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Biglaw, Contests, Gay, Gay Marriage, Guns / Firearms, Law Schools, Lawyer of the Day, Reader Polls, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Texas, Violence
Lawyer of the Month: February Reader Poll
Last month, we saw some wacky antics from judges and former Biglaw associates, and some lawyering that has the potential to rock the world of legal education for the rest of time. Let’s check out our Lawyer of the Month nominees for February.... -
Biglaw, Fast Food, Food, Kenyon & Kenyon, Lawyerly Lairs, Nauseating Things, Rankings, White & Case
Biglaw's Best -- and Buggiest -- Cafeterias
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Abortion, Biglaw, Family Law, Gay, Morning Docket, Old People, Partner Issues, Suicide, Vermin / Rodents / Pests, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 03.08.12
* Lawyers at this Biglaw firm may learn a thing or two about respecting their elders later this week. Kelley Drye is close to settling an age discrimination suit filed by Eugene D’Ablemont, one of its many de-equitized partners. [Wall Street Journal]
* Well, this could definitely be one of the reasons why Cravath hasn’t given out any spring bonuses to associates yet this year. They probably had to spend all of their money to clean up their allegedly fly-infested cafeteria. [Am Law Daily]
* Women in Virginia will now be able to politely decline their pre-abortion transvaginal ultrasounds in favor of abdominal ones. Oh, how nice! Look at that, girls, we totally won the war on women. [CBS News]
* Things Dharun Ravi texted to Tyler Clementi on the night the latter committed suicide? “I’ve known you were gay and I have no problem with it.” Of course you knew, you watched his sexual encounters via webcam. [CNN]
* According to the Massachusetts Appeals Court, this equation makes sense: donor sperm + donor eggs + an estranged wife + consent to post-separation IVF = a child support obligation. [Boston Globe]
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Associate Bonus Watch 2011, Biglaw, Bonuses, Fast Food, Food, Money
Spring Bonuses at Cravath?
Are Cravath associates now getting spring bonuses? What gives? -
Biglaw, Lawyer of the Day, Violence
Lawyer of the Day: Former Cravath Associate's Law License Suspended After Assault Conviction
Yesterday, a former Cravath associate had his law license suspended for three years by a New York court. For several years now, the young former associate has been dealing with some serious legal troubles. Michael Zulandt was a Cravath associate in New York (we mentioned the story earlier today in Morning Docket). In 2008, he […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Attorney Misconduct, Biglaw, Celebrities, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Nude Dancing, SCOTUS, Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court, Television, Trademarks
Morning Docket: 02.10.12
* “All My Justices” may soon be coming to daytime television station near you. In a close vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill that calls for television access to Supreme Court proceedings. [Legal Times] * A former Cravath associate’s law license has been suspended as a result of a DV assault charge. For […]
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Ann Althouse, Books, Crowell & Moring, Department of Justice, Education / Schools, Emily Goodman, Musical Chairs, Non-Sequiturs, Office of Legal Counsel, Student Loans
Non-Sequiturs: 01.12.12
* Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s lawyer has a challenge for you: “I defy you to tell the difference between a naked prostitute and any other naked woman.” [Dealbreaker] * It’s not often that Cravath partners leave for other firms, but it happens. Jeffrey Smith, former head of the environmental practice at Cravath, recently decamped for Crowell & […] -
Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Barack Obama, Biglaw, Bonuses, Election 2012, Health Care / Medicine, Holidays and Seasons, Law Schools, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
2012 Predictions: ATL's Calendar Goes All the Way to 2013
Welcome back to work. I’m not going to act like a flight attendant and “welcome” you to a place we all got to at the exact same time, but I do hope your 2012 is starting off well. In case you missed it on New Year’s Eve, we took a look back at our biggest […] - Sponsored
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Above The Law's Top Ten Most Popular Stories of 2011
It's hard to believe that another year has passed, but here we are. The weather is turning cold, the Republican presidential contest is heating up, and it's time to review this year's biggest stories on Above the Law. We'll refrain from offering our subjective judgments on the most important stories of the year. Instead, we'll identify the ten biggest stories of the past year as decided by you, our readers.... -
Associate Bonus Watch 2011, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Updates and Addenda
In the world of Biglaw, the subject of bonuses is a hot-button issue. People will disagree, often vehemently, on whether the bonuses paid by a particular firm are generous or cheap. Some of our recent bonus posts have generated salient updates and dissenting opinions. After the jump, we bring you postscripts regarding bonuses at several major law firms, including Cravath, Kaye Scholer, Quinn Emanuel, Sidley Austin, and Weil Gotshal.... -
Antitrust, Associate Bonus Watch 2011, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Partner Issues
What Do Cravath Partners Say About The Bonuses To Other Biglaw Partners When They Think Nobody Is Listening?
