Rudeness
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Bad Ideas, Biglaw, Cellphones, Partner Issues, Rudeness
Acela Bob, Meet Acela Jim: Kelley Drye Managing Partner Conducts Confidential Conversation on Packed Train
Here at Above the Law, we’re trying to help you. We write about lawyers who do embarrassing things so that you can learn from their examples. Heck, you should get ethics CLE credit for reading this site. One of our most widely-used lessons — now part of new employee training at a Wall Street firm, […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Crime, Legal Ethics, Minority Issues, Racism, Rudeness
Indy Lawyers Need a Crash Course on Basic Ethics, ASAP
The problem of Hoosier lawyers misbehaving is reaching epic proportions. We’ve already told you about Olubunmi Okanlami, the Indiana law grad who allegedly suspected her boyfriend of cheating, attacked him as well as correctional officers, and wore two bras to prison so she could hide a weapon in between. We’ve already told you about Kirmille […] - Sponsored
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Police, Rudeness
Comatose Little Girl Gets Ticket for Jaywalking
The nerve of some people. There’s a little girl in Las Vegas who was hit by car. She’s 13-years-old and in a medically induced coma. Allegedly, Takara Davis was jaywalking when she got hit. So a police officer showed up at the hospital and gave the ticket to her mother, Kellie Obong. Why did they […]
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Attorney Misconduct, Legal Ethics, Litigators, Rudeness
Lawyers of the Day: 'Scum Sucking Loser' and 'Retard'Email insults lead to sanctions for two Florida attorneys.
Sometimes lawyers are rude — really, really rude. And when they get extremely rude in emails with one another, sometimes the result is discipline from the bar. So, counselors, please be polite; treat each other with courtesy and respect. (And treat bartenders with respect too. You never know when one of them might bring your […] -
Alston & Bird, Biglaw, Drinking, Holidays and Seasons, Rudeness
Associates: Try Not to Leave Behind Evidence of New Year's Debauchery
(Admittedly, that advice would have been more helpful on Friday than it is now, but then I wouldn’t have had anything to write up today.) Every year there are people who use New Year’s as an excuse to go out and act like fools. I know, the bubbles in the bubbly are hard to handle. […] -
Akin Gump, Biglaw, Billable Hours, Email Scandals, Partner Issues, Rudeness
Akin Gump Partner Pens Email Fantasy About Firing Delinquent Time Keepers
Nothing says “Biglaw” quite like an old-fashioned partner threat. Biglaw partners, a self-important bunch if there ever was one, generally do little to mask their huge egos. But when those egos express themselves in the form of threats against underlings, well, that’s when you learn why people get paid $160,000 right out of school. You […] -
Biglaw, Labor / Employment, Lawsuit of the Day, Minority Issues, Rudeness, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Sex, Sex Scandals
Nelson v. Jones Day: Another Side to the Story
Earlier this week, we brought you the story of Nelson v. Jones Day — a discrimination lawsuit filed against Jones Day by Jaki Nelson, an African-American woman who worked at JD for almost 18 years. Some of the allegations in Nelson’s complaint — use of racial slurs by firm partners and administrators, sex scandals, and […] -
Biglaw, Labor / Employment, Lawsuit of the Day, Racism, Rudeness, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Sex, Sex Scandals
Lawsuit of the Day: Ex-Jones Day Secretary Alleges Racial Slurs, Sex Scandals, and More
UPDATE (7/25/2011): Please note that this case, making allegations that Jones Day describes as “baseless and inflammatory,” has been dismissed. Oh boy. Discrimination lawsuits filed by former employees against law firms can get pretty salacious. But we haven’t seen a complaint this juicy since Allgood v. Williams Mullen (aka the “cucumber incident”), or maybe Braude […] - Sponsored
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9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Bad Ideas, Federal Judges, Lunacy, Pro Se Litigants, Rudeness
Pro Se Litigant of the Day: Deborah Frisch, Ph.D.Practice pointer: don't refer to judges as 'frocked cowf**kers.'
