Musical Chairs
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Department of Justice, Fabulosity, Musical Chairs, Office of Legal Policy, Politics, Rachel Brand, Seth Waxman, Weirdness
Musical Chairs: WilmerHale's New Hires
We bring you news of a career move by one of America’s most fabulous young lawyers. From a press release issued by WilmerHale: WilmerHale is pleased to announce that Rachel L. Brand and Mark D. Nelson will join the firm’s Washington, DC public policy and strategy practice focusing on congressional investigations, regulatory affairs and crisis […] -
Elena Kagan, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Musical Chairs
Another Hiring Coup for Harvard Law School?
Under the leadership of the beloved Elena Kagan, Harvard Law School continues to raid other schools for law professor talent. Word on the street is that another big hire is in the works. This past weekend, Dean Kagan crowed about her coup before a group of admitted students, saying it would be announced later this […] - Sponsored
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Email Scandals, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, Musical Chairs, Screw-Ups
Yet Another Biglaw Email Screw-up
Some minor email amusement, in the spirit of Skadden Arps and Pepper Hamilton, courtesy of the Chicago office of DLA Piper: This is a pretty cool goof by Bill Rudnick, the new head of DLA Piper’s Chicago office. A group of partners just came over from Locke Lord Bissell, and apparently one of them went […]
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Cass Sunstein, Celebrities, Harvard, Hotties, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Martha Nussbaum, Musical Chairs, Romance and Dating, Samantha Power, Sex
The Real Reason Cass Sunstein's Going to Harvard? He's Got the Power
We greatly enjoyed our recent visit to the University of Chicago Law School. The U. Chicago students were very welcoming and made us feel right at home, even inviting us to their law school musical — which, by the way, was delightful. (We added many of them as friends on Facebook before we were mysteriously […] -
Cass Sunstein, Celebrities, Elena Kagan, Law Professors, Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs: Harvard Snags Sunstein from Chicago!
If we knew anything about sports, we’d say this is the legal academic equivalent of Major Player X leaving Super-Elite Team Y for Super-Elite Team Z. But we don’t. So we’ll just say it’s one of the biggest law school hiring coups since Harvard Law School snatched half of Feldsuk from NYU. HLS strikes again […] -
Intellectual Property, Jeremy Pitcock, Kasowitz Benson, Litigators, Morgan & Finnegan, Musical Chairs, Sexual Harassment
Musical Chairs: Jeremy Pitcock Has Left the Building
Some of you may recall the strange tale of Jeremy Pitcock, a successful IP litigator in New York. As we previously reported, he recently left Kasowitz Benson, where he headed the intellectual property practice, for Morgan & Finnegan. That’s par for the course, in this age of increased lateral partner movement. The weird part was […] -
Intellectual Property, Jeremy Pitcock, Kasowitz Benson, Litigators, Morgan & Finnegan, Musical Chairs, Vicious Infighting
Musical Chairs: Kasowitz Attributes IP Head's Departure to 'Extremely Inappropriate Personal Conduct'
If we hadn’t already named a Lawyer of the Day, the prize might have gone to Jeremy Pitcock of Morgan & Finnegan. From the American Lawyer: The former head of intellectual property at Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman was fired in December for “extremely inappropriate personal conduct,” according to the firm. Not merely “inappropriate” conduct, […] -
Biglaw, Heller Ehrman, Job Searches, Layoffs, Musical Chairs
Going to Heller in a Handbasket? (Part 3)
Another day, another report of problems for Heller Ehrman. As usual, the bad news comes not from ATL, but from an MSM source — so don’t accuse us of making this stuff up. We’re just piggybacking on our friends in the print media. From the Legal Times: Like a California Beemer spinning its wheels in […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Heller Ehrman, Job Searches, Layoffs, Litigatrix, Musical Chairs
Going to Heller in a Handbasket? (Part 2)
In the comments to yesterday’s post about Heller Ehrman, there was some debate about how grave the firm’s current problems are. Last night, more bad news broke, from Legal Pad (via the super-vigilant Blogonaut): Another day, another Heller lawyer gone. Corporate partner Kyle Guse has jumped from the firm’s Silicon Valley office to McDermott Will […] -
Department of Justice, Federal Government, Job Searches, Joseph Russoniello, Musical Chairs, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Musical Chairs: What's Up at the San Francisco U.S. Attorney's Office?
