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I’m Debating Litigation Vs. Transactional

August 15, 2008 by Ex-Bitter 10 Comments

I know the initial answer will be “whatever you want” or “whatever you’re good at” or “whatever your personality traits fit, etc.” But overall, what’s better for a person’s career/career options, big firm transactional or big firm litigation?  And what type of transactional, etc. is better to go into?  Thank you. Great question.  And my…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Advice from an Ex-Bitter, biglaw, legal career

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I Work for a Crazy Senior Associate

August 14, 2008 by Ex-Bitter 3 Comments

I’m working with an asshole senior associate who I think just gave me a shitty review—which I didn’t deserve.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Advice from an Ex-Bitter, associate, biglaw, performance review

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I Had a Bad Review

August 11, 2008 by Ex-Bitter 6 Comments

I’m a second year associate at a Big New York Firm and at my performance review a partner told me only that I was “performing adequately.” Translation?

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Advice from an Ex-Bitter, biglaw, New York, performance review

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BREAKING: Associates Like Money

August 7, 2008 by Bitter Newsroom 1 Comment

The ABA Journal is reporting that associates who get paid the most are apparently the happiest with their compensation.

Filed Under: Lawyer, News & Views Tagged With: associates, biglaw, salaries

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Earthquakes Are for Pussies

July 29, 2008 by Bitter and Abused 7 Comments

Submitted by “anon_in_LA”: A little context: I work in a huge firm in downtown LA but am from the Northeast. We have blizzards, maybe the occasional hurricane, but that’s about it. No brush fires. No mudslides. No earthquakes. From 8.30 a.m. on this morning, I was the designated first-year note-taking bitch on a horrible, long-ass…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Associate Abuse, biglaw, earthquake, hurricane

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Shut Up and Drink

July 27, 2008 by Bitter Newsroom 6 Comments

True or false: Being a summer associate at a Big Firm is sort of like being an aspiring actress who comes to Hollywood and suddenly finds herself forced into a life of gonzo porn and crystal meth by a big-time agent who threatened to ruin her life if she didn’t do what he said. If…

Filed Under: Lawyer, News & Views Tagged With: biglaw, bitter rant, summer associates

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The Cravath System at Work

July 22, 2008 by Bitter Newsroom Leave a Comment

Former Cravath superlawyer and convicted sex perv James Colliton is now suing American Express for millions of dollars for revealing his location to authorities in 2006 while he was hiding and on the run from charges that he paid a woman to have sex with her 13- and 15-year-old daughters. In his suit, the so-called…

Filed Under: Lawyer, News & Views Tagged With: arrest, biglaw, Cravath, lawsuit

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My (Former) Best Friend’s Wedding

July 14, 2008 by Bitter and Abused 17 Comments

I was in the middle of a merger deal, working 80 hours a week, for about two months. For weeks, I’d been telling the partner, I was best man in an upcoming wedding and I couldn’t work Saturday the 5th.  He assured me that I’d be fine.  “For God’s sake, what kind of monster do you…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Associate Abuse, biglaw, litigation, wedding

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