Category Work
And the winner is . . .
AMAZON!! That’s right, folks, the winner of this year’s contest for who gets to employ the charming young lawyer known as yours truly is Amazon. The competition was stiff, with companies from DC, New York, Colorado, California and Washington vying for my loyalty and the law firm putting up a valiant last-minute effort to avoid losing […]
Happy New Year (at last!)
You all probably hate me for leaving you hanging for so long! I mean, in mid-December I post a glamorously cryptic note about being back in New York for negotiations of uncertain duration, and then it’s radio silence for nearly a month. You’ve probably been worried sick that I might have had to repeat a tie. […]
Back for more
I’m back in New York for another round of negotiations. How long will I be here this time? No one knows! So far meetings are only scheduled for tomorrow; I can make it through Wednesday without needing to do laundry (and through sometime next week before needing to repeat a tie). Times Square as […]
Living out of a suitcase
It’s that time of year again! The days get darker and colder, normal people start gearing up for the holidays, and I move into my suitcase. It’s the busiest season for the media-related transactions that I specialize in, and because many of my clients and their counter parties are in New York, I end up […]
Birthday weekend, part 1 – Work/life balance
While on train to New York for a weekend of theatre and food with Amanda, receive email from partner basically telling me to cancel trip and spend all weekend working for client who doesn’t care that partner and I both have important personal plans this weekend. Breathe. Eat some nuts and dried fruit. Don’t cancel […]
The bunny and the steamroller
I’m back! At least for a minute. (Now I’m going to ramble for a minute, so if you want to jump to the good stuff — including cannibalism — feel free to scroll down.) Things have been relentless, to say the least. Remember back in August when I thought it would be a good idea to sign up […]
This is why they invented dark chocolate
I’m not gonna lie: today was rough. I’m trying to take all of next week off, you see, to visit family and reground myself; pretend like I have roots or something. And with today being the last work day before I left, I needed to get everything in a place where I could be gone. […]
Still here
I promise, people, I’m not dead or boring — just completely swamped at work. The last couple of weeks, and this week in particular, have been one of those periods when I feel like I earn every last one of those “big bucks” they pay me. From a sheer hours perspective, it hasn’t been as bad […]
In the press
One of the partners I work for is featured in The National Law Journal‘s list of DC Deal Makers of the Year. The write-up goes beyond Catherine’s work, though, and mentions several of the recent large deals that the firm has handled in the past eighteen months. And guess what? I got a shout-out: In […]
Rage Break
I am about to HAVE AN ANEURYSM at the document support staff at my firm. They persecute me with their incompetence. Why — WHY!! — is it so hard for people to do their jobs? This firm rakes in something like $600 million every year and we have some of the top legal minds and most cutting-edge legal work in the […]
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 