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The Thankful (Former) Laid-Off Lawyer

November 24, 2009 by Bitter Contributor 16 Comments

Greetings from the future. After being laid off last year 13 days before Christmas, I couldn’t help but resent the managing partner at my law firm who, in an effort to protect his personal bottom line, blindsided me with a pink slip in the late afternoon of Friday, December 12, 2008.  So last year, I…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: bitter rant, Generally Bitter

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Bitter Review: William Kunstler: Radical Lawyer Disturbing the Universe

November 20, 2009 by Todd Gilchrist 6 Comments

[Ed. Note: Weekends are for movies. So we turned to our film critic friend, Todd Gilchrist, for a review from the court of critical opinion.] William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe is a documentary about William Kunstler, a lawyer as confounding as he is inspiring.  After decades of service as a civil rights attorney and activist,…

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Partner to BL1Y: Associates are 'Self-Absorbed Egotists'

November 9, 2009 by Bitter Contributor 17 Comments

[Ed. Note: The following is written by the same “38-year-old partner at a prestigious firm” who wrote “Partner to Associates: Stop Being ‘Entitled, Whiny Pussies,’” which we posted last Wednesday.  It is a response to “Associate to Partners: Shut Up About Us Being ‘Entitled’” by frequent Bitter Lawyer contributor BL1Y and posted last Friday.] You…

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Partner to Associates: Stop Being 'Entitled, Whiny Pussies'

November 4, 2009 by Bitter Contributor 36 Comments

[Ed. Note: This piece by a “38-year-old partner at a prestigious firm” resulted in a four-part impromptu Partner v. Associate debate with frequent Bitter Lawyer commenter BL1Y, who is a recently laid-off BigLaw associate.  The four parts can be read in this order: 1.  “Partner to Associates: Stop Being ‘Entitled, Whiny Pussies’” 2.  “Associate to…

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Bitter Lawyer Baseball Fans: Yankees/Phillies

November 3, 2009 by Bitter Staff 16 Comments

A pair of record-book home runs by The Phillies’ Chase Utley (son of attorney David Utley) last night closed the gap to 3-2, and now the World Series heads back to a cracked-up Yankee Stadium for game six this Wednesday.  That means whether you’re a diehard baseball fanatic, a casual admirer or a total hater…

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Label Me the Fired Intern

October 26, 2009 by Bitter Contributor 17 Comments

One day. That is how long my first summer law firm internship lasted. I blame that label maker.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: bitter rant, Generally Bitter, internships, you're fired

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Bitter Review: Amelia

October 23, 2009 by Todd Gilchrist 7 Comments

[Ed. Note: Weekends are for movies. So we turned to our film critic friend, Todd Gilchrist, for a review from the court of critical opinion.] Watching Amelia, it’s hard to know what’s more generic—the rise, fall, and redemption story structure that director Mira Nair adopts in order to examine the life of Amelia Earhart, or…

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The Bitter Five: 10-23-09

October 23, 2009 by Bitter Staff 16 Comments

Welcome to the first episode of the new Bitter Lawyer series, The Bitter Five, where we break down the week’s top-five bitterest stories in the legal media. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009 Links to all the stories from this week’s The Bitter Five episode are listed below. No. 5 Louisiana Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell…

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The 1L and Dr. Douche

October 22, 2009 by Bitter Contributor 22 Comments

I caught a lot of hell for going to law school, but I never thought it would make me fear for my life. It’s been less than two months since I started law school, and in that time I’ve endured a steady stream of email forwards with lawyer jokes from my annoying uncles, suffered snide…

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Bruce Wasserstein: Deal King Lawyer?

October 19, 2009 by Bitter Staff 11 Comments

Name any mega-deal in the last three decades, and there’s a good chance Bruce Wasserstein had a heavy hand in it.  Wasserstein, who died last Wednesday at the age of 61, served as Chairman and CEO of the financial firm Lazard since 2005 and was a lawyer at Cravath, Swaine and Moore in New York…

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