Greg Winters
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Associate Salaries, Bankruptcy, Boutique Law Firms, Duval & Stachenfeld, Football, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Money, Morning Docket, Murder, Real Estate, Sexual Harassment
Morning Docket: 04.24.14
* The $160K-Plus Club welcomes its newest member: Duval & Stachenfeld, a real estate firm in NY, is more than doubling its starting salary for associates to $175K. Look for them recruiting at your “tier one” school soon. [New York Law Journal]
* In this economy, bankruptcy firms are being hit hard: Stutman Treister & Glatt, a top L.A. firm that once assisted businesses like Lehman Brothers and Enron Corp. in their Chapter 11 proceedings, is closing up shop. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]
* It ain’t easy being dean at the law school with the best Biglaw prospects — oh wait, yes it is. Congrats to Gillian Lester, who will serve as Columbia Law’s fifteenth dean come January 2015. [Columbia News]
* “Do I think he thought he was gonna beat it? Yeah.” The district attorney who brought charges against Stephen McDaniel thinks the law school killer was too big for his chainmail britches. [Macon Telegraph]
* From catcalling to “jiggle tests,” NFL cheerleaders have to put up with a lot of really ridiculous stuff. Not being paid the minimum wage is one thing, but having to put up with being groped is quite another. [TIME]
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Bail, Crime, Deaths, Murder, Pranks, Screw-Ups, Violence
Good News and Bad News for Stephen McDaniel, Recent Law School Grad Accused of Murder
Remember the creepy message board posting attributed by prosecutors to Stephen McDaniel, the recent Mercer Law School graduate accused of murder? It seems he didn't write it (you heard it here first).... - Sponsored
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Crime, Deaths, Education / Schools, Law Schools, Murder, Video games, Violence, Weirdness
In Defense of Stephen McDaniel: A Testimonial From A Friend
A college friend of Stephen McDaniel, the Mercer Law School graduate accused of killing a former classmate and neighbor, speaks up in defense of McDaniel.
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Bail, Crime, Deaths, Education / Schools, Law Schools, Murder, Video games, Violence, Weirdness
Living With A Future Murder Defendant: Stephen McDaniel's College Roommate Tells All
What is it like to live with someone who later ends up being accused of murder? A former roommate of Stephen McDaniel describes the experience. -
Bail, Crime, Deaths, Law Schools, Murder, Violence
Bail Set for Stephen McDaniel in the Lauren Giddings Murder Case
Bail has been set for Stephen McDaniel in the Lauren Giddings murder case. How high is his bond? -
Bail, Crime, Death Penalty, Deaths, Murder, Pranks, Violence
Was the Shocking McDaniel Internet Post Unveiled Last Week a Fake?
Did alleged killer Stephen McDaniel really write the lurid internet post prosecutors say he did? Some people aren't so sure… -
Bail, Crime, Death Penalty, Deaths, Law Schools, Murder, Violence
A Creepy New Claim About Stephen McDaniel in the Lauren Giddings Murder Case
The prosecution claims it has new evidence against Stephen McDaniel, the Mercer Law School graduate accused of killing a former classmate, Lauren Giddings. It is lurid stuff; reader discretion is advised. -
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Arraignment Date Set for Stephen McDaniel in Lauren Giddings Murder Case
Stephen M. McDaniel, the Mercer Law School graduate accused of killing classmate Lauren Giddings, made an appearance in court this morning. As you may recall, Giddings’s decapitated torso was found on June 30 in Macon, Georgia, and thus far, police have been unable to recover the rest of her body. Last month, we mentioned that […] - Sponsored
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Crime, Death Penalty, Deaths, King & Spalding, Law Schools, Murder, Violence
King & Spalding Lawyer Received Key Email As Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty Against Stephen McDaniel
As we mentioned in Morning Docket on Friday, prosecutors will be seeking the death penalty against Stephen McDaniel if he is convicted of the murder of Lauren Giddings. The Macon Telegraph conducted a long interview with Lauren Giddings's boyfriend, David Vandiver. The King & Spalding lawyer wonders if Giddings's final email to him was entirely hers.... -
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Stephen McDaniel Indicted for Murder of Lauren Giddings
This should not come as a great shock, since he’s been in jail since July, but Stephen Mark McDaniel has been indicted by a grand jury for the murder of Lauren Giddings. McDaniel and Giddings graduated earlier this year from Mercer Law School, where they were classmates, and they were also neighbors in the Barristers […] -
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Probable Cause Found Against Stephen McDaniel in Lauren Giddings Murder Case
Bad news keeps on coming for Stephen Mark McDaniel, 25, the recent Mercer Law School graduate accused of killing Lauren Giddings, his former neighbor and classmate. Last week, a judge found probable cause in the murder case against McDaniel, which will now be bound over to Bibb County Superior Court. We were fortunate enough to have a reader at the hearing. Let's hear what this roving reporter has to say....