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Strange, but nice of you to post it.

That is the saddest thing I've ever heard.

If one of our litigating park slope mommies who spends half the day in the lactation room lounging and passing off work to their non-breeder counterparts, does not help this guy, I will personally steal all of the milk from every lactation room at every top 50 firm in NY and dump it down the sewer.

I call bull shit! This letter smells of associate boredom!

He should send around a petition in the complex and submit it to the management. That should say something about the sentiment of the community regarding the matter.

Does she live in NY or IL?

Sounds like this woman has a chipmunk ramp that is inviting vermon into the building. I'm on the landlord's side on this one.

I think the only reasonable solution would be for my company to get out there and exterminate those rodents. This degenerate is only encouraging the pests to come around and leave droppings all over the place!

Just remember, chipmunks are nothing more than cute little RATS.

If this is all some sort of on-the-sly reference to Obama's past drug use, I find such tactics deplorable.

Chicago to Chipmunk ramps!

What the hell is a chipmunk ramp?

Does a closed head injury make one retarded? ATL didn't "help" the woman with cancer. Her reading comprehension is totally TTT. She probably wants to go to Fordham someday.

I'm not licensed in NY, otherwise . . . And stop staring at my gorged ___. You know who you are.

Duh... it's a ramp for chipmunks.

4:20, you clearly aren't a patent attorney because if you were, you would know that a chipmunk ramp is a ramp for chipmunks . . .

I need to get a Jessica Biel ramp for my office

4:13 - comment of the (still young) year.

this is flame. where did this person hear about the cancer hat lady? etiher this person reads this blog or heard about it from someone who reads this blog. It is unlikely that the person reads this blog, because this person doesn't indicate having the kind of verbal abilities that you need to decipher the 'you-go-girl!' tone this blog usually takes. that leaves talking to someone who reads this blog, which means talking to, most probably... a lawyer. so either this person already knows lawyers who *should* be able to help if the case has any merit, or the person is... flame, and this is all fake. Or the person can read at a high level but writes like they can't.

Don't even joke about pouring out liquid gold in to the sewer. THAT'S NOT FUNNY.

http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?start=0&t=27793

Just search for "chipmunk ramp"

Alvin, Simon, or Theodore?

4:34, the article about the judge's apology in the cancer-hat incident mentioned ATL by name. If she read of that incident, she knows about ATL. And the article was written such that it implied that ATL had an effect on the judge's decision.

This lady doesn't need lawyers! What she needs is a scientologist because when you're a Scientologist, you know you're the only one who can really help ... We are the way to happiness. We can bring peace and unite cultures.

THAT'S CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LET THIS PERSON HAVE THE BIRDFEEDER. THAT'S CRAP!~

Make an exception.

4:51 and all other retards who can't read:

The property manager is only making her get rid of the "water and chipmunk ramp." This does not encompas the birdfeeder, as evidenced by the third to last sentence: "My whole outside world is my patio with the bird feeder, and water and chipmunk ramp."

Why shouldn't the lady be prevented from bringing vermin into the building? She can still watch the birds and come up with another way to make her patio more enjoyable.

Reminds me of a neighborhood in which I lived where the neighbors fed the squirrels. Fed the squirrels. Who feeds squirrels? They're bushy tailed rats with large teeth that like to chew their way into attics and nest. The only thing I've ever fed a squirrel was .22 lead. (Note: they're very tasty unless they've been feasting on pine nuts, in which case they taste like turpentine). Bird seed is a primary attractant for RATS. Landlord, you're right. Tell her to get some goldfish or a cat.

Jesus some of these tards are not only elitist but whine about everything, and of course have to thumb their noses/automatically assume that this is a prank. Good to know that our "finest, elite" attorneys are all selfish pricks with no compassion whatsoever.

Maybe she can move outside the City. Perhaps Litigating Park Slope Mommy can help....I understand she has VAST TRACTS OF LAND.

do we really need people like this around?

Ok - I have an idea as to what a chipmunk ramp is, but why do they need one? Aren't chipmunks, like squirrels, nimble climbers? Just how high off the ground is this lady's patio, anyway?

Her best recourse is to appeal to the property manager's decency and the cuteness of chipmunks. The exterior of a condo (including one's "own" patio) is common property, and I suspect the bylaws have some sweeping prohibition on putting such things outside.

Another route is to persuade enough of her fellow tenants (probably 66 or 75%) to change the bylaws to permit "chipmunk ramps and water" on patios.

HTFH.

I love how this is posted under the topic 'Animal Law'

he...he...he! Lat said "happy ending"...well, he won't get that from the wheelchair lady. hehehe...

If this is a request, then I think Lat did the right thing posting it. I am assuming he could get some indication by the email sent to him as to whether it's a prank or not. Maybe not? In any case, it's nice that ATL has done some good (with the bad-attitude judge case) besides pimping us lawyers/students. Way to go Lat.

I would let her keep her bird feeder and chipmunk ramp. Are we really at the point that we're denying people kindness and compassion?

A lot of these posts appear to be written by urbanites who believe the only acceptable tree is one surrounded by concrete, and the only acceptable animal is one on the plate served for dinner. Those of us born and/or raised and/or touched by spending any time at all in the vast but rapidly diminishing wilderness/countryside will tell you that critter watching can be a true joy.

4:59 = Hick

This propery manager sounds like a ninja.

Pirates > Ninjas

5:21

Even under the title "Really Odd Email"?

"My whole outside world is my patio with the bird feeder, and water and chipmunk ramp."

So confine her to to the inside world. Any civil society would not want such freaks on open display anyway.

And apparently she has the internets and ATL, so she can still feed her Lat jones if not her beloved chipmunks.

