Lawyer of the Day
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9th Circuit, John Roberts, Lawyer of the Day, Rudeness, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Lawyer of the Day: SCOTUS Victor Advises Losing Litigant to Read Opinion 'Eternally from Hell'
Sometimes, lawyers can go a little overboard with their victory dances. Sometimes, lawyers will think up some really outside-the-box ways to shame the losing litigant — and in the process, themselves. -
Law Professors, Lawyer of the Day, Romance and Dating, Rudeness
Law Professor of the Day: Don't Stand So Close to Me
All is fair in love and war… except for stalking... - Sponsored
Mitigating M&A Cyber Risk: Pre- & Post-Acquisition Due Diligence
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California, Cellphones, Crime, Lawyer of the Day, Small Law Firms
Lawyer of the Day: They Literally Fought the Law, and the Law(yer) Won
A group of teenagers tried to mug the wrong lawyer last week in San Francisco...
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Clerkships, Crime, Drinking, Lawyer of the Day, Police, Rudeness, Violence
Lawyer of the Day: Ex-Clerk Accused in Bizarre Break-In
Our hot-blooded lawyer of the day allegedly drank too much and tried to break into a judge's house... -
Crime, Law Schools, Lawyer of the Day, Police
Law Students of the Day: Two Gators Take a Bite Out of Crime
Two Florida law students recently helped apprehend a fugitive from justice. How did they do it? -
Biglaw, Contests, Email Scandals, Lawyer of the Day, Reader Polls
March Lawyer of the Month: A Biglaw Partner With Some Admirable 'Gumption'
Let’s see who took home the title of Lawyer of the Month for March, an honor surely worth replying-all about…. -
Biglaw, Christopher Christie, Contests, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Email Scandals, Health Care / Medicine, Lawyer of the Day, New Jersey, Paul Clement, Reader Polls, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Lawyer of the Month: March Reader Poll
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Cars, Lawyer of the Day, Native Americans
Lawyers of the Day: Native American Tribe Says Their Attorneys Swindled Them for Cars and Nice Furniture
Did two Miami defense attorneys swindle a Native American tribe for millions of dollars? - Sponsored
The Ethical use of Generative AI
What’s the key to empowering your legal team with the efficiency and insight of AI while protecting the integrity of their work? Read this article… -
Contests, Guns / Firearms, Lawyer of the Day, Reader Polls
February Lawyer of the Month: Grab Your Glocks
In a month where a lawyers filed a dozen class action lawsuits against law schools, you shrugged. In a month where a former Cravath associate lost his law license, you looked the other way. Instead, you opted to vote for a man who we assume to be a card-carrying member of the NRA. Let’s take a look at February’s Lawyer of the Month. Grab your glocks when you see this judge…. -
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.... -
Crime, Drinking, Drugs, Hotties, Lawyer of the Day, Marijuana, Rape
Lawyer of the Day: Non-Consensual Sex, Drugs, and a Smokin' Ex-Wife
For our Lawyer of the Day, we bring you yet another sordid story, this time about a prominent personal injury attorney; his young, gorgeous, allegedly abusive ex-wife; and the criminal charges they currently face for allegedly drugging and assaulting a young woman.... -
Attorney Misconduct, Bankruptcy, Benchslaps, Ex-Lawyer of the Day, Lawyer of the Day, Legal Ethics
Ex-Lawyer of the Day: 'An Unprecedented Lack of Common Respect and Decency'
A now ex-lawyer from Maryland seems to have tried every trick in the book (and several not in the book) to fight getting disbarred. It didn't work. And now she's on the receiving end of an absolutely vicious benchslap. Was our ex-lawyer of the day unethical? Perhaps. Unprofessional? Maybe. But you can't say she didn't try… -
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 […]
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The Ethical use of Generative AI
What’s the key to empowering your legal team with the efficiency and insight of AI while protecting the integrity of their work? Read this article…
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Mitigating M&A Cyber Risk: Pre- & Post-Acquisition Due Diligence
Why M&A cybersecurity due diligence?
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How To Maximize Productivity With Westlaw Precision With CoCounsel
Westlaw Precision with CoCounsel helps legal professionals get a faster start to their research. Over time, that added productivity can lead to higher-quality research and…
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New Report - Are Small Firms Achieving Their Legal Tech Goals?
In this new report of more than 100 professionals at small and smaller midsize law firms, iManage and Above the Law shed new light on…
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Biglaw, Lawyer of the Day
Return of Exley: Pissed Off on the Subway
Longtime readers of Above the Law will remember Exley, a contestant for ATL Idol, during which Lat had the ludicrous idea of letting the readers chose ATL's next editor. Exley's got a new blog called Ying-A-Ling, where she wrote this gem of a story of how she used her Biglaw skills to handle a subway situation that we thought you would like.... -
Lawyer of the Day, Legal Ethics
Lawyer of the Day: Pwning Cruise Ship Crash Scammers
The crash of the cruise ship Costa Concordia January 13 was a real tragedy. More than a dozen people died, and more are still missing. The overturned ship is still languishing off the Mediterranean coast, like a set from an old disaster movie. For most people, a tragedy like this might lead to feelings of […] -
Contests, Lawyer of the Day, Partner Issues, Reader Polls
November Lawyer of the Month: Cheaters Never Win (Until Now)
In our November edition of the Lawyer of the Month competition, we brought you three male candidates who just didn’t give a damn. We offered our readers an anti-military law professor, but he wasn’t able to rock the vote. Next up, we had a family law judge who beat his daughter on camera, but even […] -
Email Scandals, Law Professors, Lawyer of the Day, Reader Polls, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Lawyer of the Month: November Reader Poll
November is typically a month where people give thanks for all of the good things in their lives. The vast majority of the scandalous lawyers featured in these pages seem to have forgotten about that small fact. They just don’t give a damn. Family ties? Meh. The troops? Screw ’em. Honorific ATL titles? Totally lame. […] -
Biglaw, Email Scandals, Lawyer of the Day, Partner Issues, Reader Polls
A Prominent Partner Gets Out the Vote and Avoids 'Lawyer of the Month' Honors
A mere 11 votes separated the winner and the runner-up in last month's Lawyer of the Month competition. Given the closeness of the vote, maybe Laura Flippin should have focused more on voter turnout, to boost the tallies of her rivals. It seems that Ira Schacter did just that. Check this out.... -
Contests, Drinking, Lawyer of the Day, Partner Issues, Reader Polls
October Lawyer of the Month: Drunk and Disorderly
It’s time to announce the winner of October’s Lawyer of the Month competition. Our readers had a motley crew of female lawyers behaving badly to choose from, and one male attorney who probably would have loved to keep company with them all. But which kind of lawyer do our readers like the best? Drunk, naked, […] -
Contests, Drinking, Fashion, Fashion Victims Unit, Lawyer of the Day, Reader Polls, Weddings
Lawyer of the Month: October Reader Poll
It seems like lawyers got a little wild last month, especially the ladies. In fact, our candidate pool for October’s Lawyer of the Month contest was mostly dominated by women. Score one for women’s equality in the legal profession, even if we’re out there embarrassing ourselves. Only one of our candidates is a man, but […]