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feature

Trivia
Question
of
the
Day!

According
to
an
analysis
by
Adam
Feldman’s
substack
Legalytics,
who
is
the
only
U.S.
President
to
appoint
more
women
to
the
federal
judiciary
than
men?

Hint:
Women
have
outnumbered
men
in
law
schools
for

quite
some
time
—
hopefully
future
judicial
nominations
reflect
that
reality. 

See
the
answer
on
the
next
page.

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Quote
of
the
Day.

I
think
that
it
means
that
anything
is
possible.
Five
years
ago,
I
was
a
district
court
[judge];
nobody
knew
who
I
was.
To
have
both
of
the
pieces
of
my
fondest
dreams
come
true
in
this
little
bit
of
time
has
been
extraordinary
for
me.

I’m
overwhelmed
with
the
joy
of
this
experience.
I’m
so
grateful
to
the
staff
and
crew
of
‘&
Juliet’
for
helping
my
dream
come
true.
It
was
phenomenal.

—
Justice
Ketanji
Brown
Jackson,
in
comments
given
to

“CBS
Mornings”
co-host
Gayle
King
after
the
conclusion
of
her

one-time
performance
in
the
hit
musical
comedy
“&
Juliet.”
Jackson
reflected
on
the
amazing
experience,
concluding,
“I
think
the
lesson
is:
don’t
give
up
and
don’t
be
deterred,
that
you
can
do
it.
And
again,
that
anything
is
possible.”

---

Staci
Zaretsky is
a
senior
editor
at
Above
the
Law,
where
she’s
worked
since
2011.
She’d
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Central
District
of
California
Judge
Mark
C.
Scarsi
is

familiar
with
courting
headlines
—
like
when
he
took
to
the
public
record
to
rage
against
Joe
Biden’s
pardon
of
his
son.
But
this
isn’t
the
type
of
story
that
gets
you

fawning
coverage
over
at
Fox
News.

According
to

a
complaint
filed
last
week
in
California
state
court,
Scarsi
and
his
wife
hosted
a
party
attended
by
high
school
students
where
there
was
“significant
underage
drinking.”
According
to
plaintiff
Alex
Wilson,
there
was
little
supervision
at
the
party
and
no
security.
A
brutal
fight
broke
out
in
front
of
the
Scarsis’
property,
and
Wilson
was
severely
injured,
according
to
the
complaint.

As

reported
by
Law360:

Wilson
said
the
students
were
drinking
alcohol
at
Judge
Scarsi’s
home,
“without
any
hired
security
or
proper
supervision.”
During
the
party,
the
fight
broke
out
“directly
in
front
of
and
on
the
property
of
the
Scarsi
home,”
he
said.
That’s
when
Wilson
was
“brutally”
beaten,
resulting
in
“significant”
injuries
that
left
him
in
the
hospital
for
weeks,
he
said.

“As
a
result
of
the
ineffective
protection
and
the
underage
drinking
allowed
by
the
Scarsis
on
their
property
and
their
failure
to
supervise
or
have
appropriate
security
personnel,
a
brutal
and
severe
beating
was
perpetrated
…
upon
plaintiff,
who
had
to
be
admitted
at
a
hospital
for
over
two
weeks
to
receive
medical
care
for
his
injuries,”
the
complaint
states.

Wilson’s
underage
assailant
and
the
assailant’s
parents
are
also
listed
as
defendants.

Wilson
is
seeking
unspecified
damages
for
his
“serious
and
traumatic
injuries”
and
says
he
“will
require
reconstructive
plastic
surgery
and
has
suffered
personal
and
social
anxiety
and
distress
from
the
prominent
facial
scarring
and
the
incident.”
The
complaint
alleges
negligence
and
negligent
security
against
the
Scarsis
and
specifically
points
to
“the
failure
of
SCARSI
security
personnel
to
protect
him,
and
the
lack
of
supervision
at
an
event
that
allowed
underage
drinking
at
the
SCARSI
property.”

---

Kathryn
Rubino
is
a
Senior
Editor
at
Above
the
Law,
host
of

The
Jabot
podcast,
and
co-host
of

Thinking
Like
A
Lawyer.
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Biglaw
and
boutique
law
firm
associates
alike
are
dreaming
of
a
holiday
season
with
a
lot
more
cash
in
their
accounts
thanks
to
Milbank’s
generous

year-end
and

special
bonuses.

