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Bitter Lawyer is under new management. Attorneys Erick Rigby and Josh Camson of CamsonRigby, LLC took over the site on May 1. It was a relatively peaceful transition. The former editor acquiesced to all demands and left after minimal bloodshed. But who are these new folks? Will they be as charming and witty as they [...]

Ever ask an-about-to-graduate law student if he or she is excited about graduation, and get a forced yes and pained expression in response? Let’s take a look into the mind of a graduating law student. A scary place, but maybe we can gather a few reasons why graduation just doesn’t get law students revved up [...]

Please enjoy the commencement speech that Northwest 3L’s school threatened to expel him for. – Ed. Good afternoon. I’d like to start by reminding whoever nominated me to give this speech that I’ll figure it out eventually. And once I do, well, you have to sleep eventually. As for everyone who voted for me, well, [...]

I assume you all know that lawyers are stuck in the 1990s. Lawyers still use faxes. Many still hand write notes on yellow legal pads. Our offices are filled with filing cabinets from cases 8 years old. But most old-timey of all: We love writing letters. And when it comes to legal writing, its not [...]

Apparently, the universe only hates me sometimes. Due to an unexpected stroke of luck, two female litigation partners at my firm recently sought me out and started using me on all of their cases. In the first instance, it’s been fabulous because they are good human beings who are capable of empathy, consideration, and gratitude. [...]

Admittedly, I probably didn’t start out as a great decision maker. I consult a Magic 8 Ball to decide trivial things like, “should I go to the pool today?”  I do opinion polls via SnapChat about what nail polish to use. But law school made the problem much worse. Years of “it depends,” and essay [...]