Chris Williams

Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. Before that, he wrote columns for an online magazine named The Muse Collaborative under the pen name Knehmo. He endured the great state of Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, interested in critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.

Posts by Chris Williams

See Also

Huge Bonuses And Lindsey Halligan Humiliation — See Also

The Losses Keep Coming: A third no-bill and an evidence lockout!

Boutique Firms Are Where Its At!: Check out the bonuses at Elsberg Baker & Maruri and Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna!

They're Making A List And Posting It Accidentally: ICE puts immigration lawyers on a watchlist.

Healthcare Premium Spikes Are Gonna Hit Biglaw: Is your firm doing anything to balance out the damage?

Ain't No Party Like A Seward & Kissel Party!: Did your firm break out the floats?! Didn't think so!

Vote On Our Holiday Card Finalists!: Ring in the holidays with competition and judgment!

See Also

Since When Can Presidents Do That? — See Also

President Trump Pardons Election Denier For State Crimes: What part of Federalism is this?

See If You Can Catch All Of The Issues With Trump's AI Executive Order: Who said issue spotters were just a law school thing!

Mega Merger Alert!: Winston & Strawn and Taylor Wessing are in tie-up talks.

At This Firm The Market Is The Floor!: Associates at Axinn are making bank!

Elon Thinks Any Regulation Is Censorship: That's not at all what the fine for violating the Digital Services Act is doing.

Judge Mandates Breakfast Break During Immigration Hearing: ICE drove someone in custody 7 hours without feeding them.

See Also

$300K Bonuses?! — See Also

These Firms Are Really Giving Back To Their Associates!: Great time to work at Boies Schiller or Kellogg Hansen!

Another Boutique Putting The Market To Shame: Dunn Isaacson Rhee is paying out some major coin!

The Gift That Keeps On Taking: Economists say Trump's tariffs will cost families thousands.

Federal Judges Aren't Supposed To Be Politicking: Did Emil Bove not get the message?

Even 'The Future Of American Warfare' Thinks It Was A War Crime: Hegseth's bold call to integrate GenAi.mil is already backfiring.

Free Speech On Trial: Professor sues school for retaliating over a Facebook comment.

Is Protégé Next Up?: LexisNexis just dropped a huge AI expansion pack.

See Also

The Boutique Money Is Beautiful — See Also

Kellogg Hansen Comes In Over The Market!: Big money from a small firm!

Boutique Money Is Bigger In Texas: Check out Yetter Coleman's bonus compensation!

The Sotomayor "Gotcha" Moment Doesn't Hold Up Under Scrutiny: A handful of examples over 230 years isn't the stare decisis ender the gov't thinks it is.

Wait A Little Longer Before You Use Your Locker: White Supremacist's return to school gets put on pause.

Mind Who You Clerk For: The Legal Accountability Project can help you navigate the 1 in17 abusive judges offering clerkships.

Mind Your Taxes!: A couple of small changes could save you thousands in the long run.

Holiday Reminder: Make sure to place your entry in our 17th Annual Holiday Card contest!

See Also

First They Stood Up, Now You Have To Come In — See Also

Jenner & Block Expects Associates In 4 Days A Week: The change is set for March 1st, 2026.

Harvard Law Professor Deported Over Shooting Pellet Gun: The nearby synagogue thinks it was fair game, but that's not enough to stop antisemitism accusations.

There Goes The Evidence!: The DOJ's case against James Comey somehow got even weaker.

The White House Is Still Starstruck With Sabrina Carpenter: Could you imagine a more annoying fan?

Quitting Before You Start: Alina Habba steps down from the job she didn't actually have.

AI Trends Are Shifting The Work In-House: It gets harder for outside firms to justify price hikes when everyone has the same LLM.