Personal Lives

Man Who Killed Wife Failed Bar 4 Times

After Clifton Eames failed the Texas bar exam four times, he helped persuade the state supreme court to adopt a more flexible rule last year about how many times applicants could take the test. By this point, however, his life was spiraling downward. Monday afternoon, he allegedly murdered his wife…

Aug 22, 2007 8:41 PM CDT

Lawyer on Esquire Best-Dressed List

A Florida lawyer is one of five finalists on a list of the world’s best-dressed “real” men put together by Esquire magazine in connection with its annual best-dressed list featuring the rich and famous. Adam Saben, 41, a Miami Beach attorney, is the only lawyer on the five-man list, which…

Aug 22, 2007 5:53 PM CDT

Facebook Costs, Benefits Firms

Employees surfing the Internet at work are nothing new. But Facebook is particularly tempting, a recent study finds, because the social networking site is so addictive. Workers checking their Facebook profile pages and seeing what’s happening in real-time in online social networks account for billions of dollars worth of lost…

Aug 21, 2007 8:23 PM CDT

More Sex Issues for WA Prosecutor

Originally accused of having an affair with the mother of a 17-year-old arson defendant and using the relationship to get confidential defense information a Washington state prosecutor is now facing additional professional issues. Liam Michael Golden’s sexual conduct reportedly may have been intermingled with his office’s handling of as many…

Aug 16, 2007 10:16 PM CDT

Great Expectations: Law Clan in 14-Year Estate Battle

Corrected: When Walter L. Green died in 1993, the prominent Prince George’s County jurist, lawyer and businessman left an estate variously estimated as worth between $17 million and $30 million, as well as a detailed 10-page will explaining how to divide it. The basic plan, however, wasn’t particularly complex: after…

Aug 15, 2007 10:57 PM CDT

Lawyer Attacks Pit Bulls, Saves Woman

When Paul Geller spotted two pit bulls attacking a pregnant woman walking her small dog in Delray Beach, Fla., this past weekend, he didn’t hesitate. Pulling over to the side of the road, the 39-year-old plaintiffs securities litigator warned his 8-year-old son not to try this himself and then leaped…

Aug 15, 2007 8:05 PM CDT

Alec Scott, Esq: ‘Why I Escaped the Law’

It isn’t just many American lawyers who feel overworked and dispirited. Their Canadian counterparts increasingly feel the same way, according to an article in next month’s issue of Toronto Life magazine. Author Alec Scott, a lawyer who is now a journalist, says that getting fired from a big Toronto firm…

Aug 13, 2007 11:09 PM CDT

Blogging for Success

Blogging was the ticket to success for Harvard University law student Jeremy Blachman. After interviewing for work as a summer associate, he created an online character called Anonymous Lawyer that was based on the partners he had met. Readers believed the writer who wrote about his e-mail obsession and his…

Aug 13, 2007 4:01 PM CDT

Have Laptop, Will Practice

Urban professionals like lawyer Jim Moylan are using technology to keep their careers despite moves to resort towns. Moylan has associates and a secretary at a Chicago law firm. But he conducts his securities and commodities practice from Steamboat Springs, Colo., using fax and e-mail to stay in touch. The…

Aug 13, 2007 3:11 PM CDT

Legal Thriller Author Shares Success Tips

Success didn’t happen the first time James Grippando tried to sell his legal thriller. Or the second. Or the third time. But eventually, Grippando, a former trial lawyer, found an agent, then a publisher. Grippando shared the pain-to-gain experience during a program at the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco,…

Aug 11, 2007 7:11 PM CDT

Influential Judges Keep Weight Down

Those who miss the blawg Underneath Their Robes and its Superhotties of the Federal Judiciary, take heart. Judge Richard Posner of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has some observations about judicial weight—and we don’t mean weight as in intelligent opinions. Writing on the Becker-Posner blog, the thin Posner…

Aug 10, 2007 5:47 PM CDT

Giuliani Prays ‘Like a Lawyer’

A Republican candidate for president says he prays like a lawyer. Rudy Giuliani made the comment in an appearance in Iowa last month, the Associated Press reports. “I believe in God,” Giuliani said. ”I pray and ask him for help. I pray like a lawyer. I try to make a…

Aug 10, 2007 4:02 PM CDT

Did Affair With Mom Help Prosecute Son?

A prosecutor in Washington state has been accused of gaining information through an affair with the mother of an arson defendant to help prosecute her 17-year-old son. Lewis County Prosecutor Michael Golden reportedly admits he had a relationship with Kristine Wallace, but denies any wrongdoing, saying that the relationship ended…

Aug 7, 2007 9:16 PM CDT

Law Grad Spots Stylish Attire in Trash

When she moved to Chicago from New York after graduating from law school last year, Lauri Apple, who is still looking for the job of her dreams, knew of at least one good way to save money. If she needs something to wear, she takes a look in the local…

Aug 6, 2007 9:47 PM CDT

Speed Trials

This marathon hopeful learns how to go the distance, quickly and safely

Aug 1, 2007 12:11 PM CDT