Good biglaw departure stories?
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 6:47 pm
Inspired by that separate "how many of you are going to quit after getting bonus" thread, does anyone have any good war stories about people leaving biglaw and doing any of the petty revenge things we dream about? Attorneys are so boring. All this emphasize on professionalism, not burning bridges, etc. I want to see someone sitting in the office, at their desk watching youtube, cracking beers or whatever, ignoring a ringing phone. Someone dramatically chucking a phone off a rooftop in the middle of a zoom call would be good. Publicly dressing down some intolerable partner on the last day has got to be a common fantasy. Anything like that.
The best I can personally offer is someone in his two week notice period responding on an e-mail from a not particularly beloved partner asking to turn comments on a Saturday. The leaving associate responded to everyone in the thread with a picture of himself holding a beer and dancing at a club saying "sorry, won't be able to get to it tonight". I did not have to pick up the slack, so I thought it was pretty good.
The best I can personally offer is someone in his two week notice period responding on an e-mail from a not particularly beloved partner asking to turn comments on a Saturday. The leaving associate responded to everyone in the thread with a picture of himself holding a beer and dancing at a club saying "sorry, won't be able to get to it tonight". I did not have to pick up the slack, so I thought it was pretty good.