It’s not the name of a new litigation boutique, but it might as well be.
White-shoe Sidley Austin has reportedly booted a summer intern after she allegedly bit, yes, bit, up to ten of her coworkers. Ten. That’s a lawsuit and a buffet.
According to a the NY Post, who reported “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.
An image of one such bite-attack posted to X shows a mouth-sized bruise on someone’s outer bicepd.
and a viral TikTok posted by a fellow intern, the unnamed gnawer was a “very strange girl” who didn’t just nibble in jest. No, this was full commitment—teeth marks, blood, the works. One associate ended up at urgent care. Others filed formal complaints. HR, presumably, ran out of incident forms.
And what was the aspiring intern’s defence? That she was “just playing.”
Look, the law can be a cutthroat business, but this is a whole new level of blood sport.
The story, which the firm hasn’t officially confirmed, has sparked bemused outrage online and poses real questions for legal recruiters. Background check? Maybe add “vampirism” to the red flags list.
In the meantime, the rest of the summer intern class has probably developed a lasting fear of lunchtime meetings and close-quarters drafting sessions.
As for the biter? Sources say she’s now job-hunting. Perhaps in personal injury. Or criminal defence.
Or, more likely, the food service industry.