For a long time, Jonathan Lee Riches reigned as Craziest Pro Se Litigant in America. But at a certain point, JLR jumped the proverbial shark. His handwritten complaints, making bizarre allegations against everyone from Michael Vick to Martha Stewart to the late Benazir Bhutto, were just too clever by half. And once he passed the […] -
Crime, Law Schools, Rudeness
Bathroom Etiquette for Lawyers
Welcome to Above the Law’s remedial skills class for current and aspiring attorneys. Here, we will trying to help people who were so busy studying in law school or servicing clients that they missed some crucial life lessons along the way. Today we’ve got a special lesson for all of you who were raised in […] -
Job Searches, Rudeness, Summer Associates
Dear Law Firms: Canceling Summer Programs After People Bid on Those Programs Is Bad Form
Late last night, we received a tip that has become all too common in the dog days of August. This tipster sent us this letter from the career services office at Georgetown Law: Haynes and Boone, LLP has just informed us that they will no longer have a summer program in their Washington, DC and […] -
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 […] -
2nd Circuit, Free Speech, Quote of the Day, Rudeness
Quote of the Day: F*** Yeah!
We agree with the Networks that the indecency policy is impermissibly vague. The first problem arises in the FCC’s determination as to which words or expressions are patently offensive. For instance, while the FCC concluded that “bullshit” in a “NYPD Blue” episode was patently offensive, it concluded that “dick” and “dickhead” were not. Other expletives […]
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Attorney Misconduct, Quote of the Day, Rudeness
Quote of the Day: It's all part of the job.
As an officer of the court, I must bluntly state that you appear to have serious mental issues involving extreme narcissism and illusions of grandiosity which effectively interferes with your ability to act as a Judge. — Illinois lawyer Melvin Hoffman in a letter to Judge Patrick Murphy, earning him a recommended six-month suspension. (Gavel […] -
Fashion, Jury Duty, Rudeness
Ways To Get Out of Serving Jury Duty
Who the f*** wears a shirt like this to court, we asked via Twitter on Friday. The resounding response: someone who wants to get out of jury duty. An alternate juror, Nneka Eneorj, 19, who appears not to be familiar with Kanye West, found an easy way to get herself kicked off a police brutality […] -
Judge of the Day, Marijuana, Minority Issues, Racism, Rudeness, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge of the Day: Peggy GehlFloridian jurist admires Jews; Jamaicans, not so much.
Southern Florida has been hit by a storm of insensitivity that has achieved gale force — Peggy Gehl force. Complaints about Judge Peggy Gehl and inappropriate comments she allegedly made from the bench were recently lodged with Chief Judge Victor Tobin of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit. (The story broke last week in the South Florida […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Legal Ethics, Rudeness
Time for Our Daily Dose of Political Correctness
The language police are out in force. The ABA Journal reports that a lawyer’s bad language, used in public, has triggered an ethics inquiry: A township lawyer in New Jersey is facing the wrath of an animal rights group after he used the C-word to describe one of its demonstrators. Lawyer Richard Shackleton now faces […] -
Contempt, Fashion, Gender, Quote of the Day, Rudeness
Quote of the Day: It's better to have the gavel.
“I have the p*ssy, so I make the rules.” — A t-shirt that resulted in a contempt-of-court charge in Chicago. -
Alex Kozinski, Clarence Thomas, Email Scandals, Racism, Rudeness, Supreme Court Clerks
The Harvard Email Controversy: How It All Began
We’re hoping the Harvard Law School email controversy has run its course — and we suspect that it has. (But we still invite you to take our reader poll on whether Crimson DNA’s email was racist or offensive.) Before we close the door on this story, we’d like to give you the background on how […] -
Colbert Report, Free Speech, Law Professors, Quote of the Day, Rudeness
Quote of the Day: Giving the Finger
If somebody is mildly angry, they might just give the middle finger. If they’re very angry, they might give it with some sort of words or facial expression that shows anger. And if they’re off-the-charts angry, they may give a double. — Professor Ira P. Robbins — author of Digitus Impudicus: The Middle Finger and […]