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Cars, Fabulosity, Lawyer of the Day, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Real Estate
Lawyer of the Day: David J. Stern, Fourth-Tier Law Grad Turned Multimillionaire
No, we’re not talking about that David J. Stern, the lawyer turned NBA commissioner. We’re talking about David J. Stern of Plantation, Florida, a leading lawyer to banks and financial services companies in mortgage-related and foreclosure proceedings. Over the holiday weekend, the New York Times ran a lengthy article, by Gretchen Morgenson and Geraldine Fabrikant, […] -
Akin Gump, Gay, Gay Marriage, Lawyer of the Day, Politics
Lawyer of the Gay, Er, Day: Ken Mehlman
Back in June, we wrote about the fabulous Chelsea apartment snapped up by prominent Republican lawyer Ken Mehlman. Although his résumé is strewn with achievements — he’s a 1991 graduate of Harvard Law School (just like President Obama), a former partner at Akin Gump, and a current executive vice-president at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (ka-ching!) — […] - Sponsored
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Lawyer of the Day: Arnold & Porter Associate Accused of Kiddie Porn Production
Today brings bad news for Arnold & Porter — or maybe make that Arnold & Porno. If the allegations are true, the venerable Washington-based law firm has been employing a lawyer who made child pornography, starring a 15-year-old girl. A 41-year-old associate in the Tysons Corner office of A&P, Joshua Gessler, has been charged with […]
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Law Professors, Lawyer of the Day
Lawyer of the Day: Hero Professor Saves Plane Crash Survivor
University of Chicago law professor Randall Schmidt and his wife, Kristen Berg, can rightly be called heroes. That’s what you call people who rescue others from plane crashes on Lake Michigan. Their incredible story was picked up in yesterday’s Chicago Daily Herald: The Park Ridge couple, who rescued the only known survivor of a plane […] -
Crime, Lawyer of the Day, Partner Issues, Pornography
Partner of the Day: Samuel Logan Allegedly Sent Child Porn From the Office
Federal agents played a little game of “To Catch a Law Firm Partner” last week. After a few weeks of online chatting with Samuel P. Logan, 45, they lured the Foulston Siefkin partner to a mall to meet the 14-year-old girl named “stazie” to whom he thought he had been sending naked photos. Instead of […] -
Family Law, Lawyer of the Day, Pictures, Porn Names, Pornography
Lawyer of the Day: Divorce Lawyer Snatches Playboy Publicity
It’s common for a spouse to claim that a divorce lawyer left him with nothing but the shirt on his back. But it is the rare divorce attorney who returns the favor and takes her shirt off. We’ve extensively documented the briefs and bustline of the well-endowed Corri Fetman. But today we’ve got a divorce […] -
Cars, Lawyer of the Day, Minority Issues, Police, Racism, Rudeness
Lawyer of the Day: Prosecutor-To-Be Mouths Off to Officer -- and Loses Job
When I worked in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, I’d sometimes hear colleagues joke about handing over their Justice Department credentials along with their driver’s license if pulled over for a moving violation. It was a joke because it was generally understood that trying to get out of a speeding ticket by flaunting one’s status as […] -
Crime, Disability Law, Judge of the Day, Lawyer of the Day, Sexual Harassment
Lawyer of the Day, or Judge of the Day? We Report, You Decide.
In a few weeks, an interesting trial will be getting underway in Queens Criminal Court here in New York. The underlying incident should provide fodder for either a Lawyer of the Day or a Judge of the Day — but it’s not clear which. The episode giving rise to the criminal charges was reported back […] - Sponsored
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Basketball, Lawyer of the Day, Pregnancy / Paternity, Sports
Lawyer of the Day: Leicester Bryce Stovell (aka LeBron's Daddy)
LeBron James, who’s your daddy? (Unfortunately, it’s not the Knicks, to Elie’s great dismay.) Could it be a Washington lawyer by the name of Leicester Bryce Stovell? Stovell came forward this week, claiming to have knocked up Gloria James when she was 15 and to have genetic proof that he’s the King’s father. Like all […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Lawyer of the Day, Legal Ethics, White-Collar Crime
Lawyer of the Day: Lawyer-Scammer Gets Scammed -- and Has His Scam Unravel
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. The Washington Post reports: Three years into his own scheme of dipping into clients’ funds, Maryland malpractice lawyer Bradley Schwartz received an e-mail from a man claiming to represent a manufacturing company in Singapore, offering him legal work… […] -
Lawyer of the Day, Litigatrix, Public Interest
Update: Is Brooklyn ADA Ama Dwimoh Getting a Bum Rap?
