District Judge Stephen Orlofsky is resigning from his appointment after a whopping eight years on the bench. The spin is that he's ticked that he didn't get confirmed for his Court of Appeals nomination. I'd put my money on, well, the money. Judges and other agitators for a judicial salary increase have been saying for quite some time that the dismally low salaries of judges (relative to their counterparts in big firms) would eventually force some judges back to private practice. (How else is one to afford the extravagant lifestyle cultivated in pre-judicial years?)

Orlofsky says it's about "intellectual ventures." Apparently Blank Rome's PR people are working for him already!


[nb. I'm feeling kind of caustic today. Forgive me in advance.]

Update: Myshingle.com also has some thoughts.