A US law school graduate who set up his own practice aged 29 has quit with a bonkers resignation letter in which he threatens to incite a revolution.

The lawyer has form for eccentricity, having changed his name to Augustus Sol Invictus*. Invictus only set up Florida firm Imperium Law in March, but the youthful managing partner has already quit, with a diatribe for the ages.

In the lengthy resignation email obtained by Above the Law, Invictus explains that he is a genius who dresses better than anyone else. He also boasts that he has "multiple computers & a personal library" and is "God’s gift to humankind where the English language is concerned".

    Spot the genius 

Unfortunately Invictus has also come to believe that lawyers are "nothing more than parasites" who "feed off others like worms". Inviting his peers to "look upon your lives and repent", Invictus renounces his law degree, his firm, civilisation and even his poetry journal. He vows that "on the New Moon of May, I shall disappear into the Wilderness". But don't breathe too easy: "I will return bearing Revolution, or I will not return at all".

Here is the full, hopefully knowingly-bonkers missive:



*meaning Augustus the Unconquered Sun, or Loonychops for short.
Tip Off ROF

Comments

Anonymous 26 April 13 08:52

I feel sorry for his kids (he's got 4 and they can't be that old if he's 29).

Funnily enough, in my experience, the most admirable people are those who, among their admirable traits number modesty and humility.

Anonymous 26 April 13 09:18

"I challenge any of you, then, to accuse me of being a failure in this artificial civilization of yours. For it is beyond dispute that I have played your petty game and won."

What anon at 7:40 said. This is verbatim Laz.

Anonymous 26 April 13 10:17

Four children at 29 = daren't buy condoms.
Licenses in several states = incapable of working in practice.
Editor in chief of a poetry journal = has a poetry blog.
I am a genius intellect = the worlds wisest fool.
Look upon your lives and repent = went to church once.
Several degrees: JD Cum Laude, Philosophy degree and a T.W.A.T

Anonymous 26 April 13 11:55

I'm somewhat surprised at the extent to which God's gift to humankind where the English language is concerned has found cause to fall back upon the ampersand.

Roll On Friday 26 April 13 12:03

His suit doesn't fit and his grammar sucks. I therefore have good reason to cast doubt on all of his other claims.

Anonymous 26 April 13 12:52

Do you think he is suffering some sort of breakdown or manic episode? It seems a case of mental illness and he is perhaps worthy of our sympathy more than anything else. After all, four kids is enough to drive anyone mad...

Anonymous 26 April 13 12:53

I'm no psychiatrist but this reads like the rantings of an unwell person rather than an amusing decry of modern society suitable for "bonkers" resignation letter of the week.

Anonymous 26 April 13 14:01


Just when I finally thought I'd made it, someone explains I need a poorly made american car and show dog.

Damn, nearly.

Anonymous 26 April 13 14:04

"militant self-discipline"? Does he mean militaristic?

The whole thing should probably be written in green ink.

Anonymous 26 April 13 14:10

His virtual bookshelf may explain a few things:

http://www.shelfari.com/augustusinvictus/shelf

Roll On Friday 26 April 13 14:16

I hope someone is keeping an eye on his wife and family. He sounds as if he's "flipped".

I had done quite a lot by 29, but most of us do not go on about it like that.

Anonymous 26 April 13 15:15

On the New Moon of May I shall disappear into a little shed at the end of a large garden and I will emerge smoking a lighted cigarette. That's all I have to say on that subject. Forrest.

Anonymous 26 April 13 15:45

How sad. Anyone else feel that this is not strictly a resignation letter (while he might have quit, how can he resign from his own firm)? Seems more like a letter of defeat or a precursor to suicide...

Roll On Friday 26 April 13 16:20

Having handed in his notice to mankind, Augustus Sol Invictus retired to a cave where he masturbated himself into oblivion.

Roll On Friday 26 April 13 16:49

So having been to Paris, Vancouver, Cairo, Dubrovnik, Mexico City and Syracuse the only place left is the Wilderness...seems about right - I imagine they were the places Alexander the Great ticked off the list before he wept at the lack of available conquering options.

This appears more disturbing to me than most it seems. Yes he may well disappear off and self-harm and that would be sad - but isn't the alternative that he will harm others more of a concern?

Anonymous 26 April 13 16:51

Remember, this being America, he's probably got a variety of automatic weapons and several thousand rounds of ammunition. So, I'm not laughing.

Anonymous 01 May 13 19:18

He uses the word "roofs" and plenty of ampersands.

Better disappear into the wilderness, chum, if that's your approach to the English language.

Anonymous 16 May 13 22:45

This guy is much smarter than we know. This is clearly a diversion, a veil for something else.

Anonymous 07 August 13 00:37

The man definitely has ambition and isn't as short on articulation as his commentators, which means he can't possibly have a girlfriend, well-adjusted children, or the kind of dog you personally think "manly" enough.

And if he has a well-stocked gun cabinet... well, a few of you have apparently volunteered as targets, so whatever you think of his politics, his actions should prove meretricious.

Duck and cover!