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Skadden, You Gladden Her Heart

By Ashby Jones

Stacey Kray (pictured) is a senior associate practicing environmental law in Skadden’s San Francisco office. She’s also got a little side-thing going as a singer-songwriter.

Now, if we were to tell you that Kray managed to blend the two in some LB post-worthy way, you’d probably expect some story about how, during some open-mic night, Kray met someone who knew Norah Jones or Liz Phair or someone and through persistence and charm, Kray managed to bring Skadden copyright or right-of-publicity work or something.

Oh how wrong you’d be. This is so much better.

The story: the American Lawyer’s Ben Hallman, through a story that we’ll let you read here, asked readers to, what the hay, pen a tribute song to a law firm. The contest, according to Hallman, wasn’t close — only one person applied. But the winner, Kray, is certainly deserving. The result: a Kray original “Skadden, You Gladden My Heart.” (Click here to listen to the MP3; click here for Kray’s Web site.)

The lyrics:

SKADDEN, YOU GLADDEN MY HEART

Skadden, you gladden my heart.
You stand out, an army apart.
Supporting your fellows,
Turning foes yellow.
Skadden, you gladden my heart.

And I mean it when I say
I hope you’ll let me stay.
Skadden, you gladden . . . my heart.

While you’re at it, LBers, click through and read the nice little Q&A Hallman has with Kray. Feel free to leave a snarky comment below if you have to, but before you do, look inside your soul LBers, and ask yourselves if Ms. Kray truly deserves it. After all, she wrote a halfway-decent song about Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP!

That said, if you gotta go with the snark, we ain’t gonna stop you.

Update: A reader called “Anon” has indicated that he or she might have something like a “Kirkland & Ellis” songbook. Suffice it to say, we’re curious. “Anon,” in case you’re wondering how to get in touch, let’s remind you: lawblog@wsj.com.

Full post as published by Law Blog - WSJ.com on August 28, 2009 (boomark / email).