Interviews

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Devotees of daytime television know her simply as Judge Cristina, the charismatic jurist behind television’s Cristina’s Court

Post image for Jay Bilas: ESPN Analyst & Esq.

Name and current title? Jay Bilas, Of Counsel, Moore and Van Allen, PLLC and college basketball analyst for ESPN. Where did you go to Law School? Duke Law School, JD, 1992. Practice area? Commercial Litigation. What is a typical day in the life of a college basketball analyst? Is it as fun as it seems? [...]

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Name and current title? Robert M. Parker, wine critic and founder of eRobertParker.com. That’s a cool title. But what do you really do? What’s a day in the life of a wine critic? I have been a full-time wine critic since 1983. It is hard to describe an average day. Approximately three months of the [...]

Post image for Marc Guggenheim: Comic Book Lawyer

Marc Guggenheim, a writer/producer for television, film, comic books and video games, sat down with Bitter Lawyer recently to talk about his work. Where have we seen your work? Television:The Practice;Law & Order;Dragnet;Jack & Bobby;CSI: Miami; In Justice;Brothers & Sisters;Eli Stone. Film:Green Lantern (in development);Resurrection (in development). Comic books:Aquaman (DC Comics, 2005);Batman Confidential (DC Comics, [...]

Post image for Catalina Girald: Fashionista-in-Chief

Bitter Lawyer sits down with the Boston College law grad to talk law school, fashion, and building Moxsie, a successful retail fashion site

Post image for Deidre Dare and the Era of Deidre

[Ed. Note: Legal gossip hounds certainly know the name Deidre Dare. She’s the former Allen & Overy senior associate living in Moscow who was terminated for publishing portions of her novel, Expat, online. But for those who were actually working over the past few weeks, the details are best summarized in The Times Online and [...]

Post image for Noel Biderman: King of Infidelity

Name and Current Title? Noel Biderman, President and COO of Avid Life Media (owners of AshleyMadison.com and HotOrNot.com). And President and CEO of AshleyMadison.com. Law School? Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Canada. Class of ’95. What is Ashley Madison, and what’s it all about all about? AshleyMadison is a dating service for married/attached people. It [...]

Post image for Valerie Beck, Chicago Chocolate Tours

What’s your current job and title? I’m the president and founder of Chicago Chocolate Tours. What is a typical day like for you? A typical day for me is chocolate-filled, of course! Entrepreneurship is about making something visible that would have remained invisible. Chicago Chocolate Tours is growing and booming, and most of my focus [...]

Post image for Shawn Foust, Video Game Attorney Guru

Current title and employer? Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP. Associate and founder of the Video Game Industry Team. Law School? Law review? University of Virginia. Absolutely not. I elected to go the moot court and mock trial path, but it really seemed like my friends had a blast with the law reviews. Describe a [...]

Post image for Joe Escalante, Owner, Kung Fu Records

Bitter Lawyer sat down with Joe Escalante in 2008 to talk about his career as a lawyer, bassist, popular radio talk-show host, and record label maven.