Lawyers’ Holiday Confessions: Faux Gifts and Karaoke
Lawyers fessed up to some offbeat holiday traditions for a legal publication.
Above the Law founder David Lat goes to his parents’ New Jersey home, where about 30 family members “break out the Magic Microphone for a hard-hitting session of karaoke,” the National Law Journal reports. New York University law professor Arthur Miller wraps up everything from toilet paper to copy paper so he’ll have lots of presents under the tree. Trial lawyer Mark Lanier, known for his huge holiday parties with thousands of guests and big-name singing talent, hosts caroling in a chapel on his 35-acre Houston property.
Elliott Portnoy, chief executive of SNR Denton, participates in an aggressive flag football game at Thanksgiving, but shows his benevolent side at Hanukkah time. He and his family take one night to focus on those less fortunate, the NLJ says. Portnoy, his wife and three children have visited nursing homes, taken toys to sick kids, and helped the homeless.
“It’s an important holiday tradition, given how blessed we are,” he said.
Misspelling in headline corrected on Dec. 21.
