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.
All is fair in love and war… except for stalking...
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A group of teenagers tried to mug the wrong lawyer last week in San Francisco...
Our hot-blooded lawyer of the day allegedly drank too much and tried to break into a judge's house...
Two Florida law students recently helped apprehend a fugitive from justice. How did they do it?
Let’s see who took home the title of Lawyer of the Month for March, an honor surely worth replying-all about….
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Did two Miami defense attorneys swindle a Native American tribe for millions of dollars?
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….
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....
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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....
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…
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 […]
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....
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 […]