Lately it may seem like everyone and their brother has a podcast. I mean, heck, we do. In case you missed it, Lance Armstrong does too. It’s called The Forward and it has had a solid, if not eclectic guest list including athlete Bo Jackson, comedian Bill Burr, former Esquire editor David Granger, boxing promoter…
Death Row & Billable Hours: Balancing Pro Bono in Big Law (Podcast)
Alfred Dewayne Brown was sent to death row in 2005 for a crime he didn’t commit. The dedication of a Big Law associate, Brian Stolarz, to his pro bono representation of Brown, helped exonerate him. The price Stolarz paid for the hours he put into the case cost him bonuses and the path to partnership.…
HBO’s Westworld Showrunner Keeps Bar Membership Active
I renew my bar membership every year, so if this all goes horribly wrong, I can still defend you in a court of law. – Lisa Joy, co-creator, co-showrunner, and executive producer of HBO’s “Westworld,” during an interview on WHYY’s Fresh Air (at 14:30 below). Joy attended Harvard Law School and was a practicing attorney before…
Arnold & Porter and Kaye Scholer to Merge After All (Podcast)
Arnold & Porter and Kaye Scholer, after months of talks, announced today that they will merge effective January 1, 2017. The new firm will have roughly 1,000 lawyers and will be called Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer. Josh Block and Casey Sullivan discuss the largest law firm merger (so far) of 2016. Subscribe to the Big Law…
Even Single-Digit Millionaires Need Access to Justice, Says Billionaire (Quotes)
If you’re middle class, if you’re upper middle class, if you’re a single-digit millionaire, like Hulk Hogan, you have no effective access to our legal system. It costs too much. – Peter Thiel, on underwriting Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker Media, during a National Press Club speakers newsmaker event on Monday Oct. 31 (at 41:00…
Big Law’s Most Famous Practicing Lawyer is…
David Boies and John Quinn are the most famous practicing lawyers in Big Law according to two polls Big Law Business conducted. Boies was the winner of a poll of Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg BNA executives, editors, and reporters, while Quinn was the winner of a poll of Big Law Business readers. Boies was the…
Supreme Court Advocates Verrilli & Clement Join Big Law Firms (Podcast)
Former United States Solicitors General Paul Clement and Donald Verrilli are among the “top tier of the top tier” of Supreme Court advocates, according to Greg Stohr who covers the Court for Bloomberg News. So, it’s big news that both announced in September that they are joining Big Law firms. In Clement’s case, he’s taking his…
Christopher Darden Doesn’t Need a Website for New Business (Quote)
I don’t know. Maybe. I don’t really need any more business right now. – Christopher Darden’s response to Adam Carolla, on the Reasonable Doubt podcast, when asked if his law firm has a website that he’d like to plug. ›››››
This Thurgood Marshall Ode is Unexpectedly Catchy (Quote)
Thurgood Marshall don’t you let me down, because I want to be inspired and mystified by the law. – From the hook of the very catchy song “Thurgood Marshall” by St. Lenox. The song appears on the new release, “Ten Hymns From My American Gothic.” Ok, what’s the Big Law angle you ask? St. Lenox…
