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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 […] -
Admin, Announcements, Biglaw, Holidays and Seasons, Rudeness
Thanksgiving Horror Stories: Open Thread
It’s the Friday after Thanksgiving. The stock market is now closed — and so are we. We’ll be back with new posts on Monday, barring a surprise weekend announcement of “NY to 190.” In the meantime, here’s some fodder for possible discussion, for the unfortunate few who are at work today (or were at work […] - Sponsored
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Breasts, Federal Judges, Judge of the Day, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, Rudeness, Samuel Kent, Sexual Harassment
Judge Samuel Kent Just Wants a Hug. Is That So Wrong?(Well, throw in a BJ and some breastfeeding, and yeah.)
Judge Samuel B. Kent (S.D. Texas) joins Judge Elizabeth Halverson and Chief Judge Edward Nottingham in our Judge of the Day Hall of Fame. He will no longer be eligible for recognition as a Judge of the Day, having transcended this award. Why is Judge Kent deserving of induction? In the Houston Chronicle, Lise Olsen […]
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Job Searches, Music, Pornography, Rudeness
Not Everyone's A Winner at Nixon Peabody
We enjoy keeping track of law firm screw-ups during the recruiting process. See, e.g., here and here. But not everything that’s embarrassing is accidental; some tackiness is intentional. From a tipster: “A friend of mine was recently rejected by Nixon Peabody. They broke the news by sending her the attached notice printed on an envelope-sized […] -
Anthony Ciolli, AutoAdmit / Xoxohth, David Hoffman, Defamation, Free Speech, Law Schools, Rudeness, Sexism, Technology
Is Doe v. Ciolli Now... Doe v. pauliewalnuts?
There’s news to report in the lawsuit filed by two female Yale Law School students over various allegedly defamatory and threatening comments posted about them on AutoAdmit.com. The amended complaint, which was delayed in arriving, has finally been filed. You can check it out here. For some thoughts on the amended complaint by Professor Dave […] -
Blogging, Rudeness, Technology, Wall Street
Biglaw Wall Street Perk Watch: Ability to Read Legal Gossip Sites
Over at Bear Stearns, the powers-that-be have blocked employees from reading our sibling site, DealBreaker. This is not surprising. Given the mass layoffs, Bear needs to keep the survivors busy. The good news, however, is that Bear Stearns employees can still read Above the Law (although query why they’d want to). See here. We must […] -
Bad Ideas, Judge of the Day, Nude Dancing, Rudeness, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
(Former) Judge of the Day: James Michael Shull
On some days, the posts just write themselves. From Blogonaut: James Michael Shull is no longer a Virginia Judge, thanks to the decision of the Virginia Supreme Court that unanimously upheld his removal from the bench. Shull’s misconduct on the bench included ordering a woman to pull down her pants in open court during a […] -
Feminism, Gender, Rudeness, Sexism
A Sexist Screed Against Female Attorneys?
We are not easily offended, nor are we very politically correct. Sometimes we write things that upset or antagonize people (sometimes intentionally, and sometimes not). But this discussion of women lawyers, while certainly provocative, is a bit too inflammatory for our taste. We won’t post excerpts here (because finding a portion that isn’t offensive is […] - Sponsored
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Anthony Ciolli, AutoAdmit / Xoxohth, Defamation, Free Speech, Law Schools, Rudeness, Sexism, Technology
What the Heck Is Going on with Doe v. Ciolli?
Remember the lawsuit filed by two female Yale Law School students over various allegedly defamatory and threatening comments posted about them on AutoAdmit.com? The plaintiffs are in the process of amending their complaint, and they’ve sought extra time in which to do so. From a tipster: [T]he third motion for an extension of time was […] -
Football, Gay, Larry Seidlin, Marilyn Milian, Rudeness, Screw-Ups, Sports, Television
Shouldn't a Black Robe Mean Never Having to Say You're Sorry?