I say make the rat lady get rid of the vermin paraphernalia.

May be a hick, but when the revolution begins your 190k won't feed you. You'll be begging me for some tasty squirrel meat.

4:05 simply wishes he could have a taste of the teet!

Now that you've posted this one, you can count on getting a lot more "really odd" emails.

Does it ever bother you to realize what entitled elitist little pr!cks some of you are?

To mock a shut-in? Does that make you feel BIG? Why don't you brag about how much more money you have than this person?

There are legitimate arguments about whether this person should be allowed to attract chipmunks, who are (while cute) rodents, or to actively set out standing water (mosquito breeding grounds). Fine. Debate those. But don't mock someone who is house-bound.

D-bags.

This is so sad. I hope someone is able to help her negotiate to keep her backyard full of chipmunks and birds.

The landlord sounds like an imperious meanie.

Loyola 2L now has a client!

I now have a client!

Do you think this lady masturbates with the chipmonks before eating them?

shame on you all for making fun of her. IF she is serious, I hope she gets help.

5:04, I believe you mean *huge* ... tracts of land.

If I've said once, I've said it a hundred times:

Let the woman have her chipmunk ramp, people.

A lot of guys at my school had closed head injuries, were paralyzed, and had chipmunk ramps. It was no big deal.

Potential client seeks legal advice and has email pasted by lawyer on blog, with enough specific details that the principals involved in the case could identify her.

I don't know the rules in NY (or if Lat is barred anywhere else), but if this is not a literal ethical violation (because it is a potential client), it is certainly against the spirit of the duty of confidentiality. See ABA Modle Rule 1.18.

Maybe I'm a sucker, but I believe that this is a real request and it's also really sad. I hope someone can help this lady out. I don't care when ATL readers attack and insult each other, but geez, a paralyzed lady confined to her condo?? That's pretty low. Although, I did have to laugh at the Scientology joke, but that doesn't count because Scientologists are crazy and try to sue everyone who says so.

Am I missing something? What makes people think this person lives in NY?

Seriously? You're quoting the Model Rules? Douchebag.

here's a chipmunk ramp: http://www.fyabulous.com/alabama/grotto.html

I don't know the rules in NY (or if Lat is barred anywhere else), but if this is not a literal ethical violation (because it is a potential client), it is certainly against the spirit of the duty of confidentiality. See ABA Modle Rule 1.18.
Not so fast douchebag- she impliedly consented to distribution and had not expectation of confidentiality by referring to ATL's efforts in "helping" the hat woman. That "help" was in the form of posting the Judge's actions on this Board.

I would like to violently assault you with a heavy blunt object.

This disabled woman owns a CONDO people!!! I'm a 2nd year Biglaw associate with NO property. Let's put this matter into perspective and give help to those (e.g., me) who need it.

Apparently 7:25 also has a closed head injury.

7:19: Control your aggression. She contacted David Lat, who is a Lawyer and held himself out as such.

Maybe she wanted help in the form of publicity, maybe she wanted legal advice. The key is that it's not CLEAR she wanted the former and, as a professional, you should err on the side of protection confidential information, especially where the countervailing interest is pumping your own Blog. If he was unsure, he should have replied and asked, or gotten her consent to post this. He didn't, he just posted it (apparently) without consent.

To make it worse, he's publicly mocking her.

It's one thing to be flippant about BigLaw, but this is offensive.

Am I the only one here contemplating 1DisabledLady1ChipmunkRamp.com?

No he didnt- She specifically mentioned knowing about him "helping" the other lady. That help was provided as a blogger not a lawyer- I think I should assault you as well

Or maybe she's confused. Many prospective clients are -- that's why they contact lawyers. You shouldn't assume she knows the whole context.

Or maybe she's a chipmunk. You're going to deny that she's entitled to confidentiality because a chipmunk? That's incredibly unprofessional too.

A chipmunk ramp:
http://www.fyabulous.com/alabama/grotto9.jpg

9:04, learn to READ you retard. "I'm in a wheelchair and rarely leave my condo ." Chipmunks can't own property, real or personal. The woman is clearly human.

10:54: Are you sure that's true in Illinois? I thought Barak came to power on a pro-chipmunk-property-rights platform.

clearly, none of you have read Jenkins v. Tex. Dep't of Land , 318 S.W.3d 54 (Tex. 2000), which held that ramps for chipmunks are protected under the Chipmunk Salvation Act of 1975. fuckin dingbats.

6:30 Ouch, you are correct. As possibly the ONLY person on this website old enough to have seen this in 1975 when it came out, I am very ashamed to have blown it. HUGE tracts of land. Damn. I'm slipping.

For the love of all things holy, let the boy keep his chipmunk ramp!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4800303816761057726&q=%22herlihy+boy%22

"Or maybe she's a chipmunk. You're going to deny that she's entitled to confidentiality because a chipmunk? That's incredibly unprofessional too."

If she's disabled AND a chipmunk, that would COMPLETELY explain the need for a chipmunk ramp and the feeling of desperation when the property manager wants to take it away.

I'm not sure why the email was characterized as really odd. If the email was sincere and not a prank, it doesn't strike me as odd.

Someday some of your warped minds will actually view a chipmunk; not just on-line with your fantasy identity, but a live one.

Really, they do exist as do people confined to home with a window as opposed to an office with a Dell computer.

4:05 pm - please don't dump out that milk. It's delicious. Trust me.

Death to the chipmunk haters!

I think my chipmunk ramp might be defective. Are there any ATL biglaw readers who might want to take on a pro bono products liability case for me?

Mmm. Chipmunks and breast milk, must be snack time.