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BitterLawyer.com is a legal humor and news blog targeted at disgruntled lawyers. The site features a webshow titled Living the Dream, created by Rick Eid, which follows the bumblings of fictional big law junior associate Nick Conley (played by John T. Woods). Accompanying blog posts describe the real-life inspirations behind each webisode. There are also many columns: an advice column authored by "an Ex-Bitter"; "Associate Abuse," which posts associate war stories from all over; "Bitter by Numbers," an opinion column appearing in list form; "Loose Ends," which covers legal news; "Bitter Rant," which posts lawyer rants from all over; "Pictures Framed," which posts images or illustrations of lawyers and invites readers to submit captions; and "Temper(a)mental," written from the point of view of a legal temp.
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Contributors
Creator of the site Rick Eid is executive producer of the CBS series The Ex List. He has also been a producer and writer for the television shows Law & Order, Law & Order: Trial by Jury, Conviction (which he created) and The Guardian. He is also a former Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom associate and Manatt, Phelps & Phillips partner.
Current contributors include:
Former contributors include:
Recognition
Bitter Lawyer was ranked in the ABA Journal Blawg 100 in the "Lighter Fare" category, calling the blog "a category killer for legal humor websites."
In 2010 Bitter Lawyer won a Webby for best legal website.
Notable Interviews
Bitter Lawyer regularly interviews celebrities with a connection to the legal community, typically people were formerly lawyers but have since made a name for themselves in another profession. Past interviews have included:
Eugene Volokh of "The Volokh Conspiracy," humorist and author Tucker Max, author Elizabeth Wurtzel, Jeff Marx, composer for Avenue Q, cartoonist Stephan Pastis, author Jeffrey Toobin, Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach, and Joe Escalante, owner of Kung Fu Records.
Ownership
In April 2011, Bitter Lawyer was acquired by the owners of Lawyerist.com.
In May 2014, Lawyerist sold Bitter Lawyer to Bitter Empire, LLC, a company owned by Lisa Needham and Joline Zepcevski.