Lawyer of the Day
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Football, Lawyer of the Day, Sports, Violence
Lawyer of the Day: Wanda Jackson
Sometimes being named Lawyer of the Day is a matter of being in the right place at the right time. From the AP: A woman is seeking an arrest warrant against suspended Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones [pictured], claiming he punched her at an Atlanta strip club. Fulton County Magistrate Court officials told The […] -
Advertising, Bad Ideas, Lawyer of the Day, Pornography
Lawyer of the Day: Corri Fetman
As you know, here at ATL we have a weakness for lawyers who pose in the nude. So today’s pick for Lawyer of the Day should surprise no one. From Legal Blog Watch: Remember the racy billboard ads posted by Chicago law firm Fetman, Garland & Associates that raised so much controversy last spring? The […] - Sponsored
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Email Scandals, Lawyer of the Day, Racism, Screw-Ups, Sexism
Lawyer of the Day: Chuck Rosenthal
We love tales of misbehaving DAs. And this one is a doozy. From the Houston Chronicle: New e-mails released Tuesday show District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal sent and received racist jokes and strategized with political consultants and colleagues about his re-election campaign on his county e-mail account. Also within the correspondence obtained Tuesday by the Houston […]
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Attorney Misconduct, Benchslaps, Document Review, Lawyer of the Day, Legal Ethics, Qualcomm, Screw-Ups
Lawyers of the Day: An Embarrassment of Riches
Or a richness of embarrassment. Today we’re going to name not one, but seven Lawyers of the Day. Our first Lawyer of the Day is Mark Mersel (formerly of Morrison & Foerster, now at Bryan Cave). In case you missed the shout-out in Morning Docket, here’s a bit more, from the WSJ Law Blog: It’s […] -
Lawyer of the Day
Lawyer of the Day: Joseph Collins
Many of our Lawyers of the Day tend to be solo or small-firm practitioners from non-major cities. Not so with today’s honoree, Joseph Collins. He’s a partner at Mayer Brown, one of the country’s biggest and most prestigious law firms, and he maintains offices in Chicago and New York. From an article by Nathan Koppel […] -
Biglaw, Charlene Morisseau, Fabulosity, Harvard Law Review, Lawyer of the Day, Litigatrix, Racism, Rudeness
Lawyer of the Day: Charlene Morisseau
Former DLA Piper associate Charlene Morisseau isn’t just our Lawyer of the Day. This high-powered litigatrix — a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and a former editor of the Harvard Law Review — should be hailed as a heroine by Biglaw associates everywhere. From a most engaging article by Anthony Lin, in […] -
Crime, Gay, Hurricane Katrina, Lawyer of the Day, Plaintiffs Firms, Politics, Richard Scruggs, Sex Scandals, White-Collar Crime
Lawyer of the Day: Dickie Scruggs
Yesterday the FBI executed a search warrant on the Scruggs Law Firm in Oxford, Mississippi — the shop of high-flying plaintiffs’ lawyer Dickie Scruggs. It wasn’t immediately clear what investigation the search was related to. Here’s some commentary on the situation that we enjoyed, from David Rossmiller (in brackets, following excerpt from news article): “This […] -
Crime, Kids, Lawyer of the Day, Perverts, Sex, Technology
Lawyer of the Day: Barry Mentser
It seems like you can’t throw a web cam these days without hitting a lawyer trying to use the internet to sexually prey on our kids. Reference recent lawyers of the day here and here, for just a couple of examples. And remember that prosecutor in Texas that blew his head off because To Catch […] - Sponsored
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Lawyer of the Day, Money, Sports
Lawyer of the Day: Scott Boras
We don’t know anything about sports. Who just played in the World Series? Thankfully, some of you are more informed. From a reader: Scott Boras should be featured on ATL today, perhaps as “lawyer of the day” or whatever. [T]his story is hot, and should start a comment clusterf**k for you. Baseball players’ agent Scott […] -
Crime, Kids, Lawyer of the Day, Perverts, Sex, Technology
Lawyer of the Day a Few Days Ago: Robbie Levin
This “news” is from last week. But we did want to mention it briefly, just for the record, since ATL strives to be a fairly comprehensive compilation of lawyer misbehavior. From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Robin Meredith “Robbie” Levin, 36, of Jonesboro is charged with felony sexual exploitation of children and misdemeanor criminal attempt to contribute […] -
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Crime, D. Marvin Jones, Law Professors, Lawyer of the Day, Prostitution, Sex Scandals
Lawyer of the Day: D. Marvin Jones
Several commenters to our recent post about the University of Miami law student who got benchslapped on the People’s Court pointed out another news development involving the law school: the recent arrest and arraignment of a popular professor, D. Marvin Jones, on a misdemeanor charge of soliciting a prostitute. See here: Check out his bio […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Document Review, Email Scandals, Heller Ehrman, Lawyer of the Day, Layoffs, Legal Ethics, Qualcomm, Screw-Ups
Lawyers of the Day: The Qualcomm Gang of 19
Tomorrow is a very big day for almost 20 California lawyers. From Blogonaut: A federal district court has ordered 14 California lawyers to explain why they should not be sanctioned for their “exceptional misconduct” on behalf of Qualcomm in a lawsuit that the San Diego wireless company lost. All of the lawyers subject to the […]
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4th Circuit, Judicial Nominations, Lawyer of the Day, Screw-Ups
Lawyer of the Day: E. Duncan Getchell Jr.
