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LetMyPeopleVote

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Fri Jul 25, 2025, 07:45 PM Friday

Big Law Biter

At long time ago, I was at a good size firm but that firm was not "big law." My oldest is a partner at one of the true big law firms. This story did NOT happen at his firm.




https://www.huffpost.com/entry/big-law-biter-work_l_687eaac6e4b0ba6cc4dc7a40

You don’t often get to choose who you work with. You might have to fend off managers who dismiss you, colleagues who discredit you –– and in some rare cases, a co-worker who bites you?

According to multiple reports, a New York City-based summer law associate at a prestigious law firm got dismissed after biting several colleagues. In Above the Law, the outlet reported that the bites were “not in an aggressive, ‘we’re beefing’ way,” but that they were more than just a “nibble.”

HuffPost reached out to Sidley Austin, the firm where the associate reportedly worked, and has not heard back.

Surprisingly, this is not the first time a person has been accused of chomping on the flesh of their colleague in recent days.

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I am so glad to be away from big law.
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hlthe2b

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1. So, I guess the slug I'd deliver with the baseball bat I'd keep in the office might be considered a "collegial tap?"
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 07:56 PM
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