Chicago is a beautiful city in the summer, but some of its attorneys are facing ugly allegations. What's going on with Reema Bajaj, the rather attractive Illinois lawyer accused of prostitution? And what's going on with Jason Smiekel, the Illinois lawyer accused in a murder-for-hire plot? Read on to find out....
Last summer, David Van Zandt announced that he was stepping down as dean of Northwestern Law. In the fall, he put his magnificent mansion on the market -- for a whopping $4.7 million. A buyer has closed on Van Zandt's former home. How much did he get for it?
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You'd think that even a city government would realize that offering attorneys jobs 780 miles away from home and then revoking those offers a week and a half later would be life-ruining. But apparently, that's not how things work in upstate New York....
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The television guys are reporting that former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been found guilty on 17 of 20 counts. He’s been found guilty of various counts of wire fraud and attempted extortion. He was found not guilty on one bribery count and there were two other counts the jury couldn’t reach a verdict on. […]
A source has provided Above the Law with what appear to be two nude photographs of Reema Bajaj....
Today brings more news coverage of Reema Bajaj, the rather attractive 25-year-old lawyer accused of moonlighting as a prostitute. Her story was written up in the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune, among other outlets. Both papers covered the newest development in the case, a court hearing yesterday. Bajaj pleaded not guilty to three counts […]
In my earlier story about Reema Bajaj, the 25-year-old Illinois solo practitioner who now faces prostitution charges, I noted that she seems “very sweet and wholesome,” as well as “a fundamentally decent person.” And I adhere to this position. When I reached out to her through her law firm website, to see if she had […]
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This may be a sad commentary on the challenges facing young lawyers today. A 25-year-old solo practitioner in Sycamore, Illinois, has been accused of trying to supplement her income through prostitution. Last week, attorney Reema N. Bajaj was charged with three counts of prostitution. The charges arise out of two incidents that allegedly took place […]
Another day, another controversy over something hanging in a law school. Why is law school decor such a charged issue these days? As some of may already know, I served as vice president of the Yale Federalist Society when I was in law school. My campaign was non-controversial. At the time, the VP was responsible […]
So this month, we went out of our way to nominate potential Lawyers of the Month who were still breathing. The desire of our readers to bestow this honor posthumously is laudable, but we don’t want to this feature to end up like the “dead people” reel at the Oscars, where folks bet on which […]
Our first two lawyer of the month polls in 2011 were dominated by death and despair. Several high-profile, wonderful attorneys died in the month of March — e.g., Warren Christopher, Bill Stuntz — but we’re not including them in this month’s contest. This month, the lawyer of the month reader poll is 100% alive. And […]
A few readers contacted us to mention that some states have announced the results of the February 2011 bar exam. It seems that Illinois and Kansas, for example, released results on Friday — i.e., April Fools’ Day, notorious for its pranks. That’s a bit cruel, no? But if you’re an IL or KS bar taker […]