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Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Billing Practices
Your e-mail took me away from a multimillion dollar agreement I’m working on, so if I have to stop what I’m doing to view and respond to an e-mail, then I have to charge you. — Anonymous lawyer to businesswoman Jennifer Walzer on why he billed her $60 for a courtesy eight-word email. -
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Quote of the Day: Hmmmmm...
Long, thoughtful pauses followed by rambling non-responsive answers can easily devour half of a member’s allotted questioning time. — O’Melveny & Myers partner K. Lee Blalack II in March, discussing preparing clients for congressional hearings. Goldman Sachs hired Blalack to advise CEO Lloyd Blankfein for today’s Senate grilling. - Sponsored
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Asians, Idealism, Legal Ethics, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Weekend: The World's Most Honest Lawyer?
If I say I’m a clean lawyer, I’ll be a hypocrite, that’s all I can say. And if other lawyers say they are clean, they will go to jail, they’ll go to hell. — Indonesian lawyer Hotman Paris Hutapea
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Gregory Craig, Quote of the Day, White House Counsel
Quote of the Day: Different L Word
I am a lawyer, not a lobbyist. Goldman Sachs has hired me as a lawyer — to provide legal advice and to assist in its legal representation — and that is what I am doing. — Greg Craig, former White House Counsel and now a partner at Skadden, explaining why he is not bound by […] -
Barack Obama, Boalt Hall, John Roberts, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Let's Get Ready to Rumble
Televise this chief justice and this president on stage at the Kennedy Center for three hours talking about the role of government and the future of our polity. This historic clash of intellectual titans would be the most powerful civics lesson since the Federalist Papers, and we could sure use it. — Berkeley Law Dean […] -
Federal Government, Quote of the Day, Tax Law
Quote of the Weekend: Thanks Obama!
Consider the tax burden on high earners once the Bush administration’s tax cuts expire next year. Add up the federal, state, city and sales taxes for a lawyer in New York City who earns $300,000 a year. Depending on the circumstances, this individual could be facing marginal tax rates in the range of 60 percent. […] -
Blind Item, Drugs, Marijuana, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Partner Pothead
I have been a lifelong cannabis user, on an almost daily basis since I was in high school. I am now the managing partner of a very successful law firm in the Washington, D.C. area. I have been in a professional law practice for almost 27 years. I work 60+ hours a week, and all […] -
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Quote of the Day: Please Disregard This Warning
You’d be happy to know they warned all us new New York lawyers to consider before sending an email whether we would want it to appear on AboveTheLaw.com. — New member of the New York Bar - Sponsored
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Quote of the Day: Legal Strategies
Someone’s got to do it, I guess, but it really was awful and there was really no way to make it fun or interesting other than to give yourself little goals like “at the end of every 25 pages, I get to eat another M&M.” — Ashby Jones of the WSJ Law Blog, on document […] -
Quote of the Day, Summer Associates
Quote of the Day: Maybe It's More Like 'Survivor'?
It’s not American Idol. — Cravath presiding partner Evan Chesler, explaining that his firm makes offers to all (or almost all) of its summer associates, at a panel discussion today at NYU Law School. -
Bad Ideas, Pornography, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Because Law School Is About Learning How to Screw People
I was trying to engage my class, moving about the room, and I saw a student watching a graphic porn video on his laptop. Really? And this guy hopes to be a practicing lawyer in nine months? — An unidentified law professor, complaining about student laptop misuse in class. -
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The prospect of Lady Justice blindfolded and on roller skates is simply too terrifying to contemplate. — Dahlia Lithwick -
Howrey LLP, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Biglaw Mummification
I’m sorry but the pyramid [structure of law firms] is not going to last as long as those in Egypt. — Robert Ruyak, managing partner and CEO of Howrey LLP
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H. Rodgin Cohen, Quote of the Day, Wall Street
Quote of the Day: Is Rodge Cohen Comparing His Clients to Coke Addicts?
The cocaine analogy is quite a good one. Because this stuff was addictive. A lot of people couldn’t resist. — H. Rodgin Cohen — former chairman of Sullivan & Cromwell, and counsel to many of the nation’s biggest banks — discussing subprime mortgage debt. -
Eric Holder, Quote of the Day, War on Terror
Quote of the Day: You have the right to remain... dead?
The reality is that we will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden. — Attorney General Eric Holder -
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Quote of the Day: Dangerous Items
The Court’s extensive review of these pages serves as a useful reminder that loaded guns, sharp objects and law degrees should be kept out of the reach of children. — United States Magistrate Judge Paul Cleary of the Northern District of Oklahoma, from the Opinion and Order in AG Equipment Company v. AIG Life Insurance […] -
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Quote of the Day: Digital Rights
The long arm of the law should not extend to the middle finger. — Ira P. Robbins, criminal law professor at American University – Washington College of Law -
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Quote of the Day: What Lawyers Have in Common with Sandra Bullock?
Like Hollywood actresses, lawyers need to believe they’re noble and courageous to help them forget that they are corporate drones doing soul-destroying work, which mostly consists of making photocopies. — Ann Coulter -
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Quote of the Day: The Umpire Strikes Back
The image of having the members of one branch of government standing up, literally surrounding the Supreme Court, cheering and hollering while the court — according [to] the requirements of protocol — has to sit there expressionless, I think is very troubling. — Chief Justice John G. Roberts, answering a question from a University of […] -
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Quote of the Day: Crappy Representation?
So I’m on the can right now reading a court transcript for an appeal. Some dude is paying $155 an hour for me to take a s***. — A text message from Chicago. Other notable quotes can be found in the comments section of Texts from Last Night.