Latest news with #BiglawBiter
Daily Mail
19 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Summer associate FIRED from elite law firm after 'biting as many as 10 colleagues'
A summer associate at Sidley Austin has been let go from the prestigious law firm's New York office after allegedly biting multiple colleagues over the course of her program. The summer associate, who has not been publicly named, has been dubbed the 'Biglaw Biter' after reportedly leaving visible bite marks on her victims and roaring at them. According to legal blog Above the Law, the behavior started early in the program at the New York City law firm and continued for weeks before she was finally fired. The summer associate is accused of biting at least 10 people, including an HR staffer, according to an alleged insider text message that has since gone viral on X. 'The bites were in fact not confined to one incident/event,' read the message, which was posted alongside a photo of what appeared to be bite marks on someone's arm. 'Rather she was biting people all summer and nobody was reporting it for some reason.' The alleged insider claimed the woman bit 'summer associates, associates and an HR person' and that her officemate began wearing long sleeves to avoid getting bit. The same message also accused the summer associate of another faux pas of ordering a $2,000 bottle of wine at a dinner with partners and associates. The tacky choice reportedly came up during her termination meeting as a sign of 'poor judgment.' As if the alleged biting and spending spree weren't enough, the insider went on to say the woman was 'apparently a "horse girl" who says "rawr" regularly.' Since her firing, the summer associate is said to be 'laying low at a Holiday Inn in Maryland,' according to the viral message. The biting was not described as aggressive, but rather framed as an offbeat or 'faux-quirky,' insiders at the firm told the outlet. 'The Biglaw Biter started chomping away at other employees at "Sidley Gnaw-stin" - not in an aggressive, "we're beefing" way, but more of a faux-quirky manic pixie dream girl crossed with the Donner party vibe,' according to the insider. The shocking behavior was reportedly tolerated for a time due to the summer associate's otherwise personable demeanor. But eventually the pattern became impossible to ignore. It is very difficult to get fired from a biglaw summer job, but life finds a way — society (@a_real_society) July 12, 2025 The summer associate was ultimately dismissed from the summer program, according to Above the Law.
Time of India
3 days ago
- Time of India
'Biglaw biter': Sidley Austin fires summer intern who started biting co-workers, HR representative
Sidley Austin reportedly terminated a summer intern as she started biting people in the Manhattan office. Global law firm Sidley Austin, the company where Barack Obama and Michelle Obama met for the first time, is at the center of a juicy Reddit gossip this week as the company had to fire a summer intern in its Manhattan office as she started biting people. Accounts and even a photo of a bite mark are doing the rounds with social media users lapping up every detail of how it started, how many people she bit altogether etc. Legal news site Above the Law reported the bizarre thing and named the intern 'Biglaw biter' as the identity of the person has not been disclosed. Even Sidley Austin did not confirm the incident either. The bites were not 'in an aggressive, 'we're beefing' way' – but rather, 'a faux-quirky manic pixie dream girl crossed with the Donner party vibe,' the outlet reported. 'Though I've seen pics of the results post-Biglaw Biter, and 'nibble' is probably too tame a word,' the article's author noted. 'It's unclear why so many people let this go before reporting the Biglaw Biter, but the rumor is she's otherwise personable and there was some reluctance to elevate the matter,' the report said. An X post claimed that her officemate started wearing long-sleeved shirts as she was getting bit. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Is it legal? How to get Internet without paying a subscription? Techno Mag Learn More Undo According to some insiders, by the time the intern was fired, her bite body count reached double digits. New York Post, however, cited an insider who said only five employed were bitten and everything else is an exaggeration. People who got bitten included other summer interns, associate lawyers and even an HR rep. According to a piece of gossip circulating, nobody was reporting the biting incident for some reason. "Separately, this girl also went to dinner with a group of partners and associates and ordered a $2000 bottle of wine, which also came up in her termination meeting as demonstration poor judgment," a screenshot on X claimed.
New York Post
3 days ago
- New York Post
Summer intern fired from white-shoe NYC law firm for biting multiple co-workers: ‘Nibble is . . . too tame a word'
A twisted Big Law summer intern was reportedly tossed from an elite Manhattan law firm after repeatedly baring the tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth. A summer associate at white-shoe firm Sidley Austin began biting colleagues and roaring at them on her first day — and by the time she was canned, her body count had reached double digits, insiders told the legal news site Above the Law. The bites were not 'in an aggressive, 'we're beefing' way' – but rather, 'a faux-quirky manic pixie dream girl crossed with the Donner party vibe,' the outlet reported. Advertisement 3 A summer associate at Sidley Austin reportedly bit up to 10 colleagues, insiders told the legal news site Above the Law. Jack Forbes / NY Post Design 'Though I've seen pics of the results post-Biglaw Biter, and 'nibble' is probably too tame a word,' the article's author noted. 'It's unclear why so many people let this go before reporting the Biglaw Biter, but the rumor is she's otherwise personable and there was some reluctance to elevate the matter,' the outlet reported, citing unnamed sources. Advertisement A jaw-dropping account of the chomping spree posted to X said the girl sank her teeth into 10 colleagues, including other summer interns, associate lawyers and even an HR rep at the firm's Seventh Avenue offices. 3 A jaw-dropping account of the chomping spree said the girl sank her teeth into other summer interns, associate lawyers and even an HR rep at the firm's Seventh Avenue offices. Helayne Seidman 'It was such a repeated thing that her officemate started wearing long sleeve shirts to the office because she kept getting bit,' the purported insider said, as posted by the account @a_real_society on July 12. An image also posted to X shows a mouth-sized bruise on someone's outer bicep – an injury allegedly inflicted by the gnaw-ty intern. Advertisement The firm declined to comment. But an insider told The Post the intern bit only five employees and that exaggerations were now flooding the internet. 'People are outright making things up at this point,' echoed a Reddit user who claimed to work with the masticator at Sidley. 'I just want to ask people to please remember that there's a human being on the other end of this story — someone whose mental health is a genuine concern, and who is probably feeling like her life is ruined right now,' the July 11 post continued. 'She made a really stupid mistake and has paid the price for it.' 3 An insider told The Post the intern bit only five employees and that exaggerations were now flooding the internet. Helayne Seidman Advertisement Barack and Michelle Obama famously met at Sidley Austin's headquarters in Chicago in 1988, when Michelle, then a young lawyer fresh out of Harvard Law School, was tasked with mentoring Barack, a summer associate at the time. The firm, which boasts 21 offices globally, handles 'complex transactional, restructuring, crisis management, investigation, regulatory and litigation matters,' according to its website.
