Suicide
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Education / Schools, Kids, Suicide, Tort Reform, Violence
Bullying Shouldn't Be A Crime, No Matter How Many Kids Kill Themselves Because of It
They had to set the Karate Kid remake in China. If they had set it in modern-day America, Daniel-san would have been mercilessly bullied by the kids from Cobra Kai, he would have killed himself, and the rest of the movie would have been a courtroom drama where Daniel’s parents sought to bring the evil […] -
Asians, Crime, Eavesdropping / Wiretapping, Education / Schools, Gay, Hate Crimes, Pranks, Privacy, Suicide
Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei Could Escape Hate Crime Charges in the Tyler Clementi Case
Prosecutors looking into Tyler Clementi suicide indicated yesterday that they might not be able to charge Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei with a hate crime. Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan told the Newark Star-Ledger that his office was trying to see if they could charge Ravi and Wei with a second degree bias crime, but […] - Sponsored
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Eavesdropping / Wiretapping, Education / Schools, Gay, Pranks, Privacy, Suicide
Invasion of Privacy or College Prank Gone Wrong (or Both)? What to Do With Tyler Clementi's Roommate
Over the past few days, we’ve learned a lot about Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers college student and talented violinist who killed himself after his roommate streamed, live on the internet, a hidden webcam video of Tyler hooking up with another man. On September 22, a few days after the incident, Clementi committed suicide by jumping […]
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Non-Sequiturs, Suicide, Wall Street
Non-Sequiturs: 09.29.10
* The 9/11 health care bill finally passed the House. Too bad. Not about the bill, the bill looks good. I was just kind of hoping for another epic meltdown from Anthony Weiner. [Salon] * Could an MBA be even more worthless than a J.D.? [Out of the Storm] * Real Wall Street types opine […] -
Deaths, Department of Justice, Federal Government, Murder, Suicide, Townsend and Townsend and Crew
Two Suicides and a Murder
We really don’t like writing about murders, suicides, and murder suicides here on Above the Law. They are always sad, the loss of human life is always tragic, and it’s really hard to be funny/snarky/edgy when people have died. That said, we have to go where the news takes us, and so we press on […] -
Crime, Deaths, Murder, Suicide
Pillsbury Winthrop Associate Found Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide
Clare Lenore Stoudt, a 35-year-old mother of five, was found dead in her home over the weekend. Stoudt was a tax associate at Pillsbury Winthrop. According to the ABA Journal, authorities believe that Stoudt may have been the victim of a murder-suicide: The father of her three youngest children, Reginald Van Graves, 49, also was […] -
Sentencing Law, Suicide, Texas, Violence
Man Takes Razor to Throat Instead of Sentence From Judge
A couple of weeks ago, we talked about the decision by Philip Markoff, aka the Craigslist Killer, to take his own life. Today we’re seeing another version of that kind of thinking — less high-profile, less fatal, but still pretty harrowing. The Dallas Morning News reports that a Texas man slashed his own throat — […] -
Crime, Death Penalty, Deaths, Suicide
Craigslist Killer's Self-Imposed Death Sentence Leaves Some Unsatisfied
Here’s an interesting issue for the pro-death penalty crowd: If killing violent offenders passes as justice, are they happy when a violent offender kills himself? That’s the question being bandied about the blogosphere in the wake of Philip Markoff’s apparent suicide. Markoff was in jail awaiting trial as the “Craigslist Killer.” He allegedly murdered Julissa […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Deaths, Suicide
Reed Smith Partner Commits Suicide in Chicago
There was unhappy news out of Chicago last week. Stewart Dolin, an M&A partner at Reed Smith, was struck and killed by a train on Thursday. According to the Chicago Tribune, the coroner has ruled the death a suicide. Dolin was the co-chair of Reed Smith’s corporate and securities practice. He lived in Glencoe, north […] -
Health Care / Medicine, Law Schools, Suicide
NYU Law and Cornell on Suicide Watch?
How big of a problem is suicide on law school campuses? Recently, a suicide tragedy affected the UNC Law community. In December, a student at Michigan Law took his own life. And there have been sad and high-profile suicides in Biglaw too. It’s impossible to assess the precise role the recession may have played in […] -
In-House Counsel, Insider Trading, Suicide
In-House Counseling: When the Emptiness Swallows You Whole
Ed. note: This post is written by Will Meyerhofer, a Biglaw attorney turned psychotherapist, whom we profiled last week. A former Sullivan & Cromwell associate, he holds degrees from Harvard, NYU Law, and The Hunter College School of Social Work. He blogs at The People’s Therapist. Last October, a law school placement director friend of […] -
Deaths, Suicide
Baker & Hostetler Partner Commits Suicide
John Mason Mings, an IP partner in the Houston office of Baker & Hostetler, committed suicide on Monday. AmLaw Daily reports on the 45-year-old lawyer’s death: Witnesses observed Mings sitting by himself on the waters edge early Monday afternoon. Police called to the scene found Mings laying partially in the water, dead from a single […] -
Deaths, Guns / Firearms, Howrey LLP, Kids, Murder, Old People, Suicide
Update: Grandma May Have Been Triggerwoman in Howrey Associate Murder-Suicide
In yesterday’s post regarding the tragedy that left a Howrey associate, Elizabeth Fontaine (pictured), and three of her family members dead, we promised to keep you posted on new developments. We now bring you this update, from the Orange County Register: Sheriff’s investigators believe they know how four people, including two young sisters, died in […]
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Deaths, Howrey LLP, Kids, Murder, Suicide
Howrey Associate Dead in Family Tragedy
Tragedy struck the Irvine, CA, and Houston offices of Howrey earlier this week. The ABA Journal reports: A Howrey intellectual property lawyer was found dead along with her daughters and mother Monday in an apparent murder-suicide. Associate Elizabeth Fontaine, her two daughters and her mother were killed on the same day that a California judge […] -
Deaths, Law Schools, Suicide
Casey McGinnis, RIPMissing Michigan 1L Took His Own Life
This afternoon brings tragic news. Casey McGinnis, a first-year law student at the University of Michigan who was previously reported missing, has passed away. From AnnArbor.com: A University of Michigan Law School student reported missing last month hanged himself, Washtenaw County sheriff’s deputies said. The body of 35-year-old Casey Neil McGinnis was found Wednesday afternoon […] -
Deaths, Guns / Firearms, Layoffs, Suicide
Breaking: A Sad Day at Kilpatrick Stockton
We’re not entirely sure of all the details, but there appears to be a very sad situation developing at Kilpatrick Stockton in D.C. today. Everybody in Kilpatrick’s building received this email this morning: Good morning, Please remain in our space until further notice. Metropolitan Police Department are currently responding to an unconscious male with a […] -
Asians, Crime, Deaths, Education / Schools, Guns / Firearms, Murder, Suicide, Violence
More About the Virginia Tech Shootings
We’ve learned more about the tragic killings at Virginia Tech since our brief post from yesterday. We’re guessing you’re following the case as closely as we are. But in case you’re not, here are some new facts: 1. The final death toll — at the time of our last post, it was over 20 — […] -
Deaths, Plaintiffs Firms, Suicide
Lawyer Jumps To His Death From Empire State Building
This is tragic rather than funny. But it’s the subject of much gossip right now, and several of you have written to us about it. So here’s a quick post. On Friday, Moshe Kanovsky, a 31-year-old lawyer from Brooklyn, jumped to his death, from the 69th floor of the Empire State Building. From the New […]