I would think he would need to work for at least a year or so before going into office.

I think Wanker referenced a former governor of VA who went to a BIGVA firm after he was governor, and ncs has discussed Ron Kirk, and I think Kay Bailey Hutchison's husband was a politician for a long time (how they met) and then went to BIGTEX, but I don't know whether he was at a firm before he went into politics or was at one at all while in politics.

ETA I think you steered him right, but wtf do I know? Unless he is part of a famous political family, it's kind of a stretch to assume that he will be successful and influential enough in politics to get a job at a prominent firm.

Ya Ya Sisterhood
 

Spoiler space would be nice, bitch. I was busy having sex at 10pm last night and had to tivo my new favorite show. And now you're telling me that my favorite girl got voted off? Damn.you.Flower.

Well, he's not going to run for office in the last three years before partnership, right?

But you know as well as anyone that associates can slack off and do anything for a couple of years at a law firm if they don't really care about partnership. That seems like a feasible approach. Work hard for two years, coast for three years while hobnobing with the relevant party.

(I'm told on good information that Alex Kozinski got his judgeship pretty much that way; Covington and Burling wasn't particularly impressed with his billables his last couple of years, but they knew better than to bitch to the Reagan white house.)

Maybe the better answer is that it's not common, and em should think hard about how the BIGLAW career is supposed to set up the political career.

Ya Ya Sisterhood
 

Not to be a pedant or anything, but I recently read somewhere that this business of emphasizing words with additional periods is all. played. out.

N.B. -- Even more played out is stringing a bunch of the periods together, I hear.

You can do anything with a law degree!

I've been thinking about wiping my ass with mine.

Landis
 

I don't really care about ththis but I enjoyed this sentence:

• "Dick Pound piling on makes it impossible for us to get a fair hearing unless it is open to the public."

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/cyclin...ory?id=2551555

For that purpose, I'd rather have $110,000 in one-dollar bills.

I was talking about the pre-mayoral run when he was at White & Case.

TM

being a movie star or a professional wrassler seems to help more than biglaw. is your friend good looking?

So would I.

No, but steroids might be an option for the latter career choice.

Headline of the Day.
 

Thompson was the former US Attorney in Chicago before becoming Governor of Illinois. He became a partner at Winsotn & Strawn after leaving office.

Ty Fahner was State's Attorney and also in the US Attorney's office. I believe he's at Mayer Brown now.

Ya Ya Sisterhood
 

Where is he anyway?

TM

Headline of the Day.
 

And quite possibly, the best avatar, for a specific poster, ever .

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Co...7p.hmedium.jpg

TM

Ya Ya Sisterhood
 

I suspect this might have something to do with it.

http://www.lawtalkers.com/forums/sho...875#post252875

ppnyc
 

I think I should chaperone.

ppnyc
 

HAHAHAHA

ppnyc
 

Translation: I want Thurgreed all to myself.

Friggin' Penske.
 

Oops, I apologise. Although, I am LOL, arse over tit.

ppnyc
 

Is pony even in NY? I am so clueless.

Bring the Mary Jane at 420
 

That was an option?!? Shit.

And now that the wiretaps are off my phone, I can talk to my dealer freely without having to use code.

ppnyc
 

NJ, same thing.

ppnyc
 

No.

Not same thing. NY is the capitol of the universe. NJ is the asshole of the universe.

I have also said (and this is outable) that I would live in Tehran before I lived in NJ.

ppnyc
 

I think NJ year end bonuses are lower than NYC- maybe like the $500 range.

ppnyc
 

Be grateful it's just rpuppy and the claws. Gwink is a vampire, you know, and when she sharpens her teeth, it can leave a nasty bruise.

ppnyc
 

i have garlic, I am armed. thanks dtb,

ppnyc
 

Really?!?

How about a high end development like the luxury townhomes at LightHouse Bay in South Amboy, New Jersey? In addition to luxuriousness, as I understand it, it is conveniently located to Manhattan, with the nearby hi-speed ferry direct to lower Manahattan, in addition to fast, dependable light rail service.

Although good luck getting an affourdable price. I know that some of the luxury townhome units at the Lighthouse in South Amboy have appreciated up to 20% since March...

ppnyc
 

Oh NO not that again. ay yi yi

Where the hell is Erisa?
 

AoN, RT I didn't mean to offend you. you are usually very nice to me and a nice person. sorry if I offended you. and yes that is extended generally but really to RT since she's always been very sweet.

Where the hell is Erisa?
 

Translation: ncs can suck it.

ppnyc
 

Bite me.

ppnyc
 

I have never seen GWNC, so I will have trust the word of those that have. I do remember she once reported chipped or cracked fingernails. Maybe that sort of lack of attention to cuticles flows from having to go out clubbing instead of having a supportive husband to come home to, allowing the time to properly manicure?

ppnyc
 

Killer.

ppnyc
 

Since everyone knows you're a Penske sock, this is meaningless.

Manties
 

Here is a new website for you.

Here is a link to the bows and roses section.

Generally pretty safe for work. Unless, of course, you don't want people seeing you buy your manties from your work computer.

My Rant
 

You are a goofball and a weirdo. Fortunately for you, I have a weakness for goofballs and weirdos (and weirdo goofballs? don't even get me started). So I am willing, retroactively, to acknowledge that at one time you crushed me. Carry on.

Ya Ya Sisterhood
 

*sniff* I miss him.

I think he is checking PMs.