State Judges
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Alan Dershowitz, Antitrust, Baseball, Biglaw, Bill Clinton, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Football, Heller Ehrman, Howrey LLP, Law Professors, Morning Docket, Paul Clement, S.D.N.Y., State Judges, Texas, Trials
Morning Docket: 06.07.12
* You know what’s really got to suck hard? Turning down a Supreme Court nomination to be governor, and then losing your gubernatorial re-election bid. Mario Cuomo is the Bad Luck Brian of our time. [New York Daily News]
* And speaking of bad luck, this prominent antitrust lawyer is like the harbinger of Biglaw doom. In the last four years, Marc Schildkraut has bounced from Heller to Howrey to Dewey. Good luck to his new firm, Cooley LLP. [Washingtonian]
* Another judge — this time from the S.D.N.Y. — has found that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. Paul Clement, the patron saint of conservative causes, is probably facepalming right now. [Reuters]
* Judge Jed Rakoff “politely” benchslapped a Cardozo Law student for playing pen pal over his evidentiary rulings in the Rajat Gupta insider trading trial. Time to get a new hobby, girl. [DealBook / New York Times]
* “I don’t know how you all practice law in Texas.” It looks like the judge presiding over the Roger Clemens case hasn’t been keeping up with all of our crazy stories from the Lone Star state. [Wall Street Journal]
* “[T]he epitome of unprofessionalism”: State Attorney Angela Corey couldn’t take the heat from Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz, so she threatened to sue the school and get him disbarred. [Orlando Sentinel]
* “What did you guys do to deserve me? How did you guys get stuck with this? Ay yi yi.” At least Jerry Sandusky’s got a sense of humor about a potential 500 year sentence. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
* The election outlook for birthers may not be so bleak after all. Sure, Orly Taitz lost her bid to be a senator, but Gary Kreep might get to be a judge in San Diego County. We’ll find out later today. [North County Times]
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Police, Rank Stupidity, State Judges, Violence
Memo to NYPD: Please Don't Judo-Chop the Judge
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Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Document Review, Law Schools, Small Law Firms, State Judges, Technology
E-Discovery in Law School: Yes, You Need to Learn This Stuff
Do law students need to learn about electronic discovery? Uh, yes. Yes they do.
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9th Circuit, California, Election 2012, Facebook, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Privacy, State Judges, Transfer Students
Non-Sequiturs: 06.01.2012
* The bassist of The Vandals, an 80s punk band famous for songs like “Anarchy Burger (Hold the Government),” is running for judge in southern California. Man, I would love to see his campaign video. [The Atlantic] * Congratulations to Judge Morgan Brenda Christen, the first Alaskan woman to join the Ninth Circuit. [Courthouse News] * It’s hard out here for a transfer student. [Inside the Law School Scam] * Can a judge force you to turn over your Facebook status updates? Inquiring minds want to know when you ate your grilled cheese sandwich, and when you fed your cat. [The Volokh Conspiracy] * Do you think the Divorce Hotel takes a AAA discount? Are they available for corporate retreats? Do you need to book a separate bedroom for the kids? [Legal Blog Watch] * Take note, future political candidates: when the going gets tough, the tough get going change their legal name to a website URL. [Legal Juice] -
Election 2012, Music, Politics, Rap, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, State Judges, Videos, YouTube
Holy Moley, We Heard From Jim Foley (In Case You Forgot, He's Running For Judge in the City of Oly)
We check back in with Jim Foley, Washington state judicial candidate and star of a sweet campaign rap video. -
California, Rudeness, State Judges
Rowdy Defendant Curses Judge, Fights Deputies
Is he insane or just an idiot? -
Election 2012, Music, Politics, Rap, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Videos, Weirdness, YouTube
This Is Either the Best or Worst Judicial Campaign Ad Ever
Holy moley, I hear Jim Foley is running for judge in the city of Oly! -
Drugs, Health Care / Medicine, Marijuana, Quote of the Day, State Judges
Quote of the Day: High on the Pot as a Matter of Law
A New York judge has announced that he smokes pot, even though it's against the law. - Sponsored
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Election 2012, Gay, Judicial Nominations, Politics, State Judges
Openly Gay Judicial Nominee Defeated For... Being Gay, And That's It
Add Virignia to the list of states that think it should be totally okay to openly discriminate against gay people... -
Legal Ethics, Quote of the Day, State Judges
Quote of the Day: If a Lawyer Speaks at a Public Meeting and There's No One There to Hear Him, Does He Make a Sound?
