Lawyerly Lairs
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Fabulosity, Law Professors, Law Schools, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Columbia Law Professor Now Wants $30 Million for His Mansion
One year ago, we wrote about how Columbia law professor Hans Smit was trying to unload his 12,000 square foot home — the only freestanding single-family mansion in Manhattan — for a cool $29 million. One year later, the good professor’s home is still on the market. Its white-marble-clad facade greeted us when we visited […] -
Fabulosity, Lawyerly Lairs, Litigators, Private Equity, Real Estate, Wall Street
Lawyerly Lairs: Star Litigator Bails Hedge-Funder Out of $8 Million Mansion
Here’s a sign of changing times: lawyers are picking up luxury real estate holdings that hedge fund guys can’t afford to keep. From the Daily Business Review: A high profile Miami litigator is expanding his real estate holdings on Key Biscayne. Attorney Eugene E. Stearns and his wife, Diana, purchased a two-story home at 250 […] - Sponsored
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Celebrities, Fabulosity, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Allen Grubman Ventures Below 14th Street
Time for another installment of Lawyerly Lairs, in which we follow the high-end real estate purchases of high-profile attorneys. Today’s subject is Allen Grubman, the hotshot entertainment lawyer with oodles of celebrity clients, who has become a celebrity in his own right. From the New York Observer: [The Grubmans] paid $3.07 million for a condo […]
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Celebrities, Fabulosity, Law Professors, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Back to School Edition
Now that law school is back in session, students are once again paying attention to those poorly-dressed people standing at the front of the room (assuming they’re not focused on their laptops, where they read ESPN.com and ATL). And even if their law professors’ wardrobes are underwhelming, students can always marvel at their brilliance and […] -
Fabulosity, Fred Fielding, Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate, White House Counsel
Lawyerly Lairs: A Report from D.C.
Lawyers are living large, not just in Miami and New York, but in Washington, too. The Luxury Homes column, in the current issue of Washingtonian magazine, features the recent real estate purchases of two prominent lawyers. First up: political and legal commentator Laura Ingraham, who has a pretty amazing resume (UVA Law, Clarence Thomas clerkship, […] -
Antitrust, Bill Clinton, Education / Schools, Fabulosity, Hillary Clinton, Lawyerly Lairs, Litigatrix, Politics, Real Estate, Williams & Connolly
Lawyerly Lairs: Joel Klein & Nicole Seligman's Park Avenue Pad
As we have previously bitterly lamented observed, sometimes it seems like all the blessings of life are reserved for Supreme Court clerks. And they include not just $250,000 signing bonuses and top-shelf legal jobs, but luxury real estate, too. This latest Lawyerly Lairs post looks at the expanding digs of Joel I. Klein (Powell) and […] -
Fabulosity, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Livin' La Vida Loca
In Lawyerly Lairs, the ATL feature that takes you inside the luxurious homes of legal luminaries, we focus a lot on New York City. We’ve previously peeked inside the residences of Schulte partner Rick Presutti, ex-S&C associate Aaron Charney, Cravath partner John Beerbower, Columbia law profs Hans Smit and Sarah Cleveland, and lawyer-turned-TV-personality Greta Van […] -
Biglaw, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: It's Good To Be King A Biglaw Partner
The miseries of life at a large law firm are regularly chronicled in these pages. But don’t forget: It’s a living. And if you make partner at a top firm, it’s a very, very good living. From an anxious reader: I’m a 2L about to start the whirlwind of OCI at my law school. So […] - Sponsored
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Aaron Charney, Biglaw, Gay, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Aaron Charney Has Left the Building
No, not the Sullivan & Cromwell headquarters at 125 Broad Street. That happened months ago, not long after the young corporate lawyer sued his uber-prestigious employer, claiming anti-gay discrimination and retaliation by S&C. We’re referring instead to Aaron Charney’s former home, a luxury apartment on the 53rd floor of the Orion — a new, high-rise […] -
Biglaw, Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Cravath Re-Ups at the Death Star
The typical Lawyerly Lairs post offers a voyeuristic peek inside the luxurious residence of a prominent lawyer. Today’s post, in contrast, is about an office building. But since lawyers at Cravath, Swaine & Moore pretty much live in the office, the home/office distinction doesn’t matter. From the New York Observer: Cravath is staying right at […] -
