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

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boyish roommate
  01/20/18
Uhhhhhhh I’ve had a bottle of jack on my bookshelf for the p...
appetizing kitchen
  01/20/18
How often are people in/out of your space?
boyish roommate
  01/20/18
I am located on a well traversed part of the office
appetizing kitchen
  01/20/18
handicapped shitter?
razzle french chef principal's office
  01/20/18
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appetizing kitchen
  01/20/18
only if you're "partner"
Low-t Doctorate
  01/20/18
no but in court you can wear those helmets with beer cans on...
razzle french chef principal's office
  01/20/18
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charismatic metal corn cake school
  01/20/18
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Low-t Doctorate
  01/20/18
Guy who thinks biglawyers see a courtroom
Sinister Theater Stage
  01/20/18
why would you
carnelian wonderful boistinker
  01/20/18
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citrine house-broken quadroon
  01/21/18
Our firm has an express policy that you're only allowed to c...
Histrionic Mischievous Range Tank
  01/20/18
everybody keeps a bottle of beam and dixie cups in their bot...
razzle french chef principal's office
  01/20/18
OP wasn't asking about sneaking booze - he was asking about ...
Histrionic Mischievous Range Tank
  01/20/18
you don't have empties from the craft beer place pyramaided ...
razzle french chef principal's office
  01/20/18
I don't think anyone would mind
odious set mediation
  01/20/18
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boyish roommate
  01/20/18
It is going to be pretentious as fuck if you have a bottle o...
Histrionic Mischievous Range Tank
  01/20/18
that's what i figured. how often do people day (or evening) ...
boyish roommate
  01/20/18
lol
Adventurous site associate
  01/21/18
Oh Jesus, don't do this
odious set mediation
  01/20/18
i'm a lawyer-dentist-general, ret.
razzle french chef principal's office
  01/20/18
I used to start drinking at 3pm in biglaw when the adderal w...
Sinister Theater Stage
  01/20/18
just do the coke like a real lawyer.
razzle french chef principal's office
  01/20/18
Coke when leaving the office to manufacture some euphoria. I...
Sinister Theater Stage
  01/20/18
everytime a door slams shut you think it's the cops called t...
razzle french chef principal's office
  01/20/18
Can barely jerk off (still jerk off for 4 hrs and wonderment...
Sinister Theater Stage
  01/20/18
i know it's time to go on a coke hiatus when my cock bleeds ...
razzle french chef principal's office
  01/20/18
When I was fedclerking I got talked to by the Clerk of the C...
hideous rehab
  01/20/18
yeah like how 7/11 has signs "no consuming beer within ...
razzle french chef principal's office
  01/20/18
Yeah pretty much. I was genuinely surprised at how gay they...
hideous rehab
  01/20/18
surprised your judge was OK w/ it. my interaction w/ him was...
boyish roommate
  01/20/18
Everyone in my office has these. It’s nbd.
transparent new version mood
  01/20/18
I kept the bottles hidden, but did keep a bottle of single m...
concupiscible carmine bbw
  01/21/18
I had a nice bottle of scotch from a vendor that I left on a...
cobalt theatre
  01/21/18
? It’s obligatory.
Ocher Razzmatazz Church Toilet Seat
  01/21/18
Most of the associates in my office bring a case of Keystone...
kink-friendly dashing location
  01/21/18
Pretty common for associates to have a bottle of scotch in t...
lascivious garnet indian lodge
  01/21/18
Kept a bottle of bourbon on bookshelf as a mid-level associa...
Wine dilemma toaster
  01/21/18
Have only seen an occasional partner with liquor in their of...
gaped center
  01/21/18
Nobody gives a shit and everybody is an alcoholic. Have you ...
crystalline main people stage
  01/22/18


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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:15 PM
Author: boyish roommate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35198993)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:50 PM
Author: appetizing kitchen

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: boyish roommate

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: appetizing kitchen

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: razzle french chef principal's office

handicapped shitter?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199271)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:57 PM
Author: appetizing kitchen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199272)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:50 PM
Author: Low-t Doctorate

only if you're "partner"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199212)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:51 PM
Author: razzle french chef principal's office

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: charismatic metal corn cake school



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199226)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:56 PM
Author: Low-t Doctorate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199266)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:59 PM
Author: Sinister Theater Stage

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: carnelian wonderful boistinker

why would you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199223)



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Date: January 21st, 2018 10:28 AM
Author: citrine house-broken quadroon



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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:53 PM
Author: Histrionic Mischievous Range Tank

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: razzle french chef principal's office

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: Histrionic Mischievous Range Tank

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: razzle french chef principal's office

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: odious set mediation

I don't think anyone would mind

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199257)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 7:58 PM
Author: boyish roommate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199276)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 8:00 PM
Author: Histrionic Mischievous Range Tank

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: boyish roommate

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: Adventurous site associate

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35202313)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 8:01 PM
Author: odious set mediation

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: razzle french chef principal's office

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3865801&forum_id=2#35199299)



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Date: January 20th, 2018 8:00 PM
Author: Sinister Theater Stage

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: razzle french chef principal's office

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: Sinister Theater Stage

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: razzle french chef principal's office

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: Sinister Theater Stage

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: razzle french chef principal's office

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: hideous rehab

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: razzle french chef principal's office

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: hideous rehab

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: boyish roommate

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: transparent new version mood

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: concupiscible carmine bbw

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: cobalt theatre

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: Ocher Razzmatazz Church Toilet Seat

? 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: kink-friendly dashing location

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: lascivious garnet indian lodge

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: Wine dilemma toaster

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: gaped center

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: crystalline main people stage

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)