Comments on: The Myth of the Cool Partner

By: Michael ESQ

Michael ESQ — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:29:59 +0000

I had a similar experience when I got hired into Big Law straight out of law school. Luckily for me, I come from a rich family and told the prick that he may be the big man inside of the office, but once he stepped outside those doors, his Mercedes E-class, ugly, fat ass could kiss my good looking Ferrari driving ass.

Felt great. Now I work at a studio and laugh every day when I think back.

By: Catnip

Catnip — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:02:09 +0000

Wow – my experience is so different from some of y’alls. At my old firm, in the midwest, women almost never made partner unless they were easy to get along with. For men, on the other hand, being hard to get along with seemed to be practically a requirement for partnership. And the nicer male partners never seemed to have as much power as the a-holes. The more of a prick you were, the more likely you were to head an important department or committee.

By: Tenrou Ugetsu

Tenrou Ugetsu — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:11:22 +0000

Lawyers get such a bad rap. This articles a good eye opener for people not familiar with the legal world. We definitely need this, the last time I saw a piece like this was on this blog: http://lawblog.legalmatch.com/2009/06/18/trusting-americas-lawyers/

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:35:37 +0000

Enable microphone on blackberry at all times. Record. Choose the worst rant. Send to HR.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:32:12 +0000

WTF? Partners are like Nazi’s now? Partners deserve a little fun; after all, they, as GP’s have unlimited liability if the firm F***’s up. Therefore, a little wanking should be permissible.

By: Noway

Noway — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:18:21 +0000

“No one cares about inserting manhood in a willing female, Li Yuan. It’s about duping partners and clients to get away with banging each other.”

No one cares about the latter, either. If you promise to keep their money coming, partners will put scared children in a cattle car bound for Auschwitz.

By: inn the know

inn the know — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:15:44 +0000

Apparently it’s more complicated than the insertion of manhood. Other partners cut her slack to make room for her as a partner, not knowing the reason was because she was banging the head partner. No one cares about inserting manhood in a willing female, Li Yuan. It’s about duping partners and clients to get away with banging each other.

By: Li Yuan

Li Yuan — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:44:15 +0000

So much scandal about one man who inserts his manhood inside a willing female? In my country, this is de rigeur; it happens all of the time and never is newsworthy. If it were, the paper would consist only of this issue.

By: inn the know

inn the know — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:19:39 +0000

Sutherland is a law firm in ATL. Apparently, there was a partner there who slept with everybody and anybody, but was the grand pooh bah and no one every stopped him. He had some kind of personal issue and they pushed him out, and kept all the business. Then his little close knit group of associates and partners all found out he had a years long affair with one of them and they all turned on each other. She made out like a bandit though.
There are about 800 posts on a thread that started out about King and Spalding on Above the Law about the whole sorted mess. It would make a great book.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:10:26 +0000

Inn the know — sorry, wha? I don’t get it. What’s Sutherland…?