As promised, we're back with our second installment of LEWW this week. We think you'll agree that this one features some of our finest contestants of the season. A SCOTUS clerkship (finally!), a Rhodes, more YLS grads -- enjoy this special Independence Day edition of the Legal Eagle Wedding Watch!

Here are the names:

1. Stephanie Denton and Zeno Baucus

2. Mary Fan and Dean Kawamoto

3. Emma Terrell and Trevor Leitch

4. Courtenay Van Sciver and Peter Washkowitz

5. Maria Glover and Derek Ho

Click on the "continue reading" link below to see these couples' photos and sparkly credentials.

LEWW is so devoted to you, dear readers, that we haul out our scanner every week so we can show you pictures that the Times doesn't post in its online edition. But this week the NYT was showing no photographic love for the lawyers. All three of our featured couples are picture-less!

We hate it too, but to borrow a way overused line from recent TV criticism, "Whaddya gonna do?" Just try to picture them in your minds or something. Here are our finalists:

1. Eva Temkin and David Lehn Jr.

2. Sophia Lynn and David Frederick

3. Amanda McCormick and Matthew Bacal

More about these couples, after the jump.

In a recent post about those gargantuan Supreme Court clerkship bonuses, we mentioned Kellogg Huber, the super-elite D.C. litigation boutique.

The firm's SCOTUS bonuses are said to hover around market -- which is about $200,000 these days. But if you missed out on a Supreme Court clerkship, but managed to land a federal appeals court clerkship, the firm is worth looking into. It pays a bonus of $100,000 to federal circuit court clerks, which is the largest non-SCOTUS clerkship bonus that we're aware of.

The rest of Kellogg's compensation package is nothing to sneeze at. The firm pays its associates a base salary of $180,000, plus huge year-end bonuses -- closer to Wachtell Lipton bonuses than regular Biglaw bonuses.

(It should be noted, though, that Kellogg associates work hard for the money. The firm can be a bit of a sweatshop.)

With such a compensation scheme in place, Kellogg Huber sat at the top of the Washington legal market for years. But now we're hearing that, in light of recent pay raises, the firm may not be what it once was.

From a tipster (although not a source currently at the firm, so this may be off in some respects):

The associates [at Kellogg Huber] are utterly mystified because the base salaries at all levels are still $180,000. [T]his is barely even a third-year associate salary elsewhere.

It used to be that the year-end bonuses at Kellogg were out of this world. But now all the other firms have come pretty close to catching up.

In short, Kellogg has not changed its salary structure in years. What used to be top of the market is now actually bottom. Senior associates make more money at pretty much any other firm in Washington than they do at Kellogg.

Is this true? And if so, does the firm have any plans of addressing the situation? If you're in a position to know, please drop us a line. Thanks.

Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel [official website]

Earlier: Supreme Court Clerks: Do They Live Up to the Hype?

Last week, an investiture ceremony was held for Judge Neil Gorsuch, recently confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. And it was a star-studded affair. From the Denver Post:

Seven-year-old Emma and 5-year-old Belinda helped their father, Neil Gorsuch, into his judge's robes Monday after the newly appointed 10th Circuit Court judge was sworn in.

Munching on cookies after the formal ceremony, Emma said she thought it "was nice."

Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who was in Denver to administer the oath, spoke directly to the little girls before Gorsuch raised his right hand. "He's doing it to remind all of us that the first obligation any American has is to defend and protect the Constitution of the United States," he said.

Justice Kennedy's pedagogical impulse is admirable. We suspect, however, that Emma and Belinda were thinking more about cookies than the Constitution.

Some supplementary coverage, from an ATL tipster:

The entire en banc 10th Circuit was present. Justice Kennedy administered the oath. Attorney General Gonzales read the commission. Both Colorado Senators made remarks, as did Mark Hansen of Kellogg Huber (the insanely prestigious appellate shop from which Gorsuch rose). Half of the Justice Department was there: Rachel Brand, Elisebeth Collins Cook, Brett Gerry, Wan Kim, Gregory Katsas, among others.

The Gorsuch clerks showed everyone around Denver and got trashed on consecutive nights. Good times were had by all.

Article III groupies, Judge Neil Gorsuch is one to watch. He's brilliant, he's young, and he's incredibly well-connected. Look for him to rise through the ranks of Supreme Court feeder judges in the years to come -- and, perhaps, to be nominated to the Court himself someday.

(Judge Gorsuch is taking the seat of Judge David Ebel, who has been the Tenth Circuit's resident feeder judge for quite some time now. Guess that's the 10th Circuit's designated "feeder seat.")

Update: Would someone be able to locate and/or send us a good photo of Judge Gorsuch for our files? Our quick Googling didn't produce anything useful.

10th Circuit judge's oath a family affair [Denver Post]

* "Bless him Father, for he has sinned": Msgr. John Woolsey made some unauthorized withdrawals from his church's collection plate, which he blew on golf vacations and Rolex watches. (Monsignor: A Rolex is so unoriginal. Why not, say, a nice Patek Philippe?) [Judicial Reports]

* Newly confirmed Tenth Circuit judge Neil M. Gorsuch -- a member of the Elect, former partner at the super-elite Kellogg Huber firm, and former Principal Deputy to the Associate Attorney General -- has a new book out. It's entitled The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia. We have no idea what it says; but it was probably smart of him to get confirmed before it was published. [How Appealing]

* Planning a trip to Ireland? Law professor William Birdthistle has some recommendations for you. [Forbes]

* Gov. Jon Corzine's picks for the New Jersey Supreme Court have cool names: James Zazzali, nominated to be the next Chief Justice, and Helen Hoens, nominated to fill Zazzali's vacated seat. We support Judge Hoens's nomination, 'cause we're suckers for alliteration. And assonance, too. [New York Times]

* This is a long and juicy article; we'll probably blog more about it later. For now, some key terms to whet your appetite: insider trading, ballroom dancing, trips to Cuba, BMWs, strippers. Oh, and a forklift operator. Don't forget the forklift operator. [Fortune via WSJ Law Blog]