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Who Will Be the ATL Lawyer of 2010?

By Brendan McKenna

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Above the Law has opened up voting for the ATL Lawyer of the Year (2010) after receiving nominations from readers. The site has narrowed down the list of potential winners to 10 (nine nominees, one joint). The list ranges from lawyers to a (former) judge to political figures. Here is the list, although I might have to beg to differ about one of the nominees, if only because Mother Nature put a chink in his armor: David Boies was nominated for his work "advancing LGBT rights and marriage equality, through litigating Perry v. Schwarzenegger" and the strong bonuses his firm offered in 2010. Jack Camp, the former judge for the Northern District of Georgia, who was in the news for all of the wrong reasons. Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey, was nominated for "favorable reviews" in his state, but alas, is now on the wrong end of criticism over failed snow removal during a recent blizzard. Elena Kagan, new associate justice for you know where. Patrick Lynch and Kyle McEntee, of Vanderbilt Law, founded Law School Transparency, to keep law school employment data honest. Ted Olson advocated for marriage equality in California alongside David Boies. Steve Pesner, for his...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on January 07, 2011 (boomark / email).