Best of Bitter Lawyer

Once the desktop screen appeared, he immediately clicked and found the “xxx” directory. Before you know it, I saw breasts bouncing on the screen, and he instructed me and the associate to watch a stream of hard-core porn on the computer.

Brian Koppelman is an example of someone who’s taken a JD and spun it into Hollywood success.

From BigLaw to the mom-and-pop shop, partner track bottlenecking forces every firm to suffer a garden variety of big chiefs. As a ball-busting, hopeful associate, if you don’t see yourself being (or being able to morph into) one of these five types, you may as well prepare for many frigid years of being looked over. [...]