bitter rant

[Ed. Note: The following is again from Gianna Scatchell, the blogger behind LegallyNoted.com] In this modern technology age, the new normal is to live a version of your life online.  But in doing so, you’re forced to digitally declare your personal relationships—romantic or otherwise.  Will you be my Friend?  Who do you follow?  Who follows [...]

[Ed. Note: The following is again from Gianna Scatchell, the blogger behind LegallyNoted.com] What’s essential to any busy, studying gal’s wardrobe?  Leggings.  They can do no wrong as part of the perfect on-the-go outfit.  What’s the one pair of pants that look great with everything from Uggs to stilettos?  Leggings.  Day time.  Night time.  Any [...]

There’s one prick every lawyer tries to avoid, and I know of very few firms (and very few groups within large firms) that don’t have at least one partner who is a total egotistical dick—an “ED.” EDs are impossible with associates.  Any given ED knows exactly how he’s perceived, and all the partners and associates [...]

Greetings from the future. After being laid off last year 13 days before Christmas, I couldn’t help but resent the managing partner at my law firm who, in an effort to protect his personal bottom line, blindsided me with a pink slip in the late afternoon of Friday, December 12, 2008.  So last year, I [...]