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biglaw attorneys: can you keep alcohol openly displayed in decanter at office?

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Swashbuckling Know-it-all Gas Station
  01/20/18
Uhhhhhhh I’ve had a bottle of jack on my bookshelf for the p...
brilliant idiotic background story
  01/20/18
How often are people in/out of your space?
Swashbuckling Know-it-all Gas Station
  01/20/18
I am located on a well traversed part of the office
brilliant idiotic background story
  01/20/18
handicapped shitter?
red corner
  01/20/18
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brilliant idiotic background story
  01/20/18
only if you're "partner"
Sooty Vibrant Trailer Park
  01/20/18
no but in court you can wear those helmets with beer cans on...
red corner
  01/20/18
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Hairraiser shaky boistinker
  01/20/18
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Sooty Vibrant Trailer Park
  01/20/18
Guy who thinks biglawyers see a courtroom
laughsome principal's office coldplay fan
  01/20/18
why would you
Magical Slimy Dingle Berry Police Squad
  01/20/18
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stubborn internet-worthy resort
  01/21/18
Our firm has an express policy that you're only allowed to c...
Glittery rusted library
  01/20/18
everybody keeps a bottle of beam and dixie cups in their bot...
red corner
  01/20/18
OP wasn't asking about sneaking booze - he was asking about ...
Glittery rusted library
  01/20/18
you don't have empties from the craft beer place pyramaided ...
red corner
  01/20/18
I don't think anyone would mind
Sexy cobalt goal in life
  01/20/18
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Swashbuckling Know-it-all Gas Station
  01/20/18
It is going to be pretentious as fuck if you have a bottle o...
Glittery rusted library
  01/20/18
that's what i figured. how often do people day (or evening) ...
Swashbuckling Know-it-all Gas Station
  01/20/18
lol
hideous opaque associate
  01/21/18
Oh Jesus, don't do this
Sexy cobalt goal in life
  01/20/18
i'm a lawyer-dentist-general, ret.
red corner
  01/20/18
I used to start drinking at 3pm in biglaw when the adderal w...
laughsome principal's office coldplay fan
  01/20/18
just do the coke like a real lawyer.
red corner
  01/20/18
Coke when leaving the office to manufacture some euphoria. I...
laughsome principal's office coldplay fan
  01/20/18
everytime a door slams shut you think it's the cops called t...
red corner
  01/20/18
Can barely jerk off (still jerk off for 4 hrs and wonderment...
laughsome principal's office coldplay fan
  01/20/18
i know it's time to go on a coke hiatus when my cock bleeds ...
red corner
  01/20/18
When I was fedclerking I got talked to by the Clerk of the C...
Frum Ape
  01/20/18
yeah like how 7/11 has signs "no consuming beer within ...
red corner
  01/20/18
Yeah pretty much. I was genuinely surprised at how gay they...
Frum Ape
  01/20/18
surprised your judge was OK w/ it. my interaction w/ him was...
Swashbuckling Know-it-all Gas Station
  01/20/18
Everyone in my office has these. It’s nbd.
comical jade tattoo rehab
  01/20/18
I kept the bottles hidden, but did keep a bottle of single m...
histrionic fat ankles chapel
  01/21/18
I had a nice bottle of scotch from a vendor that I left on a...
lascivious indian lodge mood
  01/21/18
? It’s obligatory.
Mischievous Stag Film
  01/21/18
Most of the associates in my office bring a case of Keystone...
Bespoke Rough-skinned Institution
  01/21/18
Pretty common for associates to have a bottle of scotch in t...
Diverse Charcoal Home
  01/21/18
Kept a bottle of bourbon on bookshelf as a mid-level associa...
Big-titted crotch
  01/21/18
Have only seen an occasional partner with liquor in their of...
Aphrodisiac Hyperventilating Spot Rigpig
  01/21/18
Nobody gives a shit and everybody is an alcoholic. Have you ...
Copper heaven
  01/22/18


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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:15 PM
Author: Swashbuckling Know-it-all Gas Station



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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:50 PM
Author: brilliant idiotic background story

Uhhhhhhh I’ve had a bottle of jack on my bookshelf for the past couple years and haven’t talked to HR yet

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199210)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:55 PM
Author: Swashbuckling Know-it-all Gas Station

How often are people in/out of your space?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199246)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:56 PM
Author: brilliant idiotic background story

I am located on a well traversed part of the office

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199267)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:57 PM
Author: red corner

handicapped shitter?

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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:57 PM
Author: brilliant idiotic background story



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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:50 PM
Author: Sooty Vibrant Trailer Park

only if you're "partner"

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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:51 PM
Author: red corner

no but in court you can wear those helmets with beer cans on the side.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199219)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:52 PM
Author: Hairraiser shaky boistinker



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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:56 PM
Author: Sooty Vibrant Trailer Park



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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:59 PM
Author: laughsome principal's office coldplay fan

Guy who thinks biglawyers see a courtroom

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199283)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:51 PM
Author: Magical Slimy Dingle Berry Police Squad

why would you

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Date: January 21st, 2018 10:28 AM
Author: stubborn internet-worthy resort



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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:53 PM
Author: Glittery rusted library

