New York Attorney Is a Driving Force at the Track

Sam Caruso Jr. tried 13 felony cases in 2010. But when the Rochester, N.Y., criminal defense lawyer is in the winner’s circle, it’s just about as likely to be on the track as in court. Despite driving in only 25 harness races this year, the 54-year has had five wins,…

Aug 22, 2011 6:34 PM CDT

Around the Blawgosphere: A Law Prof Scamblogger?; Trying Cases and Doing Triathlons

‘Inside the Law School Scam’ An anonymous tenured “LawProf” at a school “located within a good regional university with some nationally recognized departments” who asserts that he is tenured has gone into the confessional to author Inside the Law School Scam, which launched this week and is six posts strong…

Aug 12, 2011 2:57 PM CDT

Some Firms Housing Busy Lawyers On Site in Sleeping Pods

Lawyers working night and day on big corporate cases in London have little time for personal routines, including going home for a good night’s rest or a few minutes of shuteye. Instead, many are taking up residence in rooms at their firms, some of them reportedly in the style of…

Aug 4, 2011 3:00 PM CDT

Freelance Law: Lawyers’ Network Helps These Women Keep a Hand in the Workforce

Aug 1, 2011 6:40 AM CDT

Hired Gun: Making Full-Time Work Out of Bits and Pieces

Aug 1, 2011 6:30 AM CDT

Wine Time: A Firm Finds Common Interests on the Vine

Aug 1, 2011 6:20 AM CDT

Some Ocean City Lawyers Put On a Suit in the Morning Because They’re Headed to the Beach

For a number of attorneys in the three-state Atlantic coastal area known as Delmarva, golf isn’t the pastime that brings them together socially outside of work. It’s surfing, reports the Daily Times. It’s not unusual for them to start the day in wetsuits before changing into more standard courtroom attire.…

Jul 25, 2011 8:24 PM CDT

Defense Attorney Quits High-Profile Kletzky Child-Murder Case, Says He Cried Over Victim’s Death

Some criminal defense attorneys pride themselves on being able to represent anyone, no matter how repulsive the crime of which they are accused. But a veteran lawyer abruptly quit a high-profile child murder case in New York this week, saying he had cried over the death of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky…

Jul 22, 2011 2:26 PM CDT

‘OK as a Judge,’ Retired California Jurist is a Record-Breaking High-Jumper

A former high school social studies teacher and prosecutor, as well as a retired judge, John Dobroth still hears juvenile cases in Ventura County, Calif. But although he is known for the thoughtful, creative sentences he metes out, the 70-year-old considers himself only “OK as a judge,” he tells the…

Jul 20, 2011 9:57 PM CDT

Recruited by Skadden as She Neared 70, Chicago Lawyer’s Job Is to Bring in Business, Mentor Women

Sheli Rosenberg had retired in 2002, well-to-do and weary after decades as a high-profile Illinois lawyer. When Wayne Whalen of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom asked her to breakfast last year at the Chicago Club, Rosenberg, who is now 69, expected him to pitch her about making a political…

Jul 19, 2011 5:20 PM CDT

Seeking The ‘New Perfect’: Survey of Female Lawyers Highlights Their Struggles and Skill

Jul 1, 2011 6:50 AM CDT

Are More Women Torn Between Work, Parenting? Yes, Says Litigator Whose Husband Stays Home with Kids

Weighing in on an ongoing New York Times debate about whether men and women react differently to the conflict between work demands and children, a Manhattan lawyer whose husband is the stay-at-home parent in their household says she believes biology is, to some degree, destiny. Although her husband is an…

Jun 20, 2011 10:42 PM CDT

Around the Blawgosphere: Shall You Use Another Word?; Bloggers Reflect on Debt, Small-Firm Ownership

Skip the Word, or You Shall Misuse It As one study questions U.S. Supreme Court justices’ increasing reliance on dictionaries, Lawyerist contributor Andy Mergendahl blogged Black’s Law Dictionary this week, pointing out its definition of shall (omitting examples): “Shall (vb). 1. Has a duty to; more broadly, is required to…2.…

Jun 17, 2011 1:30 PM CDT

Will Career Associate Programs Cause Resentment? At Orrick, Lawyers Cite the Benefits

David Perry, a 2009 Northwestern law grad, has $150,000 in law school debt and a lower paying career associate job at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. Perry, 37, tells the New York Times he’s satisfied. He landed the job after trying without success to find public service work. Now he says…

May 24, 2011 11:52 AM CDT

About 25 Percent of Lawyer Moms Leave the Workplace, Study Finds

About a quarter of lawyer moms leave the workplace, compared to about 6 percent of women with medical degrees. University of Chicago economist Jane Leber Herr noted the differences when analyzing a national survey of college graduates and a sample of Harvard alumnae, the Washington Post reports. Herr found that…

May 9, 2011 2:02 PM CDT