Laurie Lin
Laurie Lin is a former D.C. Biglaw associate now living in Charleston, West Virginia with her husband and sons. You can also find her on the Charleston Gazette-Mail op-ed page or West Virginia Public Broadcasting's "Front Porch" podcast. Follow her on Twitter (@wvpundette) or send wedding-related tips to her at leww.tips@gmail.com.
Posts by Laurie Lin
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Goldman Sachs, New York Times, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 10.19-11.2: Twin Souls
We’re back with our second installment of the Legal Eagle Wedding Watch in as many days. Enjoy, and have a happy, happy Friday. Behold, the most outstanding legal lovebirds from the past three weeks: 1. Brenda Zelin and Kyle Williams 2. Alyssa Greenwald and Edward Wittenstein 3. Erik Hyman and Max Mutchnick 4. Jamie Bartholomew […] -
Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 9.28-10.12: Elected!
LEWW is delighted to be back on duty after several weeks away. We won’t bore you with the reason for our absence, other than to say that we were engaged in an endeavor that–like many of the weddings we cover–ended in pain, bitterness, and finger-pointing. But that’s all behind us now, and we’re excited to […] - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Gay, Gay Marriage, New York Times, Wall Street, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 9.21: I'll Meltdown With You
Even as the national economy teeters on the brink of collapse, Wall Street’s elite continue to flock to the altar. Click here, here, and here, and imagine what this month has been like for these people. Getting married is stressful enough; we can’t imagine doing it while at the center of a financial meltdown. In […]
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Harvard, New York Times, Sonnenschein, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 9.14: Brief Interlude
What did you miss if you didn’t peruse last Sunday’s NYT weddings section? The marriage of Theodore Roosevelt V, for starters. Also, a whole lot of gayness! We counted seven same-sex weddings on this week’s list, which we suspect is a an all-time high. (And how sociologically interesting that all seven were men marrying men!) […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket 09.17.08
* The Fed reverses course and agrees to bail out insurance giant American International Group. [Forbes] * Alaskan lawmakers file suit to stop the “Troopergate” investigation of Sarah Palin. [New York Times] * Eight lawyers are on the American Lawyer’s 2008 Lifetime Achievers list for “history-making accomplishments.” [American Lawyer] * The law against baggy pants […]
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Crime, Lawyer of the Day, Politics, Sex
Lawyer of the Day: Gabriel Schwartz
It seems that things have been going pretty well for Gabriel Schwartz. A 2004 graduate of the University of Denver College of Law, the 29-year-old is already the founder of a law firm, Sandomire & Schwartz. He’s president of his own company (PDF). And he was selected to be a Colorado delegate to the Republican […] -
Money, Trendspotting
Hot New Trend: Fighting Price-Gouging (Or, Attorneys General, Unite!)
In Monday’s morning docket, we asked whether price-gouging investigations during hurricanes were the new trend among attorneys general. Judging from the many investigations launched over the past week, the answer is a resounding YES. Louisiana AG Buddy “Rattlesnake” Caldwell caught our attention for his battle cry against high hotel and gas prices during Hurricane Gustav. […] -
2nd Circuit, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, Harvard, Kramer Levin, New York Times, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 9.7: No Ordinary Love
For the commenters who yearn to see more “ordinary” couples in the Legal Eagle Wedding Watch, we commend this pair to your attention. The groom is a radio personality, and the bride has a JD from Loyola. They seem likable and . . . ordinary. Is this the type of couple our readership craves? Should […] - Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls. -
D.C. Circuit, Harvard, Hogan & Hartson, Monica Goodling, Stephen Williams, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 8.24: Herb-al Essence
As we expected, celebrity professors Cass Sunstein and Samatha Power were the winners of last week’s July Couple of the Month voting, running away with over 60 percent of the vote. Congratulations to this nerdy-hot duo! This week’s set of contestants might be the strongest we’ve seen this season. Their write-ups feature five Harvard degrees, […] -
ACLU, New York Times, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 8.17: Gynomite!
