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Why do SHITLAWYERS speak of "FILES," not deals/matters/cases?

i've never heard to anyone in biglaw refer to anything as a ...
Dashing bistre stead
  03/24/14
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Dashing bistre stead
  03/24/14
they actually still have files presumably
Unhinged Goal In Life
  03/24/14
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Dashing bistre stead
  03/24/14
I've also noticed this. Presumably hold over from when there...
jet-lagged lascivious roast beef azn
  03/24/14
each shitlaw client's "file" contains multiple mat...
wine concupiscible codepig
  03/24/14
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topaz twinkling uncleanness voyeur
  12/18/25
Lawyers are the lowest form of life.
Bat Shit Crazy Apoplectic Shrine
  12/18/25
Shitlawyers don't stay long enough at one firm to have any o...
fuchsia temple
  12/18/25


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Date: March 24th, 2014 3:23 PM
Author: Dashing bistre stead

i've never heard to anyone in biglaw refer to anything as a "file." lit people use "case," corporate people use "deal," and people also sometimes use "matter." how did the term "file" get to be shitlaw parlance?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2526126&forum_id=2,#25250777)



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Date: March 24th, 2014 4:53 PM
Author: Dashing bistre stead

?

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Date: March 24th, 2014 4:54 PM
Author: Unhinged Goal In Life

they actually still have files presumably

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2526126&forum_id=2,#25251524)



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Date: March 24th, 2014 5:04 PM
Author: Dashing bistre stead



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Date: March 24th, 2014 4:54 PM
Author: jet-lagged lascivious roast beef azn

I've also noticed this. Presumably hold over from when there was a physical file that represented the whole thing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2526126&forum_id=2,#25251528)



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Date: March 24th, 2014 4:55 PM
Author: wine concupiscible codepig

each shitlaw client's "file" contains multiple matters. e.g., his slip and fall, shoplifting arrest, and back taxes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2526126&forum_id=2,#25251532)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:19 AM
Author: topaz twinkling uncleanness voyeur



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2526126&forum_id=2,#49518704)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:42 AM
Author: Bat Shit Crazy Apoplectic Shrine

Lawyers are the lowest form of life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2526126&forum_id=2,#49518677)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:51 AM
Author: fuchsia temple

Shitlawyers don't stay long enough at one firm to have any of those things, there's just a "file" that's handed down every time somebody quits, is disbarred, goes to prison, commits suicide, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2526126&forum_id=2,#49518683)