[photo1]Business development is key for attorneys who wish to advance in their careers at law firms. If an attorney is able to develop business, they may be able to become a partner sooner, and they m...
[photo1]2020 was a wild time. COVID was a thing, the police were handing out public executions to people over cigarettes, and people were using their newfound free time to exercise their fundamental r...
[photo1]Running a law firm can be challenging. The demands of practicing law are often overwhelming, leaving small firm lawyers with little time left to focus on law firm management. However, in today...
(Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)If you get convicted, you don't have to pay your lawyers, right? Isn't that the rule?That appears to be what deplorable podcaster Steve Bannon believes, accordin...
[photo1]Early in my career, I landed my dream job at a dream company. I was the first attorney at Etsy. For an artist turned lawyer[1] I couldn't have been happier with my day-to-day work, the culture...
When we last saw Keanu Reeves' John Wick, he was battered, bloodied, betrayed, and vowing revenge on the High Table. That's going to involve a lot of killing, as evidenced by the action-packed, very b...
[photo1]A month or two ago, I heard about a new artificial intelligence application called ChatGPT, with which I am sure many readers already have experience. I am not a tech person (so if any definit...
[photo1]The vast majority of law firm rankings depend on revenue, profits, and prestige, and here at Above the Law, we've covered just about every one of them. Now comes a new global Biglaw ranking th...
[photo1]On Friday, former K&L Gates partner Willie Dennis was sentenced to two years in prison following his October 2022 conviction on three counts of cyberstalking. As we previously reported, Dennis...
[photo1]Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!Who was the first Black woman appointed to the federal bench?Hint: The judge was appointed to the Sou...
[photo1]When we last checked in on suspended Pryor Cashman associate Colinford Mattis and housing attorney Urooj Rahman, both charged in May 2020 for their involvement with a Molotov cocktail attack o...
[photo1]Yesterday, I attended Georgetown Law's annual alumni luncheon in New York City. The event is always a highlight of my January social calendar. I am the type of person who can appreciate an ope...
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Last week Judge Donald Middlebrooks of the Southern District of Florida slapped Donald Trump and his lawyer Alina Habba with a million dollars in sanctions for f...
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I recently had my first in-person deposition in nearly three years. Although I have participated in dozens of depositions since the COVID-19 pandemic began, they have all occurred virtuall...
[photo1]When building a practice, especially early on, it can be very easy to focus on yourself. Money may be tough to come by. Good cases may be even harder to come by. And you may be like me, who de...
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This morning, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan imposed the maximum fine of $1.6 million on the Trump Organization for its longstanding scheme to pay e...
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If you haven't already subscribed to Above the Law's podcast "Thinking Like a Lawyer," then I highly recommend you subscribe to it as soon as possible. People often are too busy to read al...
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Last week, Donald Trump's lawyers made the bizarre argument that sexual assault is not a "distinct injustice," and thus New York's Adult Survivors Act, which r...
[photo1]* FINALLY. Firm leaders willing to come right out and say that "recession" fears are overblown at this point. Regular followers of Above the Law might have heard this point five or six hundred...
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Two things can be true at the same time: Steve Bannon's lawyers can legitimately despise him and want off his case. And Bannon can be manipulating the court ...