Back in June, we predicted that veteran litigator Joseph Russoniello, of Cooley Godward Kronish in San Francisco, would be nominated to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District. Months later, no nominee has been named. As the folks over at Legal Pad noted last month, it’s a bit strange — especially since Ruossoniello’s background […] -
Alston & Bird, Biglaw, Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs: Alston & Bird Gets Megapoached By DLA Piper
Alston & Bird lost four partners from its Washington office to DLA Piper on Tuesday, according to this report from The Lawyer: Alston & Bird’s Washington office was rocked yesterday (Tuesday 2 October) by the exit of four partners to DLA Piper, including DC co-managing partner and chair of the firm’s executive committee, Frank Rusty […] -
Alberto Gonzales, Department of Justice, Federal Government, Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs: Crickets Chirping at the DOJ
Are you a Department of Justice employee? If so, why are you at your desk? Shouldn’t you be at the festivities in honor of Alberto Gonzales’s last day? DOJ employees are invited to attend the Farewell Ceremony for Alberto R. Gonzales, 80th Attorney General of the United States. The ceremony will be held at 3:00 […] -
Celebrities, Crime, Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs: Spector Trial Edition
The Phil Spector trial is almost at its end, but Spector has nevertheless just added a lawyer to his legal team: San Francisco attorney Dennis Riordan. Riordan comes on as Bruce Cutler departs, though presiding Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler took pains to clarify that Riordan is not replacing Cutler as lead counsel for […]
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Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Musical Chairs, Sam Sparks, Samuel Kent, State Judges, Weirdness
Musical Chairs: Federal Judges Fleeing the Bench?
What’s up with all these federal judges seeking to leave their life-tenured quarters? We understand that the pay’s not great (which is why we urge them to marry rich). But being an Article III judge is still nice work if you can get it. Despite the power and prestige, two federal judges are moving on […] -
Asians, Civil Rights, Department of Justice, Musical Chairs, Wan Kim
Musical Chairs: Wan Kim Leaves the Civil Rights Division
We’re deep into the lazy days of August — and today is Friday. So of course there’s news of a high-profile resignation from the Department of Justice. From the New York Times: The head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division announced Thursday that he was resigning, the latest in a long string of departures […] -
Asians, Civil Rights, Department of Justice, Musical Chairs, Senate Judiciary Committee, Wan Kim
Musical Chairs: Another Rumored DOJ Departure
Thanks for the reminder. In an earlier post, we wrote: “We’ve been hearing interesting rumors about some possible departures at the Assistant Attorney General (AAG) level.” And since today is Friday, the favored day for DOJ resignations, we figured we might as well squeeze this in before lunchtime. Some of the rumors have already come […] -
Alberto Gonzales, Department of Justice, Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs: Rearranging the Proverbial Deck Chairs at Main Justice?
These aren’t the happiest of times for the U.S. Department of Justice. Although the Alberto Gonzales no-confidence resolution probably won’t change anything — if President Bush intended to dump the AG, wouldn’t he have done so by now? — it still can’t be fun. Despite the troubles at the top, there are still numerous Justice […] -
Federal Government, Fred Fielding, Musical Chairs, White House Counsel, William Burck
Musical Chairs: More White House Counsel Hires
Some hiring news from the White House counsel’s office, via the WSJ Law Blog: Though many of these White House hires have been reported already elsewhere, its press office issued an official release — dateline “Rostock, Germany” — announcing nine lawyers White House Counsel Fred Fielding has added to his “great little law firm.” President […] -
Antitrust, Bar Exams, BARBRI, Eliot Disner, Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs: McGuireWoods Fires Eliot Disner
As you may recall (from yesterday’s Morning Docket), Eliot Disner is the McGuireWoods partner who criticized the settlement negotiated by his firm in an antitrust class action against Bar/Bri, the giant bar exam prep company. Actually, make that “former McGuireWoods partner.” From today’s New York Law Journal: Mr. Disner, who was a partner in the […] -
Biglaw, Jack Weiss, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs: Jack Weiss to LSU
Late last month, we wrote about how Jack Weiss, a media and entertainment lawyer in Gibson Dunn’s New York office, was under consideration to head LSU Law School. Despite his dazzling resume, Weiss lacked faculty support — which Laurie Lin found surprising. Now, a brief update. From the New Orleans Baton Rouge Advocate: New Orleans […]