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My (Former) Best Friend’s Wedding

June 21, 2021 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, Featured, Lawyer Tagged With: Associate Abuse, biglaw, litigation, wedding

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Seven Things to Look Forward to as a Junior Associate

October 21, 2017 by Bitter Staff 6 Comments

Seven Things to Look Forward to as a Junior Associate: 1.  Doing absolutely nothing all week, then getting a Friday phone call from a partner at 5:15 PM. 2.  Being uninteresting to people with cool jobs. 3.  Telling people that vacations are for pussies and actually believing it. 4.  Telling your friends that you have…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: associate, biglaw, Bitter by Numbers

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Five Types of Law Partners

September 20, 2017 by Bitter Staff 17 Comments

The five kinds of terrible and awful law partners you meet in BigLaw firms.

Filed Under: Bitter by Numbers, Lawyer Tagged With: biglaw, Bitter by Numbers, Featured, partners

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Why BigLaw Associates Should Listen to Me

August 24, 2017 by C. Hank Peters 9 Comments

At conferences throughout the year, I’m often pigeonholed by attendees, who look at my name and ask me this question: “Who the fuck are you?”  After I explain who I am and I buy a few rounds of drinks, people start talking to me. After a few more drinks, I tell them why my advice…

Filed Under: Big Legal Brain, Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: advice, Big Legal Brain, biglaw, gl11, SmallLaw

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Young Lawyers, You Have So Many New Office Possibilities

November 3, 2015 by Lisa Needham Leave a Comment

With word that at least one BigLaw firm is literally putting first-year associates in boxes, we tried to figure out what next locational ignominies would be visited upon baby lawyers who once used to dwell amongst the clouds, albeit in one of those middle-of-the-hallway offices rather than a corner suite. Used to be if you landed…

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Filed Under: Featured, Lawyer Tagged With: biglaw, locations

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White Shoe Law Firm Has Insufficient Minions

December 8, 2014 by Bitter Lawyer Leave a Comment

Remember how we recently told you that you do, at a bare minimum, need to show up for court? You probably read that and thought “Jesus Christ, Bitter Lawyer. Every last one of us knows that we have to show up. Who on earth DOESN’T show up?” Apparently the answer to that is “big shot…

Filed Under: Lawyer Tagged With: biglaw, don't do this, sidley austin

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Do You Have BigLaw Chops?

November 13, 2013 by Gregory D. Luce Leave a Comment

Well, do you have what it takes?

Filed Under: Features Lawyer, Infographlike Substances, Lawyer Tagged With: biglaw, Featured

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Why Corporate Law is a Total Scam

September 23, 2013 by M Walter 8 Comments

But I can’t really blame the corporate attorneys for what they are doing.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Associate Abuse, biglaw, business, Featured, law firm jobs, law jobs, lawsuit, partners, partnership track

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Bitter Vault: O.J. Simpson Trial: Where Are They Now?

August 9, 2012 by Bitter Vault Leave a Comment

O.J. Simpson Trial: Where Are They Now?

Filed Under: Best of Bitter Lawyer, Lawyer Tagged With: biglaw, bitter vault, From the Archives, Rob Kardashian Jr., robert kardashian, Twitter, usc

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Five Types of Legal Assistants Gone Bad

March 7, 2012 by Goo, Esq. Leave a Comment

While lawyers know a good legal assistant is worth her weight in gold, you sometimes end up with dead weight.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: biglaw, legal assistants

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