Irregular hours could be detrimental to solo lawyers’ mental health. [ABA Journal]
Sam Ryan Heidari is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the CCSD swastika case. [8NewsNow]
Bill aiming to close loophole on sundown siren passes Senate. [TNI]
The A’s turned down a $1 plot of land at the Rio. [TNI]
What’s on the trains? No one will say for sure. [8NewsNow]
Gordon Biersch is closing. Which begs two questions? Are there any lawyers still in Hughes Center? If there are, where will they go for lunch now? [News3LV]
Someone in the comments really wants you all to see this 9th circuit opinion.
RIP Gordon Biersch. Literally had lunch there at least a hundred times. Seems like Hughes Center is a ghost town now. Lots of firms moved away and JAMS moved.
Hughes Center is a terribly inconvenient location to work. I never understood why there was so much demand for offices there. Yes, I know it's close to the airport, Strip, etc. Simply not worth the cumulative time you'd waste driving in and out of there every day.
I had a small office there (and by that I mean really, really small) and damnnnnn I thought I was the shit back then haha. So young and dumb, I actually carried part of my self worth by where my office was – so glad I have grown as a person. In fairness, I was really young.
Agree 12:17. Hughes Center was the hub and lunches and dinner events at Gordon Biersch were staples. Haven't been there in a long time, mainly just because I'm not as socially active anymore and never work down there. Still, a staple of the past 20 years or so in the legal community is gone. RIP. Pour out a marzen.
Gordon Biersch happy hour to Firefly on paradise was a classic route for many a young professional in days gone by to celebrate their friday end of billable work week.
Speak for yourself. Friday has never been the end of my billable work week (and I suspect many other young associates in Howard Hughes over the past 25 years would tell you the same).
This is why investing in Office REITs right now is either a brilliant time to buy at discount or a horrible catching a falling knife exercise. Time will tell!
Good riddance. HH lost its luster a long time ago. They should convert it to public housing. That would bring it in line with the surrounding area. They could build a GhettoBird station right on property to save on fuel for the nightly flyovers.
Kidding aside, public housing is sweet, sweet cash flow. The apartments they built already double as opium dens/cat houses. Surprised the geniuses at BS didn't see the potential.
The new Elysian apartments in the Wells Fargo parking lot look shiny on the outside but are so shady on the inside. On their fourth management company and only been open like 3 years.
I remember when law firms first started moving out of Hughes to head to Summerlin. They all seemed to face a whirlwind of speculation that they were going under or simply couldn't afford to hang with the larger and more prestigious law firm tenants. Now it seems every big firm moved to Summerlin. I guess everyone realized a 5 minute commute is better than a 45 minute one (sorry to all the Henderson folks!).
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April 28, 2023 8:30 pm
This raises an interesting question for you practitioners that came up at my firm this week: lease rates. Maybe I am out of touch but I thought lease rates were or should be coming down as firms post-pandemic were moving away from offices. We are not in Summerlin but we can see it on a map from here (89117) just got our lease renewal proposal and the Landlord is proposing to hop our rent 25% from what we are paying now.
We reduced our physical office footprint 75%, and all lawyers, staff work remotely, save basics of the small office we have here in Las Vegas. Rates for office went up marginally, but were significantly offset by downsizing.
hahaha although I appreciate any references, we at SaveOurSolos.org do not have a larry dear 2:52 – although I am a big Impractical Jokers fan – "Larry? Larry?"
RIP Gordon Biersch. Literally had lunch there at least a hundred times. Seems like Hughes Center is a ghost town now. Lots of firms moved away and JAMS moved.
Hughes Center is a terribly inconvenient location to work. I never understood why there was so much demand for offices there. Yes, I know it's close to the airport, Strip, etc. Simply not worth the cumulative time you'd waste driving in and out of there every day.
I only go there to go to Litigation Services, and to LS's immense credit, they serve lunch.
I had a small office there (and by that I mean really, really small) and damnnnnn I thought I was the shit back then haha. So young and dumb, I actually carried part of my self worth by where my office was – so glad I have grown as a person. In fairness, I was really young.
Agree 12:17. Hughes Center was the hub and lunches and dinner events at Gordon Biersch were staples. Haven't been there in a long time, mainly just because I'm not as socially active anymore and never work down there. Still, a staple of the past 20 years or so in the legal community is gone. RIP. Pour out a marzen.
Gordon Biersch happy hour to Firefly on paradise was a classic route for many a young professional in days gone by to celebrate their friday end of billable work week.
Speak for yourself. Friday has never been the end of my billable work week (and I suspect many other young associates in Howard Hughes over the past 25 years would tell you the same).
Damn near every Friday from about ‘98-‘02 or so. Probably been back five or six times in the last decade. Times change.
Howard Hughes is so bad that Blackstone is intentionally defaulting on its loans for the entire center. https://www.globest.com/2023/03/21/blackstone-stops-making-payments-on-325m-las-vegas-office-loan/?slreturn=20230328154451
This is why investing in Office REITs right now is either a brilliant time to buy at discount or a horrible catching a falling knife exercise. Time will tell!
Good riddance. HH lost its luster a long time ago. They should convert it to public housing. That would bring it in line with the surrounding area. They could build a GhettoBird station right on property to save on fuel for the nightly flyovers.
Kidding aside, public housing is sweet, sweet cash flow. The apartments they built already double as opium dens/cat houses. Surprised the geniuses at BS didn't see the potential.
The new Elysian apartments in the Wells Fargo parking lot look shiny on the outside but are so shady on the inside. On their fourth management company and only been open like 3 years.
I remember when law firms first started moving out of Hughes to head to Summerlin. They all seemed to face a whirlwind of speculation that they were going under or simply couldn't afford to hang with the larger and more prestigious law firm tenants. Now it seems every big firm moved to Summerlin. I guess everyone realized a 5 minute commute is better than a 45 minute one (sorry to all the Henderson folks!).
This raises an interesting question for you practitioners that came up at my firm this week: lease rates. Maybe I am out of touch but I thought lease rates were or should be coming down as firms post-pandemic were moving away from offices. We are not in Summerlin but we can see it on a map from here (89117) just got our lease renewal proposal and the Landlord is proposing to hop our rent 25% from what we are paying now.
So what are you paying psf for your offices?
We reduced our physical office footprint 75%, and all lawyers, staff work remotely, save basics of the small office we have here in Las Vegas. Rates for office went up marginally, but were significantly offset by downsizing.
Firm? You hiring? 😁
Sorry no, not now.
Our firm is hiring. Feel free to post your email address
larry@saveoursolos.org I eagerly await your inquiry. I have experience in windmill tilting law.
Charlie@rockflagandeagle.com, I have experience with the law and various other lawyerings. Experienced bird law practitioner
hahaha although I appreciate any references, we at SaveOurSolos.org do not have a larry dear 2:52 – although I am a big Impractical Jokers fan – "Larry? Larry?"
Just notices that the phrase "SaveOurSolos" contains the phrase "Solos Ruse"