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Originally Posted by shinerbock

Well I think you're probably accurate to a degree. I'm sure many people who dress like this on friday know better than to do it in any business setting. Greenberg was probably a poor example, considering their home office is in the dismal setting of Miami. However, for many other prestigious firms in the south...King and Spalding, Alston & Bird, Kilpatrick Stockton, Bradley Arant, etc...may not look so fondly upon such actions even in a social setting. The reason I mentioned trying to get an interview is that often, especially in in greek life circles, such opportunities arise out of social settings such as a dinner, a night at a bar, etc. Thus, if I was in Atlanta one night and saw a fraternity alum or partner for a law firm I wanted to interview for, and I was dressed like that, I'd be pretty apprehensive about approaching them. However, dressed like I normally am (slacks/oxford/no earrings/no gel), I wouldn't really think twice. I think first impressions are surely important everywhere, but in southern professional life, they can be unforgiving.

If somebody approached me about the law when I wasn't at work, I'd kick them in the face, or at least throw a drink on them.