The story: Two summer associates (law students) at boring Minneapolis law firm Lindquist & Vennum were fired a couple of weeks ago for locking their lips around each others’ lips after locking said lips around one too many cocktails. The girly girls got fired.
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Anyway . . . here is what caught my eye. A caring comment on www.abovethelaw.com from a big city law firm partner reaching out to the girls in concern for their futures.
Dear Carpet-Munching Chicks Who Were Shit-Canned From Lindquist & Vennum:
I am the hiring partner at a major firm in D.C. If you appy to my firm, as a pair, and if you include photos of the two of you locking lips, and if you are hot, I will hire you at much more than Lindquist & Vennum ever could have paid you. And I will lobby to get you a signing bonus.
Question to lesbo ladies — are either of you into 41 year old married men with salt/pepper hair and a beer belly? If so, apply to all the big firms in D.C. (I repeat, as a pair) and I’ll do what I can to get you hired. No joke.
“Harold,” Big-Law Hiring Partner
Finally, Lindquist & Vennum might want to consider the firm’s own public conduct if they want to attract a different brand of associate. No wonder they had a couple of lesbo summer associates: