Thanks, Anna Alaburda! All I did was stick a cropped law school
photo on the blog and traffic went through the roof. Half the surfeit originates from a
comment on ATL about her appearance and the balance from people Googling some variant of "Anna Alaburda pic." I'm resisting the urge to salt this post with salacious keywords so I can retire early ... my resolve is failing.
Let me be frank: I find Ms. Alaburda attractive. One of my first thoughts was back to
Allison Cantor and how she effortlessly got biglaw while Alaburda is doing doc review. I conceived a hypothetical conversation between Alaburda and Cantor but decided that the contrasts in background, alma maters, and geography rendered the different outcomes inevitable despite the superficial personal similarities.
Basically, the premium for being attractive in sunny San Diego is either small or nil, and not enough to offset a degree from a toilet in a small market. I suspect the penalty for being unaTTTractive is high. The converse is likely true in the Nutmeg State.
Cantor obviously had a good rapport with a Day Pitney partner. I don't know how Alaburda comes across, but a
partner in a mid-size firm is betting she will make a good plaintiff; i.e., someone who should have succeeded but for her school.
There's no such thing as bad publicity. Alaburda will do fine. If she wins, she'll do better than fine, and become a hero to toileteers, everywhere.