It’s tough being a federal judicial nominee. Your entire legal career is gone over with a fine-toothed comb, and every mistake or misstep is brought to light, no matter how minor. From the ABA Journal: A lawyer nominated to a federal appeals court was lead attorney on an $8 million appeal that got tossed because […] -
Lawyer of the Day, Money, Plaintiffs Firms, Politics, State Judges
Lawyer of the Day: Mikal Watts
Even when they’re not getting indicted or pleading guilty, high-profile plaintiffs’ lawyers can still entertain us with their antics. From Walter Olson, over at Overlawyered: Looks as if the legal tactics of one politically ambitious Texas plaintiff’s lawyer may have blown up in his face: “Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mikal Watts of San Antonio once […] -
Alberto Gonzales, Crime, Department of Justice, Kids, Lawyer of the Day, Perverts, Sex, Sex Scandals, Technology
Lawyer of the Day: John David R. Atchison
During his tenure as attorney general, Alberto Gonzales made it a policy priority to “keep our children safe” from creeps on the internets. As it turns out, at least one alleged creep worked for the DOJ: A U.S. Justice Department official has been arrested on suspicion of traveling to Detroit over the weekend to have […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, Bankruptcy, Lawyer of the Day, Legal Ethics, Rank Stupidity
Lawyer of the Day: Peter Cannon
Just like Justice Anthony Kennedy, Bankruptcy Judge Paul J. Kilburg (S.D. Iowa) does his own internet research. This is a lesson that Peter Cannon, Esq., learned the hard way. From TaxProf Blog: Mr. Peter Cannon, a West Des Moines, Iowa attorney, represented Defendant John Petit in an adversary proceeding initiated by Trustee to uncover assets […] -
Ex-Lawyer of the Day, Harvard, Law Schools, Lawyer of the Day, Music
Happily-Not-A-Lawyer of the Day: Joshua Redman
As Clarence Darrow once said, “Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.” Indeed, many lawyers harbor frustrated creative ambitions. Sure, they went to law school, and now they’re out practicing. But they could have been novelists, or painters, or pastry chefs. Or successful jazz musicians. From NJ.com: Joshua Redman is quite the brainy […] -
Advertising, Crime, Lawyer Advertising, Lawyer of the Day, Music, Weirdness
Lawyer of the Day: Peter 'P'Ta Mon' John
If the Nixon Peabody song were lawyer advertising — which, of course, it is not — it would be the best lawyer advertisement ever. And this, which a helpful reader emailed to us, would be second best: In case you can’t read the fine print at the bottom — which offers some helpful tips on […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Lawyer of the Day, Legal Ethics, Sex, Sex Scandals
Lawyer of the Day: Liam Michael Golden
We just learned a new word today: “tomcatting.” From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Chehalis, Washington — The tomcatting of the elected prosecutor in this conservative rural town has jeopardized as many as four cases brought by his office and prompted a complaint to the state bar association. Liam Michael Golden, a Republican who ran unopposed for […]