Geoff
@lawyergeoff.bsky.social
Lawyer (mostly brief writing). Chicago. Fan of immigrants. 375 F. Supp. 3d 280, if you want a good read.....
New tshirt, courtesy of the T-Shirt Deli on Damen in Chicago.
November 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
New tshirt, courtesy of the T-Shirt Deli on Damen in Chicago.
Guys is it super awesome that ICE agents are openly wearing Trump iconography while on the job or nah?
(Full video below)
(Full video below)
September 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Guys is it super awesome that ICE agents are openly wearing Trump iconography while on the job or nah?
(Full video below)
(Full video below)
I feel like when your bank texts you a nine-digit access code for 2FA you should be allowed to be off by one digit and still login.
September 4, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I feel like when your bank texts you a nine-digit access code for 2FA you should be allowed to be off by one digit and still login.
I would love for a reporter to ask RFK Jr. to define "mitochondria."
August 31, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I would love for a reporter to ask RFK Jr. to define "mitochondria."
Vance is that guy who went to law school, heard academic-y buzzwordy phrases, and deploys them to sound smart in arguments.
"Over and under-inclusive"
"Let's put that to one side"
"That's a second order problem"
"Over and under-inclusive"
"Let's put that to one side"
"That's a second order problem"
July 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Vance is that guy who went to law school, heard academic-y buzzwordy phrases, and deploys them to sound smart in arguments.
"Over and under-inclusive"
"Let's put that to one side"
"That's a second order problem"
"Over and under-inclusive"
"Let's put that to one side"
"That's a second order problem"
10 years ago: LOL Back to the Future 2 correctly predicted that the Cubs would win the World Series
No2: LOL Back to the Future 2 correctly predicted that the justice system would abolish lawyers
No2: LOL Back to the Future 2 correctly predicted that the justice system would abolish lawyers
July 2, 2025 at 6:09 AM
10 years ago: LOL Back to the Future 2 correctly predicted that the Cubs would win the World Series
No2: LOL Back to the Future 2 correctly predicted that the justice system would abolish lawyers
No2: LOL Back to the Future 2 correctly predicted that the justice system would abolish lawyers
Taking "he literally told us he was gonna do all this" to a whole new level.
April 5, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Taking "he literally told us he was gonna do all this" to a whole new level.
Am thinking about going to the protest tomorrow.
It's about showing I'm against Trump, sure, but mainly it's cuz I heard on Fox that protestors are paid pretty well and after the last couple days I could use the extra scratch.
It's about showing I'm against Trump, sure, but mainly it's cuz I heard on Fox that protestors are paid pretty well and after the last couple days I could use the extra scratch.
April 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Am thinking about going to the protest tomorrow.
It's about showing I'm against Trump, sure, but mainly it's cuz I heard on Fox that protestors are paid pretty well and after the last couple days I could use the extra scratch.
It's about showing I'm against Trump, sure, but mainly it's cuz I heard on Fox that protestors are paid pretty well and after the last couple days I could use the extra scratch.
So rude of him to talk about Skadden, Wilkie, and Paul Weiss this way.
April 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
So rude of him to talk about Skadden, Wilkie, and Paul Weiss this way.
Ten years ago "President Trump Threatens to Invade Greenland" woulda been an Onion headline.
March 30, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Ten years ago "President Trump Threatens to Invade Greenland" woulda been an Onion headline.
If I were in-house counsel at a big corporation looking for aggressive litigators, I think I'd avoid hiring Paul Weiss--not for any political reason, but because they just proved that they cave to pressure pretty easily, which is not exactly what you want out of your litigators.
March 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
If I were in-house counsel at a big corporation looking for aggressive litigators, I think I'd avoid hiring Paul Weiss--not for any political reason, but because they just proved that they cave to pressure pretty easily, which is not exactly what you want out of your litigators.
What's the left's version of "Go Woke, Go Broke"?
"Go fash, lose cash"?
"Go fash, lose cash"?
March 19, 2025 at 6:35 AM
What's the left's version of "Go Woke, Go Broke"?
"Go fash, lose cash"?
"Go fash, lose cash"?
This is a comment translated from Portuguese and it is easily the funniest thing I have ever read in my life.
March 12, 2025 at 5:20 AM
This is a comment translated from Portuguese and it is easily the funniest thing I have ever read in my life.
To repeat an evergreen quote from George W Bush:
"That was some weird shit."
"That was some weird shit."
March 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
To repeat an evergreen quote from George W Bush:
"That was some weird shit."
"That was some weird shit."
When Homer Simpson did this in Australia he got punched in the face by a Marine.
Boston Globe reports antics of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at Vermont/Quebec library that sits on Canada-U.S. border. She repeatedly stepped over taped boundary marker in middle of the library, referring to Canada as the "51st State" every time she stood in Canada.
March 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
When Homer Simpson did this in Australia he got punched in the face by a Marine.
I'm no expert, but giving people important jobs in government based on whether they host a podcast the president likes seems like a mistake.
March 1, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I'm no expert, but giving people important jobs in government based on whether they host a podcast the president likes seems like a mistake.
Has anyone given Amy Chua a good tongue lashing for what she hath wrought?
February 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Has anyone given Amy Chua a good tongue lashing for what she hath wrought?
Ronald Reagan would be appalled. To state the very obvious.
February 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Ronald Reagan would be appalled. To state the very obvious.
So crazy that Trump is so anti-gay while also clearly being in a throuple with Elon and Putin.
February 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
So crazy that Trump is so anti-gay while also clearly being in a throuple with Elon and Putin.
Can't believe we're not just generally referring to this period in history as Elongate huge swing and a miss culturally
February 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Can't believe we're not just generally referring to this period in history as Elongate huge swing and a miss culturally
The silver lining to the budget bill is that for once we're at least involving Congress in the process of governing.
February 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The silver lining to the budget bill is that for once we're at least involving Congress in the process of governing.