A tipster let us in on an overheard conversation between Cravath partner Susan Webster and a Biglaw partner at a different firm. When we contacted her, Webster told us that the tipster mischaracterized the nature of her accidentally public conversation. But why don't you take a look, and prepare yourself for the possibility of a very sad spring.... -
Biglaw, Fabulosity, Lawyerly Lairs, Litigatrix, Money, Partner Issues, Reader Polls, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Cravath Cribs (Part 2)(Partner parts with Park Avenue property.)
Let's take a look at the Carnegie Hill neighborhood of the Upper East Side, where a Cravath partner recently sold his ultra-luxurious residence -- for a whopping $4.6 million. Interestingly enough, the buyer is a lawyer as well, in-house counsel at a major media company. Who are the parties to this transaction? And what does a $4.6 million apartment look like? -
American Bar Association / ABA, Biglaw, Celebrities, Death Penalty, Gay, Law Schools, Military / Military Law, Morning Docket, Technology, Texas, Wall Street
Morning Docket: 12.09.11
* DLA Piper is blaming the Occupy Wall Street movement for Biglaw’s sad, 2011 bonus season. It looks like we can expect a Cravath match from that firm. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight] * We could really use some more law schools — fourth tier law schools, in particular. Say hello to the Savannah Law […]
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Associate Bonus Watch 2011, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Sullivan & Cromwell 'Beats' Cravath -- and Promises Spring Bonuses
Sullivan & Cromwell has shown up to Bigfoot the partnership of Cravath -- sort of. It has announced a year-end bonus scale that is very similar to, but slightly better than, the Cravath bonus scale. And, more importantly, it has promised spring bonuses. Let's get into the specifics.... -
Biglaw, Fabulosity, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Cravath Cribs (Part 1)(A non-partner's million-dollar penthouse.)
Partners at Cravath, where profits per partner exceeded $3 million in 2010, are definitely in the top 1 percent. But it seems that even non-partners are doing nicely for themselves, despite all the bonus bellyaching. Check out the million-dollar penthouse -- yay real estate porn! -- of one of Cravath's corporate lawyers. And she's not even a partner.... -
Akin Gump, Associate Bonus Watch 2011, Associate Salaries, Bonuses, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Ho-Love, Money, Partner Profits
Keeping Up With the Cravathians: The Ten Most Generous (or Foolish?) Law Firms
Cravath is among the most profitable firms in the world. We thought it would be interesting to see what the implications of matching Cravath are for those firms with much lower profit margins. Which firms’ partners willingly take the biggest hit by keeping up? Are these firms arguably more “generous”? After the jump, check out those firms that pay the largest percentage of PPP in bonuses.... -
Biglaw, New York Times, Weddings
Easiest Way to Get into the NYT Wedding Section? Be an 'Elite' Lawyer
You literally cannot go wrong with a write-up in the NYT wedding section. So is there an easy way to get into the esteemed wedding section? As proven by our very own Legal Eagle Wedding Watch, lawyers seem to have been featured in abundance. But that's just the first part of the equation, according to a new demographics study.... -
Associate Bonus Watch 2011, Biglaw, Bonuses, Job Survey, Money, Reader Polls
Bonus Season Blues
Perhaps you’ve already heard that Cravath announced its 2011 bonus scale on Monday (swiftly followed by Skadden and Milbank), and apparently it’s 2009 all over again. We can’t help but wonder if this bonus season’s dyspepsia is typical of lawyers and law students generally.... -
Associate Bonus Watch 2011, Biglaw, Bonuses
Associate Bonus Watch: Milbank Matches -- or Beats? -- Cravath and Skadden
Milbank Tweed matched the Cravath bonus scale for 2011. But wait -- did Milbank perhaps beat the Cravath and Skadden bonus scales? Let's look at the details of the Milbank bonus announcement.... -
Associate Bonus Watch 2011, Biglaw, Bonuses, Holy Crap, Money
Breaking: Cravath Bonuses Are Out; Welcome to the 2011 Bonus Season!
It took a little longer than most of you expected, but Cravath, Swaine & Moore just announced its 2011 associate bonuses. Barring something very unforeseen, these bonuses are what many Biglaw firms, in New York and across the land, will pay out this year to their people. Historically Cravath has set the market with respect to year-end associate bonuses at major law firms. Let's take a look at the official memorandum, and engage in some analysis....