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Big bucks beyond Biglaw: a partner at an elite boutique just bought a $12.5 million apartment.
Lawyerly Lairs: Partners Part With Pricey Penthouse
A power couple -- the former general counsel of an investment bank, and her husband, a Davis Polk partner -- sell their $6 million penthouse.
Legal Is Changing. And NeoSummit Is Where The Future Is Being Built.
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Lawyerly Lairs: An $8 Million, Full-Floor Flat
A partner at a major law firm just acquired a beautiful prewar apartment on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
Lawyerly Lairs: A Quinn Emanuel Attorney’s Housing Hunt
How much did this Quinn Emanuel associate pay for his new home?
If You Want To Own A Home, Don’t Borrow Money To Go To Law School
You can have a J.D. or a house but not both.
Lawyerly Lairs: Million-Dollar Listings in Washington, D.C.
Partners pick up palatial pads in the nation's capital. What can you get for more than $1.5 million?
What Even Is AI ‘Competence’? It Depends.
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The Practice: Moving Offices
When you want to move offices, the focus should be on making money, not saving money.
Buying In: Biglaw Real Estate
Location, location, location: in the world of Biglaw, where you sit matters. Anonymous Partner explains how.
It’s Justice Sotomayor’s Beloved World; The Rest Of Us Are Just Living In It (Plus Tales From Her Honor’s Neighbors)
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Job of the Week: Say Shalom to a Very Unique Real Estate Position in South Florida
Above the Law presents its Job of the Week.
The New Way Litigators Handle Depositions Applies AI Every Step Of The Way
Depositions by Filevine help with scheduling, tracking goals, and trial prep.
Lawyerly Lairs: An M&A Maven’s Magnificent Manse
Biglaw offers big rewards. Check out this M&A partner's townhouse, now on the market for $7.25 million.
Lawyerly Lairs: Former Partner Purchases Holbrooke’s Home
A former Biglaw partner purchases the former home of a famous diplomat and noted journalist -- for the cool sum of $11 million.
Morning Docket: 01.10.13
* Eric Holder has agreed to serve once more as attorney general during President Barack Obama’s second term, but he still plans to leave at some point — after all, he’s no “Janet Reno of the Justice Department.” [Blog of Legal Times] * For those who care about Biglaw firms and the landlords who love them, fear not, because there’s a whole lot of moving and shaking in terms of commercial real estate deals for Arnold & Porter, Goodwin Procter, and Sidley Austin. [Am Law Daily] * Jacoby & Meyers scored at the Second Circuit, and the firm’s legal attack on New York’s ban on non-lawyer law firm ownership was reinstated. Soon Walmart will own a law firm with “Low Prices. Every day. On everything.” [Bloomberg] * Who’ll be stepping in to fill Evan Caminker’s $457,964 shoes as the next dean of Michigan Law? None other than Mark West, who’d like to improve financial aid and loan repayment programs. [National Law Journal] * Gun nuts, commence your rioting… now. If passed, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s sweeping gun-control proposal would make New York the state with the strictest gun laws in the country. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)] * Speaking of needless gun violence, by Friday, we’ll know whether there’s enough evidence to move forward with a trial for James Holmes, the accused shooter in the Aurora movie theater massacre. [New York Times]
Non-Sequiturs: 12.19.12
* So now, officially, more people have lost their jobs over Benghazi than lost their jobs over 9/11. [New York Times] * Could we sue the NRA out of existence? [Dissident Voice] * Nate Silver makes it clear that gun ownership is a great indication of party affiliation. Guess the liberals would get their asses handed to them in a civil war. [Five Thirty Eight / New York Times] * Should it be harder for a teenager to get his hands on a video game with lots of guns in it, or AN ACTUAL FREAKING GUN? [Huffington Post] * “Fun” law bloggers interview each other, for fun. [Allison Leotta] * Wait, McDonald’s restaurants in Europe have waitresses? [Telegraph] * Former Governor of Florida slams current Governor of Florida while nation wonders why Florida is always such a train wreck. [Blog of the Legal Times] * Bank robbers hail getaway cab. [Chicago Tribune] * Look, the quote of the year is Megyn Kelly’s, “Is this just math that you do as a Republican to make yourself feel better?” But here are some other fun ones from 2012. [The Careerist]
Lawyerly Lairs: The House That Winston Built
Behold the $10 million mansion built for Frederick Winston, the founding partner of Winston and Strawn. It's so huge, it looks like an apartment building.