The theme of yesterday’s LEWW was the hotness disparity between three glowing brides and their very lucky grooms. Today we’re delighted to report that the wedding gods stepped it up with our most recent batch of newlyweds. They’ve brought us four grooms who are at least as attractive as their brides or co-grooms. (And needless […] -
7th Circuit, New York Times, State Judges Are Clowns, US Weekly, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 8.10: Hotness Disparity Edition
As some of you have noticed, we tend not to remark negatively on the innate physical attributes of our Legal Eagle contestants. There are several reasons for our reticence, but the most basic one is simply this: LEWW believes that prestige is beautiful. LEWW believes that every bride can look gorgeous on her special day […] -
2nd Circuit, Cass Sunstein, New York Times, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samantha Power, Supreme Court Clerks, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: July's Couple of the Month
Good news for Legal Eagle Wedding Watchers: LEWW will be returning to a more frequent and timely posting schedule! Beginning next week, we’ll once again feature our gold standard of three fabulous couples per week to ogle and dissect. We’ll bring you more hot August weddings tomorrow and Friday, but for now, it’s time for […] -
2nd Circuit, John Roberts, New York Times, SCOTUS, Securities and Exchange Commission, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 7.27 and 8.3: Steamy August Edition
This installment of the wedding watch is a bit of a hodge-podge. We’ve got old people, Communism, Skadden, HLS, organized crime, a SCOTUS connection, and a midriff-baring bride. But the common thread, as always, is lawyers in love (though not necessarily with other lawyers; there’s just one dual-JD pair in this group). Here are this […]
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Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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David Tatel, Hedge Funds / Private Equity, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Clerks, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 7.13 and 7.20: Columbian Dictatorship
We interrupt the spirited smackdown of ATL Idol to bring you a couple of LEWW-related announcements. First, as expected, Team Ho-Glover scored a decisive win in June’s Couple of the Month voting. LEWW salutes this glorious SCOTUS – WGWAG – Friend-of-Lat juggernaut! In other news, two notable grooms didn’t make our list of finalists this […] -
Romance and Dating, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 6.15 and 6.22: Ho-ly Owned
As promised, we’re back with our second installment of LEWW this week. We think you’ll agree that this one features some of our finest contestants of the season. A SCOTUS clerkship (finally!), a Rhodes, more YLS grads — enjoy this special Independence Day edition of the Legal Eagle Wedding Watch! Here are the names: 1. […] -
Dewey & LeBoeuf, New York Times, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 5.4 - 5.11: Penn-y Wise
Congratulations to Keira Driansky and David Simon, chosen by ATL readers over Kristy Hong and Jonas Blank III as April’s Legal Eagle Couple of the Month. Now for the next set of entrants, and it’s a crowded field. We think this week’s column sets a record for total number of Ivy League JDs. Here’s our […] -
Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: April's Couple of the Month
Now that the wedding season is in full swing, it’s time for a poll to crown a Legal Eagle Wedding Watch couple of the month. We have two outstanding entries for April: 1. Keira Driansky and David Simon 2. Kristy Hong and Jonas Blank III You can read all about these newlyweds after the jump. […] -
New York Times, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 3.9 and 3.16: Deposing Marriage
For LEWW, one of the best things about spring is the return of a reliable stream of lawyer-lawyer couples to the NYT wedding pages. Soon we’ll even be seeing SCOTUS clerks! This week five out of our six newlyweds sports a JD. Here they are: 1.) Michelle Lieberman and Daniel Lubetzky 2.) Michelle Davidowitz and […] -
D.C. Circuit, New York Times, Weddings, White & Case
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 2.24 and 3.2: Cancún Honeymoon
Spring! Cherry blossoms, opening day, and pedigreed lawyers uniting in marriage. We’re pleased to be back with another installment of Legal Eagle Wedding Watch, featuring these three impressive couples: 1.) Susannah Foster and Kenyon Weaver 2.) Kathleen DeLaney and Courtney Thomas 3.) Heath Kern and Joseph Gibson More on our finalists, after the jump. -
New York Times, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 2.11 and 2.17: Spellbound
We’re back with another installment of the Legal Eagle Wedding Watch, where we weigh the relative prestige and fabulosity of the newlywed lawyers who are brave enough to splash their happy news across the pages of the New York Times. Here are the latest LEWW hopefuls: 1.) Mindy Jaffe and Per Chilstrom 2.) Jennifer Abrams […]