Real Estate
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.06.11
* The three defendants in the civil wrongful-death action brought by Robert Wone’s widow are keeping their mouths shut. [National Law Journal] * But their former house is open — and once again on the market, for the tidy sum of $1.6 million. [Who Murdered Robert Wone?] * Professor Eugene Volokh wants to know, with […] -
Boutique Law Firms, Fabulosity, Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate, Small Law Firms
Lawyerly Lairs: An Attorney's $7.5 Million Townhouse
As small-firm columnist Valerie Katz previously discussed, some partners at small law firms are worth big bucks. The only practicing lawyer in the Forbes 400 is a small-firm attorney, in fact. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that some partners at small firms have big and beautiful wives homes. The New York Times recently […] - Sponsored
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Advertising, Real Estate, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Thanks to This Week's Advertisers
This week in sponsored content: an interesting look at the Hong Kong housing market, by Alexis Lamb of the Asia Chronicles. Finding a flat in HK these days poses quite the challenge. And now, let’s thank this week’s advertisers on Above the Law: American Express BarMax Black Socks IMS ExpertServices Kinney Recruiting (sponsor of the […]
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Real Estate
Why People Don't Like Lawyer Tenants, Redux
Yesterday my wife and I signed a lease for a new apartment. It was a pretty big day for us, since we’d been living in the same squalid spider hole for eight years. The entire process — which, depending on when you start counting, took 10 days, 6 weeks, or 11 and a half months […] -
Dissolution, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Real Estate
Another Law Firm Dissolves. Do Bad Things Really Come in Threes?
Tomorrow, March 15, the end will finally come for Howrey. Later this month, the law firm of David J. Stern, formerly known as Florida’s foreclosure king, will shut its doors. This week, we’ve got another sizable law firm announcing its dissolution. Obviously not everybody is catching on to this economic recovery. While some firms are […] -
Biglaw, Canada, Howrey LLP, Lawyer of the Day, Reader Polls
February Lawyer of the Month: We're Starting To See A Pattern Here
Whoops. Even though the polls closed about a week ago, we forgot to announce our Lawyer of the Month for February. So let’s get to it. Who is Above the Law’s latest honoree? -
Career Alternatives, Lawyer of the Day, Money, Real Estate
Is the Florida Foreclosure King Abdicating? David J. Stern Will Close His Law Firm
Back in September 2010, we bestowed Lawyer of the Day honors upon David J. Stern, aka Florida’s “Foreclosure King.” We noted Stern’s rise into the ranks of self-made millionaires, despite not having attended some fancy first-tier law school. (Stern graduated from the South Texas College of Law, a fourth-tier school.) We marveled at Stern’s wealth: […] -
Biglaw, Canada, Howrey LLP, Lawyer of the Day, Reader Polls, Real Estate
Lawyer of the Month: February Reader Poll
On Twitter, somebody told me that “February is the Monday of months.” So true. For such a short month, February just drags on and on and on. Maybe it does make sense to dump Black History Month in February, because the month is like the freaking Middle Passage, bringing us to the tyranny of hay-fever […] - Sponsored
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Judge of the Day, Lawyer of the Day, Real Estate
Why People Don't Like Lawyer Tenants
Oh, condominiums. To own your own box of air in the sky, subject to the terms and conditions of your neighbors and building managers. Lex Luthor always had this right: either you own land or ponces wearing underwear on the outside can swoop in and ruin your good time. We’ve got a couple of lawyer/condo […] -
Elena Kagan, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Lawyerly Lairs: Justice Kagan Goes House Hunting
In 2010, music superstar Lady Gaga earned an estimated $64 million. Meanwhile, legal superstar Lady Kaga — aka Justice Elena Kagan, of the United States Supreme Court — earned considerably less. For the part of 2010, the Divine Miss K served as Solicitor General, earning an annual salary of $165,300. After her confirmation as an […] -
