When 32-year-old Lisa Johnstone was found dead in her Redondo Beach, California, condominium on June 20 after failing to arrive at work, hers was the law firm death heard around the Internet.
That the Los Angeles County coroner’s department couldn’t immedietely say what killed Johnstone, a sixth-year corporate associate in Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom‘s Los Angeles office, didn’t stop the speculation—especially once legal blog Above The Law used Johnstone’s death as the peg for a June 30 post reflecting on the rugged working conditions endured by associates at large law firms.
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