We recently caught up with former Bitter Lawyer writer Michael Estrin to chat about his new book Murder and Other Distractions. Considered one of Bitter Lawyer’s founding – and most popular – writers, you should not miss Michael’s book or his posts. But first, you can get free copy of the book today and tomorrow only. (Follow the first link!)
Here’s what Michael had to tell us about murder, drinking, writing, Bitter Lawyer, and his new book:
Matt Ritter is the creator and writer of Bitter Lawyer’s original webseries, The Bottom Rung. He also played the lead role, Dave. Matt has since been tapped by MSNBC to write and produce a new TV series for the cable network called Chained To My Ex. It premieres on MSNBC this Sunday, December 23rd, 9pm ET/6pm PT.
Bitter Lawyer caught up with Matt recently in L.A. and, after convincing his two body guards that we knew Matt, he spoke with us briefly about law school, The Bottom Rung, his new TV series, and getting the girl.
Bitter Lawyer recently caught up with Gretchen Rubin, former lawyer who turned to writing and is now the best selling author of Forty Ways to Look at JFK, Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill, Power Money Fame Sex, Restatement of Love, and Profane Waste.
Her last book, The Happiness Project, is an account of the year she spent test-driving the wisdom of the ages, the current scientific studies, and the lessons from popular culture about how to be happier. It just hit its 62nd week on the New York Times Best Seller list.
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With yesterday’s release of Fifteen Digits, a new thriller involving insider information and powerful New York law firms, we thought it was time to catch up with author Nick Santora. While he started out as a litigation associate at Sullivan & Cromwell, he’s long since become a prolific writer, show runner, and producer of scripted and unscripted TV, film, drama, comedy, comic books, and video games. Since we first interviewed him nearly four years ago about his work on Prison Break, quite a bit has changed. We sat down again with him last week, shortly before the release of his new book.
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We continue our interviews with the Comedians at Law, six former or current lawyers who are schlepping across the country in a national Lawmageddon Tour. You can find them this week in Boston and Los Angeles, and at both places you can find J-L Cauvin, Georgetown Law grad, former Bronx prosecutor, and current stand-up comic. And a mix of other things, as he’s quick to tell you.
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Kevin Israel jokes that, when he was born, his father held him aloft and loudly exclaimed “he will be a lawyer!” While we won’t ruin the punchline, Israel did become a lawyer, but only after first disappointing his parents to become a stand-up comic. And a good one at that.
Tonight at Zanie’s in Chicago, Israel, Greg Collett, and the other four Comedians at Law continue their Lawmageddon 2012 tour through six cities. This week we sat down with Israel to talk about his career, the show, and the ultimate disappointment of his parents.
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“No other profession inspires so many intelligent, articulate, and dynamic people to work hard and succeed like law does. It’s just that it often inspires them to succeed in some other profession.” — Lawyer and Comedian Greg Collett
It’s hard to pin down Greg Collett, whose career as a lawyer has moved from Sidley & Austin to big-time banker to political campaigning. He’s currently a stand-up comic and one of the founders of Comedians-at-Law, a group of six lawyers turned comedians who are set to launch the national comedy tour Lawmageddon 2012. Lawmageddon begins tonight in Washington D.C., and continues on to five other cities, including Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and New York. On day one of the Lawmageddon tour, we sat down to talk shop with Collett.
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With the premiere of the Bottom Rung set for next week, we had the chance to sit down with Matt Ritter, the brains behind the new web series devoted to the gunners, dreamers, and lifers who find themselves stuck and working together as document reviewers. After his own prior work in BigLaw—and as a doc reviewer—he’s now building his career as an actor and stand-up comedian. Here’s what he had to say about his career, fellow actors and comedians, and the Bottom Rung.
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Will Shortz graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law. But he always knew he had a higher calling — or should we say callings: New York Times crossword puzzle editor, puzzlemaster of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday,” star of the hit documentary “Wordplay,” ping-pong aficionado, and real life Riddler. Also, he has brought great joy to President Bill Clinton. He was kind enough to take a few minutes to chat with us.
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Lots of child actors end up in rehab, but only a few go onto successful adult acting career. Jeff Cohen parlayed his young acting talents (most notably, Chunk from The Goonies) into a successful career as one of LA’s top entertainment lawyers and his own firm, Cohen Gardner LLP. I sat down with him to discuss the old Goonies crew, how his clients get a kick out of having Chunk represent them, and how a flash mob formed in college to force him into doing the ol’ Truffle Shuffle.
