Separated at Birth: Sheila Birnbaum and Harold Koh?
When we surfed over to the WSJ Law Blog a few minutes ago, quickly scanned the page, and saw the photo for this post, we thought it had to do with Yale Law School. But upon closer inspection, we learned we were wrong.
Instead, it was a post about Skadden Arps partner Sheila Birnbaum. Birnbaum, who heads Skadden’s Complex Mass Tort and Insurance Group, has a nickname reflecting her expertise: "The Queen of Toxic Torts." The superstar litigatrix attended the Supreme Court oral arguments this morning in the Philip Morris punitive damages case.
So why did we think, for a few brief seconds, that the post was about Yale Law School? Here's why:
Sheila L. Birnbaum [Skadden]
Dean Harold Hongju Koh [Yale Law School]
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They don't look THAT much alike... I think the hair exaggerates the resemblance...
Can. Ms. Birnbaum quote verbatim from "A Few Good Men" and sing along with Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me"? I think Koh-esqueness resides there as much as in the hair.
But can Harold Koh match Sheila Birnbaum's undefeated streak in the Supreme Court?
FAIR v. Rumsfeld wasn't Yale Law School's finest hour.
7:41 PM: No, it's not just the hair. Look at the eyebrows, the eyes, the smiles, and the noses (for the most part - Koh's is slightly broader than Birnbaum's).
There is a striking resemblance.