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Bar Exams, Biglaw, Email Scandals, Emily Pataki, Politics, Reader Polls, White & Case
Morning Docket: 12.20.06
* Maryland becomes the latest state to temporarily halt lethal injection executions, this time because of procedural issues with the way the lethal injection protocol was adopted. [Washington Post via How Appealing] * Church burners expected to plead in Alabama [CNN] * No good deed goes unpunished in Libya. [Jurist] * First the minimum was […] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Boring Stuff, Money, White & Case
Associate Bonus Watch: A Few More Announcements
Biglaw bonus season is lurching towards its inevitable, anticlimactic close. Yesterday there were a few more announcements of market matching, from White & Case and Fried Frank. Pretty standard-issue. The only noteworthy difference: the math-challenged folks at Fried Frank, instead of paying the class of 2006 the usual bonus of $30,000 prorated, announced a flat […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Dewey Ballantine, Howrey LLP, Musical Chairs, White & Case
Musical Chairs: 12.01.06
Lateral Moves: * Antitrust lawyer Paul Kaplan, to Bryan Cave (NY). from Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton. * Bankruptcy lawyer Alan Gover, to White & Case, from Dewey Ballantine, where he was co-head of the bankruptcy practice. (Dewey Ballantine is the process of becoming Dewy Orifice. Perhaps Gover’s departure is related to the merger.) * […]
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Bar Exams, Biglaw, Email Scandals, Emily Pataki, Reader Polls, White & Case
ATL Poll Results: Emily Pataki's Post-Bar Exam Email
Both Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes have a “message recall” feature. Of course, it’s a bit late for Emily Pataki to invoke it, so as to retract the office-wide email she sent to her White & Case colleagues about failing the New York bar exam. But if Emily agrees with the majority of you, she […] -
Bar Exams, Biglaw, Blogging, Email Scandals, Emily Pataki, New York Observer, Politics, White & Case, WSJ Law Blog
The Emily Pataki Story: Credit Where Credit Is Due
PG of De Novo, in a post entitled Bad Judgment at White & Case and ATL, had this to say about our Emily Pataki coverage: I’m disappointed to see that someone forwarded this to David Lat, and that he chose to publish it. The July 2006 New York Bar Exam pass list is not yet […] -
Bar Exams, Biglaw, Email Scandals, Emily Pataki, Politics, White & Case
Emily Pataki: Her Law School Classmates Weigh In
As we discussed yesterday, Emily Pataki — daughter of lame duck New York governor George Pataki, a graduate of Columbia Law School, and now an associate a supervised legal intern at White & Case — did not pass the New York bar. This fact became widely known after Emily sent around an office-wide email about […] -
Bar Exams, Biglaw, Email Scandals, Emily Pataki, Politics, Reader Polls, White & Case
Yes, We Have Heard About Emily Pataki
Failing the New York State bar exam. And emailing her White & Case colleagues about it. We’ve already covered this story; click here. But since it’s what everyone is buzzing about today, we’ll give in to your appetite for more discussion. Two requests for your assistance: 1. If you work at White & Case, went […] -
Bar Exams, Email Scandals, Emily Pataki, Politics, White & Case
Political Kids and the Bar Exam: What Gives?
The late JFK Jr. failed the New York State bar exam twice, before passing it on the third try. And now Emily Pataki, the highly attractive daughter of outgoing New York governor George Pataki, is halfway towards matching that feat. Here’s the email message that Emily, an associate a supervised legal intern at White & […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Holland & Knight, Magic Circle, Musical Chairs, White & Case
Musical Chairs: 10.24.06
Lateral Moves: * Four litigation partners, and possibly a dozen associates, are leaving White & Case to join the New York office of Linklaters — a “Magic Circle” firm (insert squeal of delight here). The group’s practice focuses on white-collar criminal, antitrust, and other regulatory matters. The four partners are Lawrence Byrne, a former assistant […] -
Biglaw, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Michael Mukasey, Musical Chairs, White & Case
Musical Chairs: 8.8.06
Our summary of the most important or interesting moves within the profession. If you have any good gossip about these job changes and the players involved, or forthcoming announcements, please drop us a line (subject line: “Musical Chairs”). Lateral Moves: * Former federal prosecutor and white-collar criminal defense lawyer Walter Loughlin, to Kirkpatrick & Lockhart […]
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