Tag: US
Lawyer’s swaggering response to ‘ham-fisted’ cease and desist letter goes viral
The US legal blogosphere was lit up yesterday by a brilliant leaked response to a...
Why it’s not a good idea to slap your lawyer’s bum in court
American football star Chad Johnson looked set to receive a community service order for a...
Video: The moment a drunk lawyer strips from waist down and lunges at police after apparently running away from a cab without paying
New York lawyer Stephanie Hendricks had quite an evening on Saturday. After a heavy drinking...
Lawyer commissions R’n’B ballad in his honour – then plays it on loop on his website
Visitors to the website of US lawyer Carl B Grant are greeted by a tuneful...
What Mid-Life Crisis? Skadden Partner Quits Law Because He Has ‘Been Blessed With The Incredible Good Fortune Of Being Married To TaQuita Thorns’
“I have decided to start a new phase of my life. I do not plan...
Fired Allen & Overy Lawyer-Turned-Sex Novelist Tells Of New Life in 2 Room Cabin Rented By The Night On Her Credit Card
Pursuing your dreams can come at a price. Deidre Dare (real name: Deidre Clark) used...
Ex-Wannabe Lawyer Sells His Name On eBay In Bid To Pay Off Massive US Law School Debts
“If you want my first name to be ‘Bob’s Supermarket’ and my last name to...
London-Based US Lawyer Embarks On Second Round Of Brit-Bashing In His Hilarious Blog
I may have gone a little too far last month when I urged criminals to...
Judge Gives Verbose Lawyer a Lesson In Editing
A US judge’s stinging criticism of a lawyer’s ability to write concisely has been doing...
Lawyer’s Porn Star Past Returns To Haunt Him
A US lawyer has admitted that he starred in porn films in the 1970s then...
Leaving Clifford Chance: A Mother’s Departure Email
The email reproduced below, by a female associate departing from Clifford Chance’s Washington DC office,...
Lawyer Jailed After Allegedly Drawing Penis Graffiti All Over The Walls Of His Former Law Firm
A disbarred personal injury lawyer, who has been charged with stealing clients’ money, has been...
The Cyberbullying Perils Of Having a Wikipedia Page When You’re a Law Student
Julian Dibbell is an author and writer for Wired, The New York Times and Village...
Please, No More ‘Nietzsche And The Law’! Why Americans Are Looking Enviously At The GDL Route To Legal Qualification
In comparison to our odd system of legal education – which sprawls haphazardly from the...
‘Senior Partners At Major Law Firms Can’t Afford To Live In Central London’, Claims Top US Lawyer
Mark Herrmann, a senior in-house lawyer at multinational company Aon, has recently moved to London...
Lawyer Punched In The Face In Court – By His Client
Shocking footage from a crowded US courtroom, where a defendant in an assault case punched...
Amateur Porn Filmed In Top Law School Library
More crazy stuff from across the pond, this time involving an amateur porn model who...
Lawyer Drops Joint In Court – In Front Of Police Officers
Monday was a bad day for US prosecutor Jason Cantrell… The full story is at...
Law Graduate Launches Online Begging Campaign To Save Him From Living With His Parents Until He’s 40
In Britain, law graduates who have failed to secure jobs as solicitors/barristers either toil away...
‘In The Years I Have Known Him, He Has Always Been An Arrogant Lawyer’: Is This The Worst Reference Letter Ever?
On Friday, a struck-off lawyer who used to work for the US law firm of...
Lawyer Files a Cartoon To Get Round Five-Page Limit
After having the length of his brief limited to five pages by a judge, New...