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Bad Ideas, Paralegals, Sex Scandals, Violence
Legal Love Triangle We Wish We Hadn't Heard About
Stalking, cat fights, cheating, assault, and a secret marriage. This is the scandalous news out of Vinton, Virginia (pop: 7,782) this week, thanks to a lawyer-lawyer-paralegal love triangle. If you surf over to WDBJ to check out the tale, we advise watching the video and skipping the transcribed broadcast. It hurt our head to translate […] -
Crime, Sex, Violence
Glue(d) Stick Victim Arrested
Remember the fellow we mentioned yesterday, whose wife (and her friends) gave him the reverse Bobbitt treatment, by gluing his penis to his stomach? Poor guy — things have gone from bad to worse for him. From the Madison Capital Times: The eastern Wisconsin man who was the victim in a bizarre plot to punish […] - Sponsored
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Crime, Exercise, Guns / Firearms, Murder, Violence
LA Fitness Shooter Worked at K&L Gates(And discussed K&L layoffs in his diary.)
Last night, George Sodini, 48, walked into an LA Fitness Center near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and opened fire on those exercising inside. Early reports say he killed three women and injured up to 15, including his ex-girlfriend. He then turned the gun on himself. Sodini’s LinkedIn profile says he was a systems analyst at K&L Gates. […]
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Crime, Lawsuit of the Day, Sex, Violence
Wife (With Friends) Glues Husband's Wang
This case is going to bring new meaning to the “Glue Stic” product. For a Wisconsin man, one evening started out like a happy dream. The AP reports: A married eastern Wisconsin man thought he was going to a motel for a little romance with one of his handful of lovers. She allegedly played along […] -
Law Schools, Violence, YouTube
Update on Future Hamline Law Student Kevin Heinz
Last week, we made dancing groom Kevin Heinz our (Future) Law Student of the Day. Heinz, his bride, and their wedding party danced down the aisle to Chris Brown’s Forever instead of the traditional Canon in D Major. They put it on YouTube last month and it’s since been hit on more than a hot, […] -
Gay, Police, Rudeness, Violence
A Gay Gatesgate? D.C. Lawyer Arrested for Disorderly Conduct, Claims Officer Called Him 'Fa**ot'
Now that Gatesgate is behind us, capped off by a beer summit at the White House yesterday, what can we get riled up about now? Well, there’s always something going on with the police. From Arthur Delaney of the Huffington Post: A lawyer who moments earlier had been complaining to friends about police overreaction in […] -
Crime, Deaths, Law Schools, Murder, Violence
Tragedy At Southwestern School of Law
It’s a pretty sad time at Southwestern School of Law. The National Law Journal reports: The recent murder of a 17-year-old girl who was abducted near the Los Angeles campus of Southwestern University School of Law has sent shockwaves through the law school. The victim’s mother, Deborah Drooz, a partner at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, […] -
Law Schools, Lawyer of the Day, LSAT, Police, UVA Law, Violence
Law Student of the Day: UVA Law Student Spitter
We all know gunners who spit hot fire at professors. But we rarely see gunners who spit at the police. According to the Charlottesville police, one UVA law student can roll both ways. From Newsplex: A Charlottesville woman is facing felony assault charges after an altercation with a police officer on Thursday. Elisabeth Epps, 29, […] - Sponsored
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Craigslist, Lawyer Advertising, Violence, Weirdness
Adventures in Lawyer Advertising: Legal Ninja For Hire
A reader sent this Craigslist ad along, noting the “uninhibited freedom of expression afforded to smaller firms” in their advertising as opposed to “uber-processed biglaw ads.” Yes, MidLaw and SmallLaw, thank you for providing the fuel for our Adventures in Lawyer Advertising series. The advertising California-based firm, Le Pelletier, has one of the strangest websites […] -
Law Reviews, Law Schools, Lunacy, Violence
Best Excuse for an Extension, Ever
Who hasn’t “killed off a grandparent” in order to obtain an extension on a paper? I had a friend who went through six grandmothers in four years of college. But one University of Connecticut law student is not joking around. As we understand it, an editor of the Connecticut Law Review received an email this […] -
Gay, Violence
Does Intolerance Abound at Virginia Law Schools?