Last Friday, we named Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney Ama Dwimoh our Lawyer of the Day. As a prosecutor, Dwimoh goes after child abusers. And yet, according to the New York Daily News — irony alert! — she herself abuses the kiddies, i.e., legal interns in her office. One reader with firsthand knowledge protested this portrayal […] -
Lawyer of the Day, Litigatrix, Public Interest
Lawyer of the Day: Deferred Associates Claim Brooklyn ADA is a Meanie
Deferred associates spending a year in the Brooklyn district attorney’s office claim that Brooklyn ADA Ama Dwimoh is an abusive boss. At first blush, one assumes that kids who have been coddled at the best schools and top firms simply weren’t prepared for the rough and tumble world of actual lawyering. But the Brooklyn D.A., […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Benchslaps, Biglaw, Lawyer of the Day, Legal Ethics, Lesbians, Litigatrix, New Jersey, State Judges
Lawyers of the Day: Ted Wells and Marty Flumenbaum?
Our typical Lawyer of the Day is an attorney you’ve never heard of, from a firm you’ve never heard of. It’s highly unusual for LOTD honors to go to a pair of legal titans, two of the nation’s leading litigators: Ted Wells (pictured) and Marty Flumenbaum, the co-chair and former chair, respectively, of the celebrated […]
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Breasts, Fashion, Gender, Lawyer of the Day
Lawyer of the Day: Brittney B. Horstman Is Above the Bra
Would you shed your bra for a client? Earlier this month, Miami attorney Brittney Horstman did just that, while trying to pay a visit to a client at the Miami Federal Detention Center — but it did not help her case. When Horstman visited the center on June 4, she set the metal detector off. […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Lawyer of the Day, Legal Ethics
Lawyer of the Day: A Disappearing Act
One summer associate story from years past involved an SA who simply stopped showing up to work for several days. Given how big summer classes were back then (not like today), and how much misbehavior was tolerated in those halcyon days, it took a surprisingly long time for the perpetrator to get in trouble. The […] -
Crime, Lawyer of the Day, Violence
A Defense Lawyer Who's Not Afraid of a Fight
Yesterday’s Lawyer of the Day was a public defender who could use a little defending himself — after he allegedly choked a prosecutor. Inside a courthouse, of all places. The story is even better than we first reported. From the Chicago Sun-Times: The men went downstairs to the first floor, where [public defender Henry] Hams […] -
Crime, Lawyer of the Day, Violence
Lawyer of the Day: Public Defender Needs Defending
Apparently there was a choking in Chicago — and it didn’t involve the Cubs. From the Chicago Sun-Times: A Cook County prosecutor was hospitalized this morning after being choked in a hallway of the 26th and California criminal courthouse, allegedly by an assistant public defender, police said. The 50-year-old assistant state’s attorney “might be injured […] -
Bad Ideas, Lawyer of the Day
A Diabolical Defense Strategy
An attorney representing a man in a Virginia Circuit Court came up with a creative defense strategy for one of his clients. Attorney George Freeman was representing a man who had pleaded guilty to fraud. Due to nine prior convictions, Rodney Newsome was facing serious jail time. But Freeman got him off with no sentence […] -
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Lawyer of the Day: Gary Cruciani Collects $8.8 Million Award from His Former Law Firm
Everything’s bigger in Texas, including awards for lawyers who sue firms for making misleading promises during the wooing period. Gary Cruciani sued asbestos litigation firm Baron & Budd and its managing partner Russell Budd in 2008, for luring him away from McKool Smith with “negligent and fraudulent misrepresentations,” according to a lengthy Texas Lawyer article: […] -
Fashion, Lawyer of the Day, Religion, Violence
Lawyer of the Day: The Burka Brawler
Disclosure: I am not a fan of the burka, a garment that I find vaguely ridiculous, oppressive towards women, and worst of all, horribly unfashionable. The burqa’s highest and best use is in comedy. Remember the great Curb Your Enthusiasm episode in which Larry dry cleans a Muslim woman’s burqa and gives it to Cheryl […]