If a lawyer speaks at a public meeting and there’s no one there to hear him, does he make a sound? -
Attorney Misconduct, Legal Ethics, Rudeness, State Judges
'Oh Sh*t': Attorney Faces Discipline for Allegedly Cursing in Court
Sh*t My Lawyer Says. You know, like the word "sh*t," allegedly uttered by one Illinois lawyer in open court. -
Bar Exams, Pro Bono, Public Interest, State Judges, Ted Frank
New York Forces Pro Bono Requirements Upon Would-Be Lawyers Because No One Else Cares About Poor People
Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman of the New York Court of Appeals announced yesterday that a new bar admission hurdle would be foisted upon would-be lawyers in the state, in the form of a 50-hour pro bono requirement. What does it mean for you? -
Biglaw, Crime, Dewey & LeBoeuf, John Edwards, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Religion, Sex, Sex Scandals, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Trials, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Morning Docket: 04.27.12
* Dewey get to see a member of this firm’s chairman’s office strut for a perp walk in the near future? After all, partners reportedly say that it’s thanks to him that D&L may close up shop “as early as next week.” [Law360 (sub. req.)]
* De-equitize this: Oh, how Biglaw firms in America wish that they could return to merry old England, where mandatory retirement policies for old fart partners are the norm, and the courts agree. [Legal Week]
* “We’re about to beat a dead horse here.” Even the judge presiding over the John Edwards trial got pissed when the defense repeatedly asked variations of the same question on cross-examination. [MSNBC]
* Ain’t no shame in his game (well, actually, there is). Judge Wade McCree’s lawyer says he’s sure the judge is sorry for his sext messaging. Yeah, sorry he got caught. [Detroit Free Press]
* Is this the first test of the “ministerial exception” in the Perich case? A teacher at a Catholic school was fired for getting in vitro fertilization treatments, and now she’s suing. [CNN]
* Insert your own UVA joke here, bro. Yeardley Love’s family has filed a $30M wrongful death suit against former college lacrosse player, George Huguely V. [Washington Examiner]
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Document Review, State Judges, Technology
Virginia Judge Orders Predictive Coding, Despite Plaintiff Objections. Is This the Start of a New Era?
Is acceptance of predictive coding starting to snowball in the judicial system? -
Cellphones, Judge of the Day, Nude Dancing, Pictures, Sex, Sex Scandals, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge of the Day: A State Judge Reveals What's Underneath His Robe -- Via Sext Message
Just when you think you’ve seen it all, another judge goes and pulls a Weiner. In case you haven’t heard, Wade McCree, a state judge from Michigan, has been accused of sending nearly-nude photos to a bailiff via sext message. -
Judge of the Day, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Violence
Judge of the Day: If You Can Call A Traffic Judge a 'Judge'
Earlier this month, a Chicago judge was unceremoniously removed from her courthouse and arrested for assault. My colleague Staci Zaretsky might have called her a judicial diva, but I think this jurist is more of a Mike Tyson type… -
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…. -
Judicial Divas, Legal Ethics, Politics, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Possible Ethics Sanctions for Wisconsin Judge Who Allegedly Choked a Bitch
It seems that Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser isn’t as charismatic as Wayne Brady, because he’s facing possible ethics sanctions over allegedly choking one justice, and calling another a "total bitch." -
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.... -
Cars, Contests, Insider Trading, John Yoo, Non-Sequiturs, State Judges
Non-Sequiturs: 03.13.12
* A photoshopped image that liberals will love: John Yoo as Dirty Harry. [Ricochet] * Lawyers are people too. They get scared, and sometimes they suffer bad car wrecks. Unfortunately, sometimes, to be able to see life from the client’s eyes, it takes understanding in a car crash. [Stephen Hoffman] * Fix-it ticket, fixing a […]