel. He’s returning to his former firm, Perkins Coie, where he will represent Barack Obama as his personal lawyer and serve as general counsel to President Obama’s re-election campaign. Bauer is being replaced by his top deputy, leading litigatrix Kathryn Ruemmler. […] -
Antitrust, Biglaw, Department of Justice, Fabulosity, Federal Judges, Judicial Nominations, Lawyerly Lairs, Litigatrix, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Real Estate, S.D.N.Y., Senate Judiciary Committee
Ex-Cravath Partner Nominated to S.D.N.Y. Is Pretty Stinking Rich
I recently wrote about Katherine B. Forrest, the celebrated litigatrix nominated to a federal judgeship on the breathtakingly prestigious Southern District of New York. Forrest currently serves as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice’s antitrust division, but before joining the DOJ she was a longtime partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore […] -
Asians, Books, Education / Schools, Fabulosity, Harvard, Jed Rubenfeld, Kids, Law Professors
It's Official: Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld, aka the Tiger Cub, Has Made Her College Decision!
Where’s she going? Let’s find out…. - 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… -
Celebrities, Fabulosity, Letter from London, Magic Circle, Politics, United Kingdom / Great Britain, Weddings, Weirdness
The Royal Wedding: A Legal Look (Part 3)
Ed. note This is the final installment in London-based journalist Alex Aldridge’s series of stories for Above the Law about the royal wedding of HRH Prince William and Kate Middleton. You can read the prior posts here and here. Well, they got married. Best man Prince Harry remembered the ring. None of Wills’ disgruntled exes […] -
Allen & Overy, Celebrities, Fabulosity, Letter from London, Magic Circle, United Kingdom / Great Britain, Weirdness
The Royal Wedding: A Legal Look (Part 2)
Ed. note This is the second in a series of posts that Alex Aldridge, a London-based journalist who covers legal affairs, will be writing for Above the Law about the upcoming royal wedding of HRH Prince William and Kate Middleton. You can read the first post here. In Britain, middle-class people who don’t know what […] -
Celebrities, Fabulosity, In-House Counsel, United Kingdom / Great Britain, Weddings
The Royal Wedding: A Legal Look (Part 1)
Ed. note This is the first in a series of posts that Alex Aldridge, a London-based journalist who covers legal affairs, will be writing for Above the Law about the upcoming royal wedding of HRH Prince William and Kate Middleton. So, you wish you had a royal family, eh? Judging by the content of your […] -
Boutique Law Firms, Fabulosity, Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate, Small Law Firms
Lawyerly Lairs: An Attorney's $7.5 Million Townhouse
As small-firm columnist Valerie Katz previously discussed, some partners at small law firms are worth big bucks. The only practicing lawyer in the Forbes 400 is a small-firm attorney, in fact. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that some partners at small firms have big and beautiful wives homes. The New York Times recently […] -
Boutique Law Firms, Fabulosity, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Small Law Firms
Size Matters: How Are Small Law Firms Like Oscars After-Parties?
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Size Matters, one of Above the Law’s new columns for small-firm lawyers. I am getting tired of hearing about all these large law firms and their unnecessary spring bonuses. This weekend I went on a trip with friends who all work in Biglaw, and the topic came […]
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Barack Obama, Cass Sunstein, Fabulosity, Hotties, Law Professors, Quote of the Day, Samantha Power
Quote of the Day: She'll Be Played By Julianne Moore in 'Libya: The Movie'
[There wasn’t] some dramatic meeting in the Oval Office where everybody tried to persuade the president not to do this, and Samantha rolled in with her flowing red hair and said, ‘Mr. President, I stand here alone in telling you that history calls upon you to perform this act.’ That’s not how it happened. — […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2010, Biglaw, Bonuses, Fabulosity, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Cravath Enters the Bonus Wars -- and Beats S&C!
The venerable firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore — still widely regarded as setting the market for associate compensation at large law firms, even if other places pay more — has announced springtime bonuses. These bonuses are on top of the recent year-end bonuses that Cravath paid in December 2010. And get this: the CSM […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2010, Biglaw, Bonuses, Fabulosity, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Sullivan & Cromwell Pays Generous Spring Bonuses!
Friday afternoons are for bad news. When you have some news that you want to disappear into the ether, you announce it on Friday afternoon. It’s a favorite time for disgraced D.C. figures to resign from office in order to “spend more time with their families.” So why did Sullivan & Cromwell, one of the […] -
Celebrities, Fabulosity, Federal Government, Hotties, U.S. Attorneys Offices, War on Terror
Musical Chairs: A Brooklyn-Bound Beauty
Being a federal prosecutor is a great legal job, but it has its downsides. One of them, at least for me, was the anonymity. In your work as an assistant U.S. attorney, it’s not about you; it’s about the merits of the cases, and seeing that justice is done. That’s public-spirited and all, but it’s […] -
Biglaw, Fabulosity, Holidays and Seasons, Parties
Holiday Party Open Thread: What Did (or Will) Your Firm Do This Holiday Season?
Last night, we gave you a little recap of the ATL holiday party — if you will forgive the expression — that PLC and ELR Search sponsored. Wow. Some of you commenters are really mean, especially after Kash takes out a restraining order against you. Your clever use of ouchy words really did a number […] -
Admin, Fabulosity, Holidays and Seasons, Parties, Pictures
Above the Law Holiday Party Recap -- With Pictures!
The Above the Law holiday party last Wednesday was a huge success. So I’ve been told. Apparently, my night ended at some diner on the LES with Marin telling the waitress I needed an IV of fluids. Or something like that. Also, if you have my cell phone, hat, left shoe, or Livescribe Echo Smartpen, […] -
Biglaw, Fabulosity, Law Schools, Pro Bono, Public Interest
Congratulations to the 2011 Skadden Fellows
Biglaw isn’t all about high-stakes mergers and bet-the-company litigation. Many Biglaw firms take their commitment to pro bono very seriously. Obviously, these firms need to pay the bills, first and foremost. But when they can, many firms do try to give back. As many of you already know, Skadden takes that commitment quite a bit […]