Law Professors, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, New York Observer, Real Estate, Willkie Farr
Lawyerly Lairs: Back in the Big Apple
We’ve been so focused on nationwide associate pay raises that we’ve been neglecting New York City — where lawyers have always earned top dollar. And where they enjoy real estate spoils reflecting their high compensation, which we regularly profile for Lawyerly Lairs. One of our favorite sources of real estate porn in the deliciously gossipy […] -
Lawyerly Lairs, New Jersey, Real Estate, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Lawyerly Lairs: Justice Alito's House, Under Contract
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Aaron Charney, Fabulosity, Gay, Lawyerly Lairs, Pictures, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: A Field Trip to Aaron Charney's Apartment
On our recent trip up to New York, we dropped by the Orion — the luxury high-rise apartment building that celebrated plaintiff Aaron Charney calls home. We previously profiled Aaron’s apartment in these pages, for our Lawyerly Lairs column. We briefly entertained the thought of entering the building, going up to the reception desk, and […]
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Aaron Charney, Fabulosity, Gay, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Aaron Charney's De-Luxe Apartment in the Sky-y-y
In Lawyerly Lairs, a recurring ATL feature, we check out the luxurious homes of prominent figures within the legal profession. If you share our addiction to real estate porn, this is a column you’re sure to enjoy. In recent editions of Lawyerly Lairs, we’ve visited a $2.8 million mansion in Cambridge, MA, home to celebrity […] -
Gay, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Does Debevoise Pay Its Associates Enough?
Of course they do. Debevoise & Plimpton paid generous bonuses in 2006. And they went along with the latest pay raises, with scarcely any hesitation. So we can’t help wondering: Why do some of their associates still have roommates? Then again, this roommate situation isn’t the typical set-up of two post-college kids throwing up a […] -
Feldsuk, Jeannie Suk, Law Professors, Lawyerly Lairs, Nauseating Things, Noah Feldman, Noajeannie, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: You're Sick of Noajeannie Feldsuk. We Don't Care.
The whole point of being a mono-monikered celebrity entity is that you get covered, and covered, and covered by the media. This coverage continues, long after the public claims to be sick of you and cries out for mercy. But really they’re not sick of you. This is why Brangelina still moves magazines. As for […] -
Anna Schneider-Mayerson, Feldsuk, Jeannie Suk, Law Professors, Lawyerly Lairs, Nauseating Things, Noah Feldman, Noajeannie
Lawyerly Lairs: It's Still Good to be Noah and Jeannie
We have, on multiple occasions, shot envious glares in the direction of celebrity law professors Noah Feldman and Jeannie Suk. They’re brilliant; they’re beautiful; they’re members of the Elect (former Souter clerks). What more could one ask for? We can think of only two things. First, a one-word, neologistic nickname. From this point forward, Noah […] -
David Hoffman, John Beerbower, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Nauseating Things, Real Estate, Tax Law
Lawyerly Lairs: More About John Beerbower's Fabulous Pad
Here’s an addendum to our earlier coverage of the lavish, multimillion dollar residence(s) of John Beerbower, a litigation partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore. John and Cynthia Beerbower lived in a $20 million apartment in 720 Park Avenue (at right), then “downsized” to a $5.1 million pad. From David Hoffman, a former Cravath associate, over […] -
John Beerbower, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Nauseating Things, Real Estate, Tax Law
Lawyerly Lairs: Tax Breaks for Cravath Partners?
This super-luxurious, prewar building — 720 Park Avenue, one of New York’s most prestigious addresses — is the former home of Cravath partner John Beerbower, and his wife, Cynthia Beerbower. In case you’re wondering, they lived in apartment 7A. According to Steven Gaines in The Sky’s the Limit (2005), winning admission to this exclusive coop […] -
Eliot Spitzer, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Nauseating Things, Politics, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Eliot Spitzer's Sugar Daddy
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, soon to be crowned the state’s next governor, has a very wealthy — and very generous — father. Bernard Spitzer, a real estate mogul worth some $500 million, provides his 47-year-old son with free housing. In Manhattan. On the Upper East Side. On Fifth Avenue. From TaxProf Blog: Spitzer […]