Personal Lives

Lawyer Shells Out Big Bucks for Dating Coach

The dating game is getting so complicated that some people are hiring coaches to help them navigate the process. One person who is willing to pay for such expert advice is Kristen Skaff, a 35-year-old Detroit-area lawyer, the New York Times reports. She attended a dating boot camp in Los…

Sep 27, 2007 6:04 PM CDT

Nice Job: World’s Richest Representation

Ten years ago, Steven Selsberg left the Houston office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges because he didn’t make partner. Today, his professional future is looking a lot brighter. Although has racked up a number of professional accomplishments in the meantime, including partnerships at two major law firms, one in particular…

Sep 25, 2007 8:51 PM CDT

Ex-Prostitute Leaves Law to Write Movie Script

Lawyer Cupcake Brown, once a prostitute and a drug user, is leaving Bingham McCutchen to write the movie script for her best-selling memoir A Piece of Cake. A four-day crack binge nearly killed Brown, who turned her life around and graduated from law school in 2001, the Recorder reports in…

Sep 25, 2007 1:42 PM CDT

NY Lawyer Navigates Dating on the Cheap

Lori Weiss, a 29-year-old New York lawyer, makes more money than a lot of her dates, but she tries not to show it. She hides shopping bags and quickly clips the price tags off new clothes so her dates won’t feel threatened by the income disparity, the New York Times…

Sep 24, 2007 6:21 PM CDT

TN Lawyer Helps Rescue Pilot

A Chattanooga, Tenn., lawyer was among the rescuers who helped pull survivors from a small plane that crashed in a shopping center parking lot Wednesday. The plane had crashed as it approached the runway at the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport. The pilot and three passengers were taken to a hospital for…

Sep 20, 2007 12:41 PM CDT

Police: Lawyer Robbed Drugstore

An Oklahoma City attorney has been arrested and is accused of robbing the same pharmacy three times yesterday in the course of 11 minutes. Police say 50-year-old Robert Behlen, a civil litigator who lives in Edmond, robbed the drugstore of painkillers at gunpoint in one of these incidents, escaped in…

Sep 19, 2007 8:09 PM CDT

Thrillers Pave Unlikely Path to Success

For most attorneys, planning to write a best-seller and have at least the option of retiring from law practice is about as realistic as high school players’ dreams of NBA or NFL stardom. But a fortunate few actually do achieve such goals, and among the elite cadre of lawyers whose…

Sep 18, 2007 3:24 PM CDT

New Firm Resolves ‘Sunday Stomach’

Kevin Broyles once wanted to be a partner at a big-name law firm. But today he counts himself lucky to be able to leave his law office in time to coach Pee Wee football at 6:30 p.m. “It’s a matter of getting your priorities in order,” Broyles, 36, tells the…

Sep 17, 2007 11:05 PM CDT

Janet Reno, Music Mogul

The woman who became famous as the first female attorney general of the United States is now making a mark in an entirely different line of work: music production. Janet Reno, 69, has put together a three-CD package, Song of America, that provides a musical history of the country, and…

Sep 17, 2007 4:49 PM CDT

‘Justice’ Mule Mascot Found ... In Pieces

There is a sad ending to the story of “Justice,” a life-size fiberglass mule holding the scales of justice dangling from its mouth that has served as a mascot to a Scranton, Pa., law firm for the last four years. Stolen over the weekend from the front porch of Scartelli,…

Sep 14, 2007 2:11 AM CDT

Street Legal Lawyers Look for Adventure

The deep aggressive roar of a Harley engine generally isn’t the first association that comes to mind concerning an attorney. But it’s a familiar sound to the founding members of the western Wisconsin chapter of Street Legal, a motorcycle club for attorneys and other legal professionals, writes the Pierce County…

Sep 13, 2007 11:08 PM CDT

Lawyer’s Tie in Tatters Over Terrorism Matters

A Texas lawyer’s ragged red, white and blue tie is not a fashion statement. Robert Flournoy of Lufkin City vowed to keep wearing the tie, purchased at the 2000 Republican National Convention, until Osama bin Laden is captured or proven dead, according to a story on the Tex Parte blog…

Sep 13, 2007 12:47 PM CDT

Shackled Fen-Phen Lawyers Seek Release, Judge Says No

Shackled and attired in faded gray-and-white-striped jail uniforms, three personal injury attorneys involved in mega-bucks fen-phen litigation attended a federal court hearing in Kentucky today to seek their release. Accused of bilking clients out of $64 million from a $200 million litigation settlement in 2001 concerning the diet drug combination,…

Sep 11, 2007 8:10 PM CDT

Law Prof Succeeds Despite Schizophrenia

When Elyn Saks got married in 2001, she wondered if aliens might attend the wedding reception. At one point in her life, she thought about kidnapping her psychotherapist and keeping her in a closet, so the woman would always be available for therapy sessions. Yet while Saks, 51, still struggles…

Sep 11, 2007 5:50 PM CDT

‘TB Lawyer’ Fights to Regain Practice

Less than six months ago, life seemed good for Andrew H. Speaker, even though he’d been diagnosed with tuberculosis. The young personal injury lawyer was getting married, and about to start his own practice in Atlanta. Then he became the subject of international disapprobation for allegedly endangering others by taking…

Sep 10, 2007 10:17 PM CDT