The
latest
boutique
to
spread
the
wealth
to
associates
is
New
York-based
investment
fund
litigation
boutique

Rolnick
Kramer
Sadighi.
The
young
firm
recently
closed
out
its
fourth
year,
and
in
a

LinkedIn
post
published
last
week,
announced
that
“for
the
second
time
in
three
years,
our
associate
and
counsel
bonuses
exceed
the
Cravath/Milbank
year-end
and
special
bonus
scale.”

As
a
reminder,
this
is
what
the
prevailing
market
rate
for
bonuses
and
special
bonuses
looks
like
this
year,
and
RKS
is
reportedly
awarding
bonuses

“above”
these
amounts:

• Class
  of
  2024
  –
  $15,000
  /
  $6,000
• Class
  of
  2023
  –
  $20,000
  /
  $6,000
• Class
  of
  2022
  –
  $30,000
  /
  $10,000
• Class
  of
  2021
  –
  $57,500
  /
  $15,000
• Class
  of
  2020
  –
  $75,000
  /
  $20,000
• Class
  of
  2019
  –
  $90,000
  /
  $25,000
• Class
  of
  2018
  –
  $105,000
  /
  $25,000
• Class
  of
  2017+
  –
  $115,000
  /
  $25,000

Congratulations
to
all
Rolnick
Kramer
Sadighi
associates!

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---

Staci
Zaretsky is
a
senior
editor
at
Above
the
Law,
where
she’s
worked
since
2011.
She’d
love
to
hear
from
you,
so
please
feel
free
to

email
her
with
any
tips,
questions,
comments,
or
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and Threads, or
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---

---

On
Friday,
Fourth
Circuit
Judge
James
Wynn
did
an
about
face
on
his
retirement
plans.
He

joins
two
district
court
judges,
Max
Cogburn
and
Algenon
Marbley,
in
declaring
backsies
on
his
plans
after
Donald
Trump
won
the
2024
presidential
election.

The
70-year-old
Wynn,
an
appointee
of
Barack
Obama,
decided
against
senior
status
after
President
Joe
Biden’s
choice
to
replace
him,
North
Carolina
Solicitor
General
Ryan
Park,
was
blocked
by
Republicans.
Both
Republican
senators
from
North
Carolina,
Thom
Tillis
and
Ted
Budd,
opposed
Park’s
elevation
to
the
judiciary.
Tillis,
who
sits
on
the
judiciary
committee,
went
hard
against
the
Park
nomination
as

reported
by
News
&
Observer,

Tillis
warned
the
Judiciary
Committee
in
November
that
if
they
approved
Park’s
nomination
there
“would
be
consequences”
and
he
would
vote
to
approve
any
nominee
Trump
put
forward
in
the
future.
Democrats
approved
Park
anyway.

But
before
Park
made
it
to
the
Senate
floor
for
a
vote,
Democrats
and
Republicans
struck
a
late-night
deal
to
throw
out
four
appellate
nominations
from
Biden
if
Republicans
would
stop
making
the
process
of
approving
other
judicial
nominees
difficult
for
Democrats.

After
that
move,
Tillis
issued
warning
to
the
retiring
judges
“not
to
play
partisan
politics
with
the
presidential
transition
and
a
Senate
deal
and
going
back
on
their
word.”
But
that’s
the
thing
about
lifetime
appointment,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
it’s
really
the
judge’s
—
and
only
the
judge’s
—
call.

When
Wynn
walked
back
his
retirement,
Tillis
freaked
as
you
might
expect.

“Judge
Wynn’s
brazenly
partisan
decision
to
rescind
his
retirement
is
an
unprecedented
move
that
demonstrates
some
judges
are
nothing
more
than
politicians
in
robes,”
Tillis
said
in
a
news
release
Saturday.
“Judge
Wynn
clearly
takes
issue
with
the
fact
that
Donald
Trump
was
just
elected
President,
and
this
decision
is
a
slap
in
the
face
to
the
U.S.
Senate,
which
came
to
a
bipartisan
agreement
to
hold
off
on
confirming
his
replacement
until
the
next
Congress
is
sworn-in
in
January.”

No
matter
the
stern
language
the
senator
uses,
this
is
pretty
much
exactly
the
consequences
of
Tillis’s
own
actions
and
the
only
response
available
for
Wynn.
But

Republicans
don’t
love
it
when
their
plans
to
manipulate
the
composition
of
the
federal
judiciary
don’t
work
out.

---

Kathryn
Rubino
is
a
Senior
Editor
at
Above
the
Law,
host
of

The
Jabot
podcast,
and
co-host
of

Thinking
Like
A
Lawyer.
AtL
tipsters
are
the
best,
so
please
connect
with
her.
Feel
free
to
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her
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Mastodon

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