Our firm has an express policy that you're only allowed to consume firm-provided alcohol in the office (e.g. attorney happy hours and other firm functions). Nevertheless, there is a partner on my floor with a bar cart with a variety of liquors, etc. I've never seen an associate or counsel do anything more than have an unopened bottle of wine on their desk from a xmas gift they haven't taken home yet.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199235)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:54 PM
Author: red corner

everybody keeps a bottle of beam and dixie cups in their bottom drawer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199240)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:55 PM
Author: Glittery rusted library

OP wasn't asking about sneaking booze - he was asking about open displays

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199250)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:56 PM
Author: red corner

you don't have empties from the craft beer place pyramaided over your bookshelf?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199262)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:56 PM
Author: Sexy cobalt goal in life

I don't think anyone would mind

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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:58 PM
Author: Swashbuckling Know-it-all Gas Station



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Date: January 20th, 2018 8:00 PM
Author: Glittery rusted library

It is going to be pretentious as fuck if you have a bottle of scotch sitting in a decanter on display. Don't be that guy. If you really want to have a snort now and then, just keep a bottle in your desk.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199290)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 8:06 PM
Author: Swashbuckling Know-it-all Gas Station

that's what i figured. how often do people day (or evening) drink in biglaw?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199339)



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Date: January 21st, 2018 11:13 AM
Author: hideous opaque associate

lol

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Date: January 20th, 2018 8:01 PM
Author: Sexy cobalt goal in life

Oh Jesus, don't do this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199295)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 8:01 PM
Author: red corner

i'm a lawyer-dentist-general, ret.

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Date: January 20th, 2018 8:00 PM
Author: laughsome principal's office coldplay fan

I used to start drinking at 3pm in biglaw when the adderal was wearing off. Would be tabled by 7pm bad keep working through dinner.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199293)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 8:01 PM
Author: red corner

just do the coke like a real lawyer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199296)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 8:03 PM
Author: laughsome principal's office coldplay fan

Coke when leaving the office to manufacture some euphoria. It’s too inconsistent and euphoric to deal with the horror of 19 biglaw emails coming in a minute while simultaneously turning a partners illegible edits to a motion 1 hr beforehand it needs to be filed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199308)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 8:05 PM
Author: red corner

everytime a door slams shut you think it's the cops called to make an example of you by some service partner. your jaw clenches, you can barely jerk off, grabbing your glock tightly to go out in a blaze of glory.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199322)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 8:06 PM
Author: laughsome principal's office coldplay fan

Can barely jerk off (still jerk off for 4 hrs and wonderment where the time went) jfc I don’t miss biglaw, or adderal. Miss coke a little.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199337)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 8:08 PM
Author: red corner

i know it's time to go on a coke hiatus when my cock bleeds and peels like a baby snake upgrading.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199349)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 8:03 PM
Author: Frum Ape

When I was fedclerking I got talked to by the Clerk of the Court personally about a fucking bottle of cheap glenfiddich that I happened to leave out on my desk after working late one night. They told my judge and everything, but he didn't care and I actually think it helped me with him long term.

But anyway, just so you know: there are apparently federal regs that prohibit the consumption of alcohol on premises.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199305)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 8:03 PM
Author: red corner

yeah like how 7/11 has signs "no consuming beer within 500 feet."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199314)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 8:05 PM
Author: Frum Ape

Yeah pretty much. I was genuinely surprised at how gay they were about it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199324)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 8:24 PM
Author: Swashbuckling Know-it-all Gas Station

surprised your judge was OK w/ it. my interaction w/ him was negative (we've talked about this elsewhere iirc)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199469)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 8:42 PM
Author: comical jade tattoo rehab

Everyone in my office has these. It’s nbd.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199599)



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Date: January 21st, 2018 10:13 AM
Author: histrionic fat ankles chapel

I kept the bottles hidden, but did keep a bottle of single malt in its canister displayed for a number of years (gift from client)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35202010)



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Date: January 21st, 2018 10:18 AM
Author: lascivious indian lodge mood

I had a nice bottle of scotch from a vendor that I left on an office shelf. Nbd

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35202021)



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Date: January 21st, 2018 10:26 AM
Author: Mischievous Stag Film

? It’s obligatory.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35202055)



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Date: January 21st, 2018 10:59 AM
Author: Bespoke Rough-skinned Institution

Most of the associates in my office bring a case of Keystone light and a Yeti cooler to work on Fridays. Partners don't like it but they deal with it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35202231)



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Date: January 21st, 2018 11:08 AM
Author: Diverse Charcoal Home

Pretty common for associates to have a bottle of scotch in the desk, usually broken out for a late night drink with fellow associates or a "chill" junior partner after finishing some big task (I'm a litigator, so usually filing a big brief at midnight or something like that). Don't know anyone with openly displayed alcohol though except for one older partner. Would be weird at my firm for a junior associate to have a bottle on the shelf like some kind of college dorm shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35202283)



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Date: January 21st, 2018 11:11 AM
Author: Big-titted crotch

Kept a bottle of bourbon on bookshelf as a mid-level associate. Partners would high five when they noticed it got drained because that meant we were in there late at some point. In current form probably half of the offices have a bottle of liquor out in the open

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35202300)



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Date: January 21st, 2018 11:45 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac Hyperventilating Spot Rigpig

Have only seen an occasional partner with liquor in their office.

One rainmaker used to get sloshed daily but he brought in so much business no one cared.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35207179)



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Date: January 22nd, 2018 2:04 AM
Author: Copper heaven

Nobody gives a shit and everybody is an alcoholic. Have you ever stayed too late at a biglaw Christmas party?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35207623)