Manhattan Lawyers, Masters Of Etiquette
Gawker: "Lawyers aren't often in pretty, glossy magazines, so we tend to forget they exist (unless they're calling us, of course). But then a nice little audio file comes our way and we're reminded that Manhattan lawyers are kind of like hungry rottweilers with expensive degrees. Lawyer MP3
NY Lawyer: "Winston & Strawn associate Ankur Gupta in Chicago berates an associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins for apparently complaining about changes Mr. Gupta and his colleagues requested on a mortgage document. Mr. Gupta tells his fellow lawyer that he should save his "fucking breath" and that if he continues to complain about the changes, Mr. Gupta will make his "life on this deal very unpleasant" by involving his client. The Winston & Strawn associate concludes by advising the Latham associate that if he will not act as a "monkey fucking scribe," his work will be given to a secretary at Winston & Strawn."
Kinsella Law: "According to the attorney who sent it to me: this was a voicemail message [.wav] "that an associate at Winston & Strawn left for an associate at Latham. Latham is representing a borrower in a real estate transaction and W&S represents the lender. I don't know what correspondence preceded the voicemail but as I understand it, W&S asked Latham to make some cosmetic changes to mortgages a day before closing and Latham responded by email that they thought the changes were unnecessary. The response from W&S is pretty unbelievable--a pretty abusive voicemail."
[updated 8/26 via Raff from an Aug 23 post sent via email found on gawker]
NY Lawyer: "Winston & Strawn associate Ankur Gupta in Chicago berates an associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins for apparently complaining about changes Mr. Gupta and his colleagues requested on a mortgage document. Mr. Gupta tells his fellow lawyer that he should save his "fucking breath" and that if he continues to complain about the changes, Mr. Gupta will make his "life on this deal very unpleasant" by involving his client. The Winston & Strawn associate concludes by advising the Latham associate that if he will not act as a "monkey fucking scribe," his work will be given to a secretary at Winston & Strawn."
Kinsella Law: "According to the attorney who sent it to me: this was a voicemail message [.wav] "that an associate at Winston & Strawn left for an associate at Latham. Latham is representing a borrower in a real estate transaction and W&S represents the lender. I don't know what correspondence preceded the voicemail but as I understand it, W&S asked Latham to make some cosmetic changes to mortgages a day before closing and Latham responded by email that they thought the changes were unnecessary. The response from W&S is pretty unbelievable--a pretty abusive voicemail."
[updated 8/26 via Raff from an Aug 23 post sent via email found on gawker]
