Ladies and gentlemen ... the President of Wild Wild Law! [Applause]Thank you, thank you. [Standing Ovation] Oh, thank you ... please be seated. Good morning. Today, in lieu of our usual open thread, I wanted to take a moment to address the current and future state of our little legal rag. [Applause]
First, I would like to thank you all for your comments. You have some great suggestions, and we are listening. [Applause]
We have been working for a couple weeks on contacting candidates for judicial office and hope to present a weekly feature sometime in the near future where everyone will be given ample opportunity to comment on each of our prospective judges. We appreciate the feedback (both good and bad), and ask that you keep it coming. [Applause]
I view this blog as belonging to the legal community, or at least those of us who are petty enough to enjoy a little schadenfreude. We on this end of the keyboard are simply conversation starters, it's really your comments that make this blog great. [Applause]
We want this to be a place where lawyers and legal staff can feel free to talk about the issues that non-lawyers have no interest in. A place where you can start an actual intellectual discussion, without facing the wrath of the crazies who inhabit the comments of our local papers. [Applause ... TFML mouthes the words "Not true"]
Also, to pull back the curtain a little bit, we are not trying to be ATL or the WSJ Law Blog. Perhaps the biggest difference between those blogs and us is that we don't get paid to do this. That, and we are working with a much smaller canvass; being strictly focused on Nevada antics. We have the same draining document-reviewing, deposition-conducting, calendar-call-attending jobs as most of you. Therefore, try to understand when we take a little break from posting when nothing interesting is going on. [Some jackoff yells: "You suck donkey balls!"]
On that point, some of the greatest stories we've done on this blog have been the result of your tips, so please keep them coming. We don't enjoy posting stories about how much Krolicki paid in legal fees any more than you enjoy reading them, but sometimes we throw something up when things are slow just to keep the conversation going. [Crickets, confused looks, same guy yells out "Liar!"]
That being said, if any of you feel that you have Nevada legal gossip chops, please send us an inquiry. We'd be happy to offer you a spot so that you may try your hand at the wonderful world that is anonymous legal blogging. [Applause]
I'm happy to provide a forum for legal discussion. I personally read every comment and email you submit. I'm just as big of a fan of this blog as you guys are ... I just happen to be the one in the driver's seat of this RV party bus.
So that, my friends, is the current State of the Blog. In summation:
- Judicial candidate posts coming soon
- We love your comments
- No hot news = no hot posts
- Your tips make this blog
- Less crazies = more better
- Now hiring
Thank you and God bless. [Applause ... fade to black]
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I've heard rumors this week of mass defections at both Santoro Driggs and Glaser Weil. Anyone know what happened?
ReplyDeletesorry about the donkey balls post, that was me, I take it back .
ReplyDeleteI heard about Santoro too. I guess half of the firm left on January 1 and there are more partners than associates there now.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: is there such a thing as a reputable personal injury firm in las vegas? Somewhere where the legal community would not think less of you for working there?
ReplyDeleteJust curious.
Changing gears for a second...since this is a "state of the state" like address, I want to see how Gibbons is going to justify failing to apply for any of the high speed train funds ($8 Billion) to create a system between Vegas and Southern California. If this was a partisian move, then that's completely unacceptable. Harming Nevada (given that 25% of Vegas' visitors come from Southern California) because of a political agenda demonstrates that common sense is leaving politics.
ReplyDelete9:37 -- I don't know, but I'd also want to know what, if any, strings or obligations would fall on the state from accepting the cash. I'd also be interested in a breakdown on whether widening the 15 would make more sense. That said, I don't rule out some dubious motive.
ReplyDeleteI spoke to Gibbons once, and he focused entirely on the 20-something babe who approached seconds later. I can't blame him for that, except that he shouldn't have made it so obvious.
I can confirm Glaser Weil -- it is a defection (not a layoff).
ReplyDeleteA similar situation is unfolding at Woods Erickson (out in Henderson). It too is a defection.
ReplyDelete9:34 AM
ReplyDeleteProbably no one would think less of you if you worked at Brenske's firm, or Craig Kenny's, or Bensen Bertoldo, or Keith Galliher's, or Kemp Jones, or Don Campbell's.
Gibbons
ReplyDeleteIf there weren't any strings attached to accepting the high speed train funds, then Gibbons should go down as one of the worst Governors in the country. I think there is uniform acknowledgment from both parties that he needs to go.
10:15 - Who are they defecting to?
ReplyDeleteEveryone is going to call me a liar, but the Glaser Weil attorneys are leaving to work for Glen Lerner. Seriously.
ReplyDeletedonkey balls donkey balls ass hat ass hat
ReplyDeleteTouching post. I hope we all get to toast the Wild Law crew in person someday.
ReplyDeleteOnce reputable construction boutique firm Peel Brimley has had a bunch of defections as well. Robert Schumacher took his whole team and a bunch of associates have left or are in the process of doing so. PB's reaction? They're making Michael Gebhart a partner (recently separated from Hollard and Hart and formerly a defector from Peel Brimley).
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean, by this statement?
ReplyDeleteWe want this to be a place where lawyers and legal staff can feel free to talk about the issues that non-lawyers have no interest in. A place where you can start an actual intellectual discussion, without facing the wrath of the crazies who inhabit the comments of our local papers. [Applause ... TFML mouthes the words "Not true"]
@9:15 how could a firm with a client base of sub-contractors survive these days? I would be very surprised if they had many clients left who could afford attorney fees. Does anyone know how many attorneys are left at PB?
ReplyDeleteWild Wild Law should do us all a favor and immediately remove childish posts such as anon 3:17
ReplyDelete1053 ur an ass hat
ReplyDelete10:53? There is no 10:53. I'm confused...
ReplyDelete10:52 AM - F'you, fascist pig.
ReplyDeleteanon 2:33 am
ReplyDeleteYou must live a very exciting and fulfilling life to be up at 2:33 in the morning writing silly blogs. You are a good example of why cheap whiskey and a dysfunctional personality are a BAD combination. It looks you have not sobered up even by 1:52 pm.