Nation's Top Lawyers Pick Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as Their #1 Choice for Lunch Date

EAGAN, Minn., March 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The dream of sharing lunch and conversation with a Supreme Court justice would seem to be the ultimate lunch date for a lawyer. But which justice would you pick and where would you go?

Super Lawyers (www.superlawyers.com), part of Thomson Reuters, surveyed nearly a hundred top lawyers around the country and asked them, "Which U.S. Supreme Court justice would you most want to take to lunch? And where would you take them?"

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the most popular choice for a lunch date by some of the nation's top lawyers. But even more interesting were some of the combinations of Supreme Court justice and restaurant that the lawyers picked.

Answers ranged from Justice Kagan at Fat Matt's Rib Shack in Atlanta ("She's from New York City, and I think she needs to eat some barbecue."), to Justice Breyer at Rami's falafel restaurant in Boston ("Since I know he is from Boston."), to  taking Justice Scalia all the way down to Husson's Cantina in Baja, Mexico ("After a few more beers, we may start to agree on things.").

After Justice Ginsburg, Justice Scalia was the second most popular choice. One creative attorney suggested the two of them as a joint lunch date. "They are so ideologically diverse and yet the best of friends socially," he said. "I think there's a lot to be learned for Republicans and Democrats in the current, partisan divide."

Here's how the nine current Supreme Court justices were ranked by lawyers as a potential lunch date companion:

Nine retired or deceased justices received votes, including Sandra Day O'Connor, Earl Warren and Oliver Wendell Holmes ("Not just because of his brilliance, but the totality of his life experiences."), whom one attorney suggested introducing to the Waffle House ("He might be more talkative over grits and hash browns.").

"Every year, we ask a question of top attorneys in each region of the U.S., and the lawyers who responded made some great choices," said Erik Lundegaard, editor in chief, Super Lawyers. "Interestingly, many went with a justice they disagreed with. Lawyers being lawyers, they wanted to argue, I guess. So a choice for lunch date, like a retweet, isn't necessarily an endorsement. But it would still make for great conversation in a unique location. Who wouldn't want that in a lunch date?"

Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. The Super Lawyers lists are published in Super Lawyers magazines and in leading city and regional magazines across the country. (www.superlawyers.com)

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