Cardozo Law School, Fabulosity, Lawyerly Lairs, Partner Issues, Real Estate, White & Case
Lawyerly Lairs: Three Partners' Palatial Pads
After suffering through a brutal recession that was fueled, in part, by the collapse of the real estate market, you’d think that nobody would want to read about real estate ever again. But that’s not what’s happening in the blogosphere, where real estate is hotter than ever. For example, consider Lockhart Steele’s Curbed, an excellent […] -
Fabulosity, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Dean Van Zandt's Delicious Listing
Isn’t it nice when people who do good also do well? David Van Zandt — the outgoing dean of Northwestern Law, and the incoming president of The New School — is a beloved figure, at NU Law and beyond. Professionally, he’s an innovator in legal education; personally, he’s a great guy. We’re big fans of […] -
Federal Judges, Frank Easterbrook, Quote of the Day, Real Estate, Richard Posner
Quote of the Day: Law-and-Econ Types Don't Like to Waste Time
I didn’t read one word. I have a life to live. — Chief Judge Frank Easterbrook, explaining that he didn’t read the 100 pages of RESPA disclosure documents when he recently purchased a house. (Gavel bang: Josh Blackman, who notes that Judge Easterbrook’s colleague, Judge Richard Posner, previously said essentially the same thing.)
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Real Estate, Vermin / Rodents / Pests
There's Only One Way to Deal With Bedbugs: Release the Sharks
Now this is what I’m talking about. These bedbugs think they’re so powerful. They think they’ve got us by the balls. They think they can just come into this city and take things over. Well, in the words of Dr. Peter Venkman, “Nobody steps on [rich tourists sleeping at the Waldorf] in my town!” Light […] -
Legal Ethics, New Jersey, Real Estate, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Virtual Law Offices Are a Real Issue for Small Law Firms
Brick and mortar is so last century. Nowadays, one can get an entire post-secondary education without ever leaving the comfort of home, including a law degree (no I’m not talking about Belmont) and an LLM. Then, with your degrees and fully developed agoraphobia in hand, you can move seamlessly into a fully virtual law practice […] -
Quote of the Day, Real Estate
Quote of the Day: A Hierarchy of Shadiness?
Until recently, foreclosure defense would have been considered the lowest of the low — below the divorce guys, below ambulance chasers. — Roy Oppenheim, a veteran foreclosure defense lawyer in Florida. -
Fabulosity, Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: What Does a $34.5 Million Condo Look Like?
Why are so many lawyers interested in making the jump to business? One obvious reason: money. Look at the list of lawyers who made this year’s Forbes 400. Of the almost 40 lawyers / holders of law degrees who made the cut, only one, Joe Jamail, is a practicing attorney. And he’s all the way […] -
Lawyerly Lairs, Non-Sequiturs, Real Estate, Robert Wone
Non-Sequiturs: 10.13.10
* Does this explain Boies Schiller’s great media coverage? Their PR person is in bed with the media. [Gawker and AllThingsD] * Speaking of romantic entanglements, here are six rules for law firm dating, in case you don’t follow Rule #1: Don’t. [Sweet Hot Justice] * McDermott isn’t the only law firm switching digs. The […] -
Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: McDermott Will Move to New D.C. Digs
One of our odd obsessions around here: real estate. Just take a spin through our Lawyerly Lairs archives, which chronicle the adventures of attorneys in the world of real property, residential and commercial. We may not be as real obsessed as the folks over at Curbed, but we’re getting there. As a former resident of […] -
Citigroup, Lawyer of the Day, Layoffs, Real Estate
David J. Stern, the Florida Foreclosure King, Is Under Investigation -- and Doing Layoffs
Back in September, we wrote about David J. Stern, “Florida’s Foreclosure King,” who earned our Lawyer of the Day title for his ascendancy from the fourth tier to the lap of luxury. At the time, we sang Stern’s praises. Stern, a graduate of South Texas Law, employs 900 people, made $17.8 million in 2008, owns […]