BitterLawyer.com is a legal humor and news blog

Blog

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 targeted at disgruntled lawyers. The site features a webshow titled Living the Dream, created by Rick Eid, which follows the bumblings of fictional big law junior associate Nick Conley (played by John T. Woods). Accompanying blog posts describe the real-life inspirations behind each webisode. There are also many columns: an advice column authored by "an Ex-Bitter"; "Associate Abuse," which posts associate war stories from all over; "Bitter by Numbers," an opinion column appearing in list form; "Loose Ends," which covers legal news; "Bitter Rant," which posts lawyer rants from all over; "Pictures Framed," which posts images or illustrations of lawyers and invites readers to submit captions; and "Temper(a)mental," written from the point of view of a legal temp.

Authors

Creator of the site Rick Eid is executive producer of the CBS

CBS

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 series The Ex List. He has also been a producer and writer for the television shows Law & Order

Law & Order

Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...

, Law & Order: Trial by Jury

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

Law & Order: Trial by Jury is an American television drama about criminal trials set in New York City. It was the third spin-off from the long-running Law & Order. The show's almost exclusive focus was on the criminal trial of the accused, showing both the prosecution's and defense's preparation...

, Conviction (which he created) and The Guardian (TV series)

The Guardian (TV series)

The Guardian is an American drama series which aired on CBS from September 25, 2001 to May 4, 2004. It is currently showing in re-runs on the Sleuth Channel in the US. The Guardian has also aired in the United Kingdom on the Hallmark Channel, ABC1 and more recently five USA and as of August...

. He is also a former Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom associate and Manatt, Phelps & Phillips partner.

"Matthew Richardson" is a mergers and acquisitions BigLaw associate in New York.

"Law Firm 10" is a BigLaw associate in Chicago.

Michael Estrin is a former lawyer and full-time writer.

"Ex-Bitter" is a former BigLaw partner.

BitterLawyer also features some recurring guest bloggers such as Philadelphia Lawyer of PhilaLawyer.net and BL1Y of BL1Y.com.

Recognition

Bitter Lawyer was ranked in the ABA Journal Blawg 100

ABA Journal

The ABA Journal is a monthly legal trade magazine and the flagship publication of the American Bar Association. It claims to be "read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month"...

 in the "Lighter Fare" category, calling the blog "a category killer for legal humor websites."

In 2010 Bitter Lawyer won a Webby

Webby Awards

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 for best legal website.

Notable Interviews

Bitter Lawyer regularly interviews celebrities with a connection to the legal community, typically people were formerly lawyers but have since made a name for themselves in another profession. Past interviews have included:

Eugene Volokh

Eugene Volokh

Eugene Volokh is an American legal commentator and the Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law...

 of "The Volokh Conspiracy

The Volokh Conspiracy

The Volokh Conspiracy is a blog which mostly covers United States legal and political issues, generally from a libertarian or conservative perspective. One of the most widely read legal blogs in the United States, The Volokh Conspiracy has more than one million page views each month. This group...

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humorist and author Tucker Max

Tucker Max

Tucker Max is an American author and public speaker. He chronicles his drunken and sexual encounters in the form of short stories on his website TuckerMax.com, which has received millions of visitors since Max launched it for a bet in 2002, making him an Internet celebrity.Max's book I Hope They...

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author Elizabeth Wurtzel

Elizabeth Wurtzel

Elizabeth Lee Wurtzel is an American corporate attorney, writer and journalist, known for her work in the confessional memoir genre. She is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School.-Early life:...

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Jeff Marx

Jeff Marx

Jeff Marx is a composer and lyricist of musicals. He is best known for creating the Broadway musical Avenue Q with collaborator Robert Lopez.- Early life :...

, composer for Avenue Q

Avenue Q

Avenue Q is a musical in two acts, conceived by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, who wrote the music and lyrics. The book was written by Jeff Whitty and the show was directed by Jason Moore and produced by Kevin McCollum, Robyn Goodman, and Jeffrey Seller...

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cartoonist Stephan Pastis

Stephan Pastis

Stephan Thomas Pastis is an American cartoonist and the creator of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine.-Background:...

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author Jeffrey Toobin

Jeffrey Toobin

Jeffrey Ross Toobin is an American lawyer, author, and legal analyst for CNN and The New Yorker.-Early life and education:...

,
Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach,
and Joe Escalante

Joe Escalante

Joseph Patrick "Joe" Escalante is an American musician, record label owner, radio host, film and music video director, and amateur matador, as well as a former television executive and entertainment lawyer...

, owner of Kung Fu Records

Kung Fu Records

Kung Fu Records is an American independent record label founded in 1996 by Joe Escalante and Warren Fitzgerald of the punk rock band The Vandals. Founded in order to release a record by the Riverside, California band Assorted Jelly Beans, the label soon grew to include a roster of notable artists...

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