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Re: Famous/infamous lawyers and where they went to school.....

Post by JOThompson » Wed May 26, 2010 10:44 am

CG614 wrote:
sdv wrote:Alexander Hamilton - Columbia

Columbia = TTT for bullet dodging

Alexander Hamilton played a major role in the revolutionary war. He was General Washington's right hand man, and lead the troops at Yorktown, which was the clinching victory of the war. I don't get your reference there.
Hamilton was killed in a pistol duel.

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Post by CG614 » Wed May 26, 2010 11:25 am

JOThompson wrote:
CG614 wrote:
sdv wrote:Alexander Hamilton - Columbia

Columbia = TTT for bullet dodging

Alexander Hamilton played a major role in the revolutionary war. He was General Washington's right hand man, and lead the troops at Yorktown, which was the clinching victory of the war. I don't get your reference there.
Hamilton was killed in a pistol duel.
Duh, thanks. I was not thinking about that... When I hear dodging in that context, I think of war dodging. Don't I feel special now.

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Re: Famous/infamous lawyers and where they went to school.....

Post by dgthree » Wed May 26, 2010 2:13 pm

the infamous Fred Phelps of Westboro Baptist went to Washburn.

Bob Dole also went to Washburn.

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Re: Famous/infamous lawyers and where they went to school.....

Post by sdv » Wed May 26, 2010 3:02 pm

FWIW,
CG614 wrote:
JOThompson wrote:
CG614 wrote:
sdv wrote:Alexander Hamilton - Columbia

Columbia = TTT for bullet dodging

Alexander Hamilton played a major role in the revolutionary war. He was General Washington's right hand man, and lead the troops at Yorktown, which was the clinching victory of the war. I don't get your reference there.
Hamilton was killed in a pistol duel.
Duh, thanks. I was not thinking about that... When I hear dodging in that context, I think of war dodging. Don't I feel special now.

Edit: Updated avatar to atone for my mistake.
FWIW, Aaron Burr was the first student at the first American Law School, Litchfield.

/The More You Know...

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Re: Famous/infamous lawyers and where they went to school.....

Post by MGH1989 » Wed May 26, 2010 10:32 pm

Bill Walton- Went to Stanford, but didn't graduate.

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Shannon Miller, Olympic gold medal gymnast - BC

Edit: Also, Jerry O’Connell - Southwestern

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Post by Pearalegal » Wed May 26, 2010 10:50 pm

JOThompson wrote:
CG614 wrote:
sdv wrote:Alexander Hamilton - Columbia

Columbia = TTT for bullet dodging

Alexander Hamilton played a major role in the revolutionary war. He was General Washington's right hand man, and lead the troops at Yorktown, which was the clinching victory of the war. I don't get your reference there.
Hamilton was killed in a pistol duel.
This was hysterical.

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Re: Famous/infamous lawyers and where they went to school.....

Post by GordonBombay » Wed May 26, 2010 10:53 pm

Frank Coonelley - President Pittsburgh Pirates - Catholic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Coonelly

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Post by GordonBombay » Wed May 26, 2010 11:05 pm

danielle77 wrote:i dont know if these two were mentioned:

howard weitzman, usc
gloria allred, loyola

this also lists all of the nfl cheerleaders that are lawyers:

http://ultimatecheerleaders.com/site-map/lists/lawyers/
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Post by tc9889 » Wed May 26, 2010 11:19 pm

Tony La Russa (St. Louis Cardinals manager) - Florida State

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Post by thatsnotmyname » Wed May 26, 2010 11:23 pm

GordonBombay wrote:
danielle77 wrote:i dont know if these two were mentioned:

howard weitzman, usc
gloria allred, loyola

this also lists all of the nfl cheerleaders that are lawyers:

http://ultimatecheerleaders.com/site-map/lists/lawyers/
Amazing
Perhaps the greatest law-related link ever posted.

Also, Regina graduated from GULC, practiced for three years, and then decided to go to GW Med School to become a surgeon. We only take the best. Redskins cheerleaders >>>>>>> ____________.

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Post by motiontodismiss » Thu May 27, 2010 10:19 am

Both Clintons-Yale
Both Obamas-Harvard

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Herb Kelleher-NYU
Herb Wachtell-NYU

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