What's your take?

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Now that I know what elite securities industry circles you move in I'm going to have to blame you in part for this financial crisis. I'm sorry, but you're responsible, and no doubt extremely rich.

Two Ueber Wealthy attorneys accusing each other of being wealthy and part of the problem. ty.

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

Levin, I would kick it up a notch.

Go the guy's office and write "Achtung Juden" on his door.

He won't know it was you, but he will think twice the next time he disparages Mormons.

LOL. YOu're kicking it up a notch!

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by PaloAltoCougar

There's some, but only some, truth to this, and it's an aspect of the "elite" that's certainly not to their credit. As a 3L, I interviewed with Morrison & Foerster. At the end of one interview, a young partner (the "Twit") touted the firm's many virtues and then, leaning back in his chair with his hands locked behind his head, observed smugly, "Yes, you could say that Morrison & Foerster and the Mormon Church don't have very much in common." I didn't get an offer.

Eight years later, as part of a migration away from my firm, Orrick Herrington, I met with MoFo's Chairman, Managing Partner, and the Twit where they presented me with an offer to become the first corporate/securities lawyer in their new Palo Alto office. The Twit didn't recall our interview eight years earlier, so I reminded him, in the presence of the others, of what he had said then (it really hadn't bothered me back then, but I was always amused by his condescending and self-satisfied tone). The Chairman recoiled in horror, and the Managing Partner invoked the name of Him after whom our church is named, and said, "You could have sued our asses off. Fortunately, we're a bit more enlightened now, and I apologize, rather belatedly, for what [the Twit] said." I laughed it off, and accepted the offer. Sometimes, SU, you remind me of the Twit.

The Twit didn't say anything? Didn't react? I DEMAND TO KNOW!

[PaloAltoCougar]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

The Twit didn't say anything? Didn't react? I DEMAND TO KNOW!

It was pretty funny. He nodded sheepishly (actually, I'm not sure how sheep nod, but work with me) and said, "Yeah, that sounds like something I would have said back then." I should have borne my testimony and given him a copy of the Book of Mormon at that point, but I sometimes lack the courage of my convictions. But he and I got along fine after that, and worked on a deal together [this one's for SU] where we helped BofA sell a struggling brokerage business back to its original founder, Chuck Schwab.

[TripletDaddy]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

LOL. YOu're kicking it up a notch!

I've been in meetings for much of today, but still trying to add a bit here and there.

Arbeit Macht Frei!

[PaloAltoCougar]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Now that I know what elite securities industry circles you move in I'm going to have to blame you in part for this financial crisis. I'm sorry, but you're responsible, and no doubt extremely rich.

Don't blame me, as I left those lofty circles some time ago. I'm still trying to understand what a credit default swap is, and how we ended up with $60 Trillion worth of them. And those in my posse will testify I'm not rich at all; my retirement plan has become a 201(k).

[TripletDaddy]

Originally Posted by PaloAltoCougar

Don't blame me, as I left those lofty circles some time ago. I'm still trying to understand what a credit default swap is, and how we ended up with $60 Trillion worth of them. And those in my posse will testify I'm not rich at all; my retirement plan has become a 201(k).

Nice try. There are no early 200s code sections.

[Levin]

It takes all types. I'll bring the fire to the party.

[Levin]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

The difference between you and Levin is he's like the board's Larry David. His provocative stories involve, him, not others, doing incredibly stupid, boorish, and insensitive things.

How do I market this personality of mine?

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by PaloAltoCougar

He nodded sheepishly (actually, I'm not sure how sheep nod, but work with me)

Consult landpoke or Goatnapper if you have need of animal behavior. My first choice would be to go with landpoke, and a spudman should know.