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Year in Review: Lawyerly Sexcapades

By Robert J. Ambrogi

Is "lawyer sex" an oxymoron? Psychologist Fiona Travis would seem to suggest as much, as we wrote in a post here last February, Marry a Lawyer? Are You Crazy? "Overworked, overburdened and squeezed by time -- and now, the worst downturn in two decades -- lawyers do exhibit communication and intimacy breakdowns peculiar to their education, their professional training and work environment," Travis explained. But there was one gaping hole in Travis' theory: She married a lawyer. Over the holidays, I looked back at the stories we covered in 2009 here at Legal Blog Watch. I plan to write several posts over the next week or two highlighting some of the standouts. I thought I'd start with sexual behavior and misbehavior involving lawyers and the legal system because ... well, because it was just so easy. While lawyer sex may not be an oxymoron, some of the stories sure seem moronic. Without hesitation, I award the top spot in this category to Deidre Dare, who started 2009 as a senior lawyer in the Moscow office of Allen & Overy and who ended it with the publication of her latest novel, "Slut." It was a year ago this month that we...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on January 04, 2010 (boomark / email).