Biglaw Partner Shows Us How To Track Billable Hours During Violent Coup Attempt

His satiric time entry has gone viral.

onJanuary 7, 2021 at 11:15 AMJanuary 7, 2021 at 11:18 AM

[Enters time.]

Nonbillable/General Administration. 7.0: Monitor armed insurrection; exchange messages regarding same.

— Sean Marotta (@smmarotta) January 6, 2021

(Hogan Lovells partner Sean Marotta, a member of the firm’s appellate and Supreme Court practice group, in an amusing tweet posted during the violent coup attempt incited by the outgoing president. Marotta’s tweet has since gone viral on several social media platforms, where he’s being hailed by lawyers as a “god,” a “legend,” and a “chill partner.”)

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