Racism
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Minority Issues, Racism, Real Estate
Title VII Suit Against Mayer Brown
A former Mayer Brown associate, Venus Yvette Springs, has filed a complaint against the firm. She alleges Mayer Brown discriminated against her and eventually fired her in 2008. Springs was an associate in the real estate group of Mayer Brown, Charlotte. In her complaint, she claims that the head of the group, Frank Arado, said […] -
Racism
Marcus Epstein's Facebook Adventure
The Marcus Epstein story just keeps getting better and better. We reported that the Tom Tancredo staffer lost his spot at UVA Law school after he slapped a woman in the head after using a racial epithet. How do you top getting drunk and slapping black women? Talking Points Memo found Epstein’s facebook photo album […] - Sponsored
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Bad Ideas, D.C. Circuit, Email Scandals, Native Americans, Racism, Sports
Quinn Emanuel Associate Has Reservations About 'Redskin' Victory
Here’s a post devoted to the perils of “Reply All” and idealism among first-year associates. Brought to you by the attorneys of Quinn Emanuel. The firm just celebrated a victory in its Washington Redskins case, reports the Washington Post: A federal appeals court yesterday handed the Washington Redskins another victory in their long-running legal dispute […]
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Associate Advice, Racism, Rank Stupidity, Rudeness, Sexism, Summer Associates
How To Get Fired (or Asked To Resign) from Sullivan & Cromwell (Part 2)
Yesterday we introduced you to DB (not his real name — please keep it that way), formerly an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell. At S&C, and in law school before that, DB became notorious for bragging about his wealth and making politically incorrect remarks. We collected some of his impolitic quips in our prior post, […] -
Associate Advice, Racism, Rank Stupidity, Rudeness, Sexism, Summer Associates
How To Get Fired from Sullivan & Cromwell (Part 1)
Ah, Sullivan & Cromwell. It’s a top law firm — not just in prestige and profits, but also blog fodder. See, e.g., Carlos Spinelli-Noseda (partner who defrauded firm and clients of half a million dollars through expense fraud); Aaron Charney (associate who sued the firm for antigay discrimination, while still employed there). When people leave […] -
Judge of the Day, Racism
Judge of the Day: Mark Badgett
A piece of general advice for judges, lawyers, presidential candidates, and almost everyone else: avoid using the terms “you people” and “that one.” They tend to raise hackles. And get you removed from the bench. From Courthouse News Service: The North Carolina Supreme Court removed Judge Mark H. Badgett from the bench after he ordered […] -
Crime, Minority Issues, O.J. Simpson, Racism, Trials
While You Were Sleeping: O.J. Simpson Convicted
This news came in overnight. Via the AP (story filed at 2:33 AM Eastern time): O.J. Simpson, who went from American sports idol to celebrity-in-exile after he was acquitted of murder in 1995, was found guilty Friday of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room. Simpson, 61, could spend the […] -
Civil Rights, Racism, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Theater
ATL Theater Review: Thurgood
If you’re in New York today (Sunday) and looking for something to do in the afternoon, consider checking out Thurgood. It’s a one-man show about the life of Justice Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993), starring Laurence Fishburne (best known as Morpheus of The Matrix, but with a long list of other film and theater credits). It’s an […] - Sponsored
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Affirmative Action, Minority Issues, Racism, Ridiculousness
Ex-Associate Sues Clifford Chance... for $75,000,000!!!
Poor Clifford Chance. It seems they just keep on getting sued. First this. Now this, from the New York Sun: A Haitian woman is suing one of the world’s largest law firms for $75 million, claiming that the firm used her only as window dressing because of her race, fired her for complaining about it, […] -
Affirmative Action, Biglaw, Labor / Employment, Minority Issues, Racism, Staff Attorneys / Discovery Attorneys, Yolanda Young
Covington and Its 'Staff Attorney Ghetto'?
Sorry we’re late to the party on this HuffPo post, bearing the provocative title “Law Firm Segregation Reminiscent of Jim Crow.” It’s by Yolanda Young, a former staff attorney at Covington & Burling. Her claim, in a nutshell, is that Covington fills the ranks of its “staff attorney ghetto” with African-Americans, while the ranks of […] -
Affirmative Action, Biglaw, Labor / Employment, Racism
Kirkland & Ellis: We Love Minorities!(But don't dare take us to court if you are one. Instead, please sign our mandatory arbitration policy. Thanks!)
We bring you two interesting updates on our friends at Kirkland & Ellis — one important, and one silly. Let’s start with the trivial, and work our way up. First, from a tipster: The balkanization of Kirkland & Ellis continues. Why should an “informal, visible network for attorneys to exchange ideas, provide support, and develop […] -
Aaron Charney, Biglaw, Charlene Morisseau, Gay, Law Schools, Media and Journalism, New York Observer, Parties, Racism, Shameless Plugs
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?
In our column for this week’s New York Observer, we help you plan an imaginary dinner party. A dinner party, of course, is only as good as the guest list. So we review which colorful characters of the legal world, who made headlines in 2007, should be invited to your festivities. Think of it as […] -
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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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 […] -
Affirmative Action, Biglaw, Feminism, Gender, Racism, Sexism
If Wanda Sykes Were a Biglaw Associate...
She probably wouldn’t be very happy with her law firm. From the Minority Law Journal: [N]owadays most associates don’t plan on spending their entire legal career at one law firm. But some associates are more likely to head for the exits than others. Nearly half of all white male midlevel associates say that they expect […] -
11th Circuit, ACLU, Harvard, New York Times, Peter Lattman, Racism, Reader Polls, Weddings, WSJ Law Blog
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 10.14 and 10.21: Plantation, All I Ever Wanted
A brief tour of things we don’t have room to explore in this double edition of LEWW: – This bride is foxy and forty-eight; this bride is twenty-six and hyper-annoying. – Some MoFo lesbians have made a match of it. – Graduating cum laude from Harvard wins you admission to a tier-4 law school. But […] -
Crime, D. Marvin Jones, Law Professors, Law Schools, Prostitution, Racism, Sex Scandals
The Nutty Professor: A Commemorative Graphic
We’ve written a fair amount about D. Marvin Jones, the University of Miami law professor who has been accused of soliciting an undercover officer for sex. He allegedly offered her a tantalizing $20 for her services. But a picture is worth a thousand words. And a picture is what’s been making the rounds among UM […] -
Cars, Crime, D. Marvin Jones, Law Professors, Lawyer of the Day, Prostitution, Racism, Sex Scandals
The Possibly Propositioning Professor: Here's the Incident Report
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Affirmative Action, Bar Exams, Law Schools, Racism
Because We Haven't Had a Comments Clusterf**k in a While
It’s a term of art. We define a “comment clusterf**k as a post that generates over 100 reader comments (typically of a vicious and nasty nature — but that could be said of many, if not most, comments on ATL). We enjoy a good “CC,” and we haven’t had one here since Friday. Hence this […] -
Affirmative Action, Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Feminism, Gay, Gender, Job Searches, Patton Boggs, Racism, Sexism
ATL Field Trip: The Building a Better Legal Profession Press Conference
Andrew Bruck takes a question at Wednesday’s press conference. Every now and then, we leave our apartment. We did so on Wednesday, to attend the press conference of Law Students Building a Better Legal Profession, where the organization unveiled its law firm diversity rankings (accessible here; Los Angles Times article here). It was quite informative. […]