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The author bio tells you I'm not a hiring partner at a law firm, but I am the author of the Anonymous Lawyer blog (http://anonymouslawyer.blogspot.com), a recent (2005) graduate of Harvard Law School, and I live in Brooklyn.

How I ended up writing this book: I graduated from Princeton in 2000, after writing sketches and songs for the Princeton Triangle Club but not really sure how to translate that into a job. I went to work in marketing at a software company, which was the best job I could have had at a software company, but not really what I wanted to be doing. Went to law school, thinking I'd buy myself three years to figure out how to be a writer. Started the Anonymous Lawyer blog during my second year of law school, the New York Times wrote a piece about it in December of 2004, and I ended up with a book deal. So here's the book. I think it's funny. I hope you do too.

I answer all of my e-mail, so feel free to write.

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5.0 out of 5 stars So funny & so true! Must read for law students & anyone else looking for good summer reading., July 25, 2006

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This review is from: Anonymous Lawyer: A Novel (Hardcover)

This book is really funny & so true!! Blachman captures all of the ridiculous aspects of firm life that my lawyer friends always complain about. As a law student myself, I hope it's not *exactly* like that to work at a firm, but from everything I've heard, Blachman's parody is right on. I can see why he chose to be a writer instead of an attorney! Definitely good summer reading.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Everything I Expected & More, July 25, 2006

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I've been a fan of the anonymous lawyer blog for quite some time now. I picked up this book this morning on my way to work (yes, I've been anticipating the release). I've skimmed through the book and read the first quarter of it so far, and I'm happy to say that Jeremy Blachman appears to have superbly evolved his writing without losing the humorous, engaging technique that has made the Anonymous Lawyer blog such a hit. The satire that seeps through everything in Anonymous Lawyer makes this book a delightful read. The blog format of the book, while it is unconventional, also works well here. Even non-lawyers/law students will enjoy this book!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Serious fun, July 26, 2006

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I'm not a lawyer, but I know more than a few, and this is the most hilarious take on law firm life I've ever encountered. I haven't laughed this hard since I read Confederacy of Dunces -- which was the last time everyone on the Metro turned to stare at the loud, uncontrollable giggling.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A book to read
Great book! Very amusing.

Suitable especially for lawyers, cause the book describes working

In a big firm.

Buy it as a present...

Published 3 months ago by MG

3.0 out of 5 stars More entertaining than I anticipated
All right -- I admit it. Despite the fact that it was wildly popular when it first began, I was one of those people who didn't really care for the blog Anonymous Lawyer... Read more

Published 10 months ago by A. Nye

4.0 out of 5 stars Get some clues to make life easy in law firm
Narrate the real life in top tier legal firm from the partner's perspective.

A must-read for intending lawyers and law students.

Published 11 months ago by Mr Fried

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious, Best Legal Humor I have read
This is a great read. I could not put it down. I am partner is in six attorney law firm and never had the opportunity to work for a Mega-Law firm or any firm on the AM 100 list... Read more

Published 22 months ago by MiamiTechnoLawyer

3.0 out of 5 stars Lawyers ARE funny
The blog Anonymous Lawyer is funny; the book is funny, but funnier still, the book went from $14.99 in 2007 to $0.01 (plus $4.00 shipping) in just two years! Read more

Published on August 2, 2009 by R. Smith

4.0 out of 5 stars A very funny book
I don't know much about law offices or identify particularly with the people who work in them, and I tend to avoid epistolary novels: there's something about the format that... Read more

Published on December 18, 2008 by Debra Hamel

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Funny Satire on Major Law Firms
This is something quite unusual. The author runs a legal blog which I guess has provided him with much of the material for this novel. Read more

Published on December 14, 2007 by Ronald H. Clark

5.0 out of 5 stars Suspense and humor in same superb book
Anonymous Lawyer by Jeremy Blachman is a truly 21st century book that is stylistically unique. The hiring partner in a prestigious law firm sets up his own weblog, or blog--a form... Read more

Published on July 18, 2007 by Armchair Interviews

2.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps some day this author will apprehend the greatness of our legal system
Mr. Blachman has clearly not spent enough time in big firms to appreciate their salutary effects on the human spirit, and the great benefits to society imparted by our legions of... Read more

Published on May 17, 2007 by AK

4.0 out of 5 stars Too funny!!!! So true....
I thought this was highly entertaining. I hated the main character, but he was funny and freshingly honest. Read more

Published on May 16, 2007 by Kirstaine A. Smith

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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
anonymous lawyer, attorney lounge, dumpster side, summer associates, hiring partner, seven square feet, recruiting coordinator, truffle cake, new chairman

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Anonymous Lawyer Date, Anonymous Niece Date, The Musician, The Suck-Up, The Tax Guy, Anonymous Wife, Anonymous Son, The Bombshell, Harvard Guy, Anonymous Daughter, The Old Guy, The Prodigal Son, Chicago Guy, Bonnie Henderson Date, Matt Baxter Date, That Foreign Dude, The Frumpy Litigator, The Mail Guy, Yale Law School, Harold Kolb Date, Memorial Day, New York, The Dead Chairman, The Fat Kid, Justin Timberlake

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