H. Christopher Bartolomucci

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.11.18

* "We never once saw him take a shortcut, treat a case as unimportant, or search for an easy answer." According to 34 of Judge Brett Kavanaugh's former clerks, the man is apparently not just a judge, but also a saint, and they wanted the Senate Judiciary Committee to know all of the details. [National Law Journal] * Nice guys get confirmed fast? More on Judge Kavanaugh's sainthood. The man coaches not one, but two girls' basketball teams, he's a superb "carpool dad," and he takes a family friend's daughter whose father died to the school’s annual father-daughter dance each and every year. He's just so nice! [Washington Post] * Damn, it's not just Arizona Summit's graduates who can't practice law in Arizona. Three lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis -- including Paul Clement, Viet Dinh, and Christopher Bartolomucci -- were booted from the school's case against the ABA for failing to comply with out-of-state attorney admission procedures. [Law360] * Acording to the Boston Larger Law Firm Managing Partner Group, "much work needs to be done" when it comes to attorneys who have experienced inappropriate sexual behavior at work. Per a recent study, 60 percent of respondents had either received messages of a personal or sexual nature, been touched inappropriately, or witnessed a coworker being touched inappropriately. [Boston Business Journal] * Lawyerly Lairs: Convicted Murderer Edition. The 80-acre ranch of Claud "Tex" McIver, the former Fisher Phillips partner who shot his wife in the back, is now on the auction block, and there's a dispute over who will receive the proceeds. [Daily Report]

By Staci Zaretsky
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.20.15

* Here's a very important lesson for all of the lawyers reading this: thinking about work while you're on the way to work doesn't mean that you're actually working. This novel argument failed miserably for a Biglaw partner trying to get out of a huge insurance claim. [WSJ Law Blog] * Justice Scalia isn't very fond of the media's coverage of SCOTUS: "They don't like conservatives on the court, or anywhere else for that matter. They do a lousy job. You can't expect them to do a good job." Wow, tell us how you really feel. [Arkansas Online] * "Enough! Enough! Call Loretta Lynch for a vote. Get her confirmed. Put her in place. Let her do her job.” After months of watching his pick for attorney general wait around thanks to political gridlock, President Obama has finally had it with this sh*t. [New York Times] * Good news, associates! If you leave your law firm job for a Supreme Court clerkship, you'll likely still be able to receive that gigantic SCOTUS hiring bonus -- to the tune of $300,000 plus! -- if you return to the firm you left when it's over. [National Law Journal] * "Hard questions have to be asked at law schools whose modest reputations and forgiving admission standards do not ensure their graduates gainful employment." High LSAT scores are down, bar failure is up, and law schools still say it's not their fault. [Bloomberg]

By Staci Zaretsky