Yesterday, we brought you the story of Marcus Epstein — the karate-chopping congressional staffer who was heading to UVA Law until yesterday. Virginia is for… haters? Back in April 2007, the Washington Blade ran a story detailing difficult times for gay students at Washington & Lee School of Law: Reports have circulated that two gay […] -
Drinking, Lawyer of the Day, Violence
Lawyer of the Day: Louis Brunoforte
When you’re hanging out at Chic-A-Boom Room in Dunedin, Florida, late on a Monday night, you need to be prepared for trouble. So discovered Florida patent attorney Louis Brunoforte this week. But only after taking a punch to the face from a feisty 45-year-old woman from Indiana. From the St. Petersburg Times: As he headed […] -
Drinking, Law Schools, Violence
New York Law School: 2 Girls 1 Dress
Most of the time, when law students flip out, they flip out about their law school. But in this era of law student meltdowns, it was only a matter of time before law students started brawling with each other. On April 30, New York Law School (not to be confused with NYU School of Law) […]
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Guns / Firearms, Law Schools, Violence
Law Student of the Day: Minnesota 1L Dennis Jansen
In yesterday’s open thread on #17 though #28 schools in the U.S. News rankings, we neglected to include a riff on the crime statistics in various schools’ cities. We did start thinking about it today, though, as it seems that bullets occasionally fly in the City of Lakes, home to the #20-ranked law school. And […] -
Crime, Elizabeth Halverson, Sentencing Law, Violence
Judge Halverson's Husband Gets 3-10 Years
There is justice for Judge Elizabeth Halverson. Her husband is going to jail for three to ten years for beating her with a frying pan. Not surprisingly, Ed Halverson didn’t go down without a fight: Before he was sentenced, Edward Lee Halverson, 49, stunned a Las Vegas courtroom with a claim that he struck Elizabeth […] -
Lawyer of the Day, Violence
Lawyers of the Day: Brent Warren Yessin and Aimee Marie Dias
The Saturday night antics of two Florida lawyers have the makings of a great episode of the Jerry Springer show. Alleged sex in a bathroom, a girl-on-girl fighting match, and legal misrepresentation. Lawyer-lobbyist Lawyer Aimee Marie Dias, 35, was at a swanky restaurant in Tampa on Saturday night. When she went to use the bathroom, […] -
Crime, Law Schools, Prostitution, Sex, Violence
Michigan Professor Responds To Michigan 2L
We have been following the sad tale of a University of Michigan 2L and a U-M professor who got caught up in a prostitution scandal. Yesterday, the Michigan 2L responded to some of the comments that have been made about her. Today, the professor involved asked ATL for equal time and an opportunity to tell […] -
Bar Exams, Sports, Violence
Legal Profile: Nick 'Ultimate Fighting Lawyer' Thompson
In July, we wrote a post on How Not To Spend the Week Before the Bar Exam. A University of Minnesota law grad, Nick “The Goat” Thompson, had been featured in a Sports Illustrated article on an ultimate fighting EliteXC tournament broadcast on CBS. Thompson had lost his match, but had a good excuse: studying […] -
Crime, Law Schools, Violence
Law Student of the Day: Alex Botsios
Alex Botsios is a 1L at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. Last week, he left a window open overnight, and someone snuck into his Tempe apartment to steal his stuff. From KPHO: ASU student Alex Botsios said he had no problem giving a nighttime intruder his wallet and guitars. When the […] -
Law Schools, Murder, Violence
And You Thought Your Law School Was Cutthroat and Competitive
Today marks the start of two weeks of “Assassins” at Columbia Law School. The game will start internally, undoubtedly as a training exercise for CLS students before they start hunting the deadliest prey: NYU students. The game, if you’ve never played it, is awesome. The rules are simple: * You will be given a target. […]