Actually, as it turns out, Judge Jeffrey Levenson DID say he was sorry — immediately after making the ill-considered gay football / “wide receiver” crack that made him our Judge of the Day. And he apologized repeatedly during the course of the hearing, too. But that hasn’t stopped the hue and cry. From the Daily […] -
Disability Law, Edward Nottingham, Federal Judges, Judge of the Day, Rudeness
Chief Judge Nottingham Likes Strippers; Handicapped People, Not So Much
Remember Chief Judge Edward Nottingham (D. Colorado)? We named him our Judge of the Day back in August, after he reportedly “was too drunk to remember how he spent more than $3,000 at a strip club in two consecutive days.” We subsequently honored him as our Paulie Walnuts Doppelgänger of the Day. We are hereby […] -
Judge of the Day, Rudeness, Sexism, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge of the Day: Edmund Caplicki
He likes PD butts, and he cannot lie. From the New York Daily News (of course): When a local judge laughingly said in open court that criminal defense lawyer Ruth Boyer had “a nice butt,” she was not flattered. The sexist comment by LaGrange Town Justice Edmund Caplicki, made in July 2005, was reported to […] -
Adam Key, Free Speech, Law Schools, Monica Goodling, Regent University School of Law, Religion, Rudeness, YouTube
Regent Law School in the News Once Again
The most famous student or graduate of Regent University School of Law, the conservative law school founded by the American televangelist Pat Robertson, is probably the fabulous Monica Goodling. If you’re on Facebook, you can join her fan club here. But a husky, heavily tattooed freak-show 2L is giving La Goodling a run for her […]
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Email Scandals, Job Searches, Law Schools, Rudeness
Non-Top-Tier Law School Week: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane Dianna Abdala?
In case you’ve forgotten, this week is still Non-Top-Tier Law School Week at ATL. It has been a big hit, as reflected in both site traffic and the number of reader comments on posts. If you don’t like this theme — if, for example, you see it as patronizing or degrading (which is not our […] -
Boutique Law Firms, Email Scandals, Job Searches, Law Schools, Rudeness
Tier Four Law Students: They Can Be Pissy Bitches, Too
This email exchange is rapidly making the rounds. It doesn’t rise to the level of Dianna Abdala, but it’s not bad — and perfectly suitable for a slow Friday afternoon. The tipster who sent it to us introduced it as follows: This is pretty funny. It goes to show you that tier four students are […] -
Biglaw, Rudeness, Summer Associates, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Forget About the Summer Associate Stories
Maybe we should feature stories about the full-time associates who mistreat summer associates. For one such story, involving a senior associate in New York who’s an a**hole of Ari Gold proportions, see here. Or maybe we should feature stories about partners who, despite being partners, comport themselves in a manner that would make Aquagirl blush. […] -
Biglaw, Blackberry-Crackberry, Reader Polls, Rudeness, Technology
To Blackberry, or Not to Blackberry? That Is the Question
Recently submitted to Fortune magazine by “Bored in BlackBerryLand”: I am a recent law-school graduate and, though I’m not yet working at a law firm, I have friends who are. I understand that things in international firms happen 24/7, 365 days a year, and I want to be as supportive of my friends’ careers as […] -
Drinking, Music, Rudeness, Summer Associates, Violence, You Go Girl
The Bruised Booze Cruiser: An Alternate Account
For those of you who might be interested, here’s another version of yesterday’s story about the Bruised Booze Cruiser — a Kirkland & Ellis summer associate who got slugged by a local lass in Chicago (after getting drunk on the firm-sponsored booze cruise and calling said woman a “fat bitch”). We actually received many accounts […] -
Drinking, Music, Rudeness, Summer Associates, Violence, You Go Girl
X-Summers: The Bruised Booze Cruiser
Labor Day has come and gone. But even though summer is unofficially over, we still have a few summer associate stories for you. We heard lots of rumors about the Chicago summer who, as described by one source, “got decked by a girl” after a firm-sponsored, Fourth of July boat cruise. According to one version […] -
Email Scandals, Rudeness, Screw-Ups
Public Humiliation, Courtesy of Your Friends at Wilson Sonsini
Here’s a tale from the fall recruiting trenches, from a 2L at Columbia Law School: I got my first rejection yesterday, from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. It was not through your typical form letter; it came via mass email. And by “mass email,” I mean “the email address of everyone who got rejected is […]