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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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Professor Purr Monster: Legal Lessons I Learned From My Cat

December 17, 2020 by A Favorable Light 2 Comments

I’m not one to spend all day explaining to people how intuitive my cats are. But at the same time, I think there are a few lessons my brood has taught me over the years. I don’t just mean that they will pee on my bed in retribution for me going away for a long…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: cats, legal advice, litigation

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10 Creative Voir Dire Questions We Wish We Could Ask

July 8, 2013 by A Favorable Light Leave a Comment

In which we offer ten options for voir dire questions to the attorneys bold enough to use these less conventional alternatives. All ten are a good way to learn important things about potential jurors. Like if you’ll win.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: by the numbers, jury duty, litigation, voir dire

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Top 5 Reasons Why Attorneys Become Litigators

March 6, 2013 by Gregory D. Luce 11 Comments

Litigation is the common path for most young attorneys. In law school, the vast majority of subjects are taught through case law, i.e., litigation. In fact, most transactional courses are presented through the litigation lens: contracts, debtor/creditor, real estate transactions, etc. So it’s no surprise that most law school grads head straight to the litigation…

Filed Under: Columns, law school, Lawyer Tagged With: career, legal jobs, litigation, litigators, TN12

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An Open Letter to Commercial Litigators

October 25, 2011 by Namby Pamby 3 Comments

Why am I writing you this open letter? Simply put, you are a disgrace to the litigating community.

Filed Under: Lawyer, The Namby Pamby Tagged With: advice, courtroom, litigation

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Bitter Brief 17: Skinamax, Words with Friends, and the New WWITB Standard

August 25, 2011 by Bitter Brief 8 Comments

The What What in the Butt parody case, Words with Friends, and a skinamatic turn toward the surreal. This one is NSFW.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Bitter Brief, caselaw, Hollywood, litigation, sex

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Trudging Towards the End of Summer

August 16, 2011 by Namby Pamby 1 Comment

The law firm calendar has reached that page in the summer where there is absolutely nothing of importance going on in the office.

Filed Under: Lawyer, The Namby Pamby Tagged With: litigation, summer, summer associates

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Grabbing Hope from the Jaws of Defeat

August 2, 2011 by Namby Pamby 6 Comments

I am a lawyer that loses in some facet almost every day of the work-week. But that’s the thing, it’s part of what I bargained for so that I could be in this business.

Filed Under: Lawyer, The Namby Pamby Tagged With: litigation, personal injury

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Howard Stern Wack Packer "Elegant" Suing for $21 Million

July 26, 2011 by Mr. Law School 3 Comments

We sat down with Howard Stern Wack Packer “Elegant” Elliot Offen and talked about his $21 million dollar lawsuit against a Miami hotel for malicious prosecution and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Elegant claims that he was a guest at the hotel and that while in the hotel lobby he was thrown out because he…

Filed Under: Lawyer, Video Tagged With: celebrities, cross-dressing, litigation

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Buy This Book and Become an Expert Ambulance Chaser. Or Not.

July 19, 2011 by Namby Pamby 5 Comments

This is not a paid advertisement. This is just me ranting about attorneys masquerading as experts. As a member of a state bar, two federal bars and three bar associations it is unsurprising that my contact information lands in the hands of many different people that want my time and money. Every day at the…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer, The Namby Pamby Tagged With: ambulance chasing, litigation, personal injury, tort reform, torts

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