by RG | May 21, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: This is the latest installment in a series of posts on motherhood in the legal profession, in partnership with our friends at MothersEsquire. Welcome Sonya L. Sigler back to our pages. Click here if you’d like to donate to MothersEsquire. As I reflected upon...
by RG | May 20, 2025 | above the law
What do associates at major law firms care about more than money? Prestige, of course. But in times like these, when Biglaw firms are signing away their very legacies to appease Donald Trump’s unconstitutional whims, being a leader when it comes to compensation may...
by RG | May 20, 2025 | above the law
Justice Goodwin H. Liu (via YouTube)Being a high-profile judge isn’t all talking about typewriters during rule of law crises and getting gifted six-figure trips to fish with billionaires whose cases you will adjudicate. Donning the black robes that come with being a...
by RG | May 20, 2025 | above the law
We’ve called them cowardly and collaborators and capitulators and Trump’s deputies. We’ve characterized their actions as surrendering, bending the knee, and swearing fealty to the administration. We’ve branded them the Order of the Obsequious and bandied about the...
by RG | May 20, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I would never employ one of those law firms that did that, that essentially folded under these circumstances. — Billionaire Barry Diller, in comments given to Bloomberg News correspondent David Gura, concerning...
by RG | May 20, 2025 | above the law
How are tech-savvy personal injury lawyers leveraging the tools they have available? And what features are on their wish list? In this episode of “Adventures in Legal Tech,” host Jared Correia is joined by Rob Hartigan of Lionhart Injury Law to help you find out....