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Pissed off at partner who sandbagged me
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Date: July 28th, 2012 2:39 AM
I am locked in a room with what seemed to be hundreds of boxes of documents, deposition transcripts and discovery responses. I am told to write the motion and given nothing more by way of guidance. After more than a hundred hours of work, I blearily forward a draft via email to the partner and other associates on the team and stumble off for a few hours of sleep.
That afternoon, I receive a terse email indicating that I am to report immediately to the partner’s office for a conference call with the client. Apparently, my draft has not been well received.
Client is incensed. At the beginning of this case, *five years ago*, client advised us that it did not want to make “Argument X” because of the ongoing business relationship client had with one of the defendants. The same “Argument X” that is central to my motion. Partner looks at me and shakes his head. All associates in the room turn their faces away, ashamed at my failure. Partner must placate the client—stating that I made a mistake and would fix it.
Of course, none of the people actually assigned to this case, including the partner, ever told me that the client did not want to make “Argument X.”
I haven’t spoken directly with a client since. |
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Date: July 28th, 2012 3:14 AM
I'm surprised at how many people say to ask questions or bounce ideas off of someone. At my firm, which resembles a prison, asking questions is highly frowned upon and "bouncing ideas" is the kiss of death. A question, even if well-thought-out, is an admission that you don't know everything, and some firms require that you maintain the pretense of being omniscient. Bouncing uncrystallized ideas off of someone can be even worse because, not only does it show that you're not omniscient, you come off as inarticulate and bumbling as well. There was no way to avoid what happened to me. |
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Date: July 28th, 2012 9:06 AM
"give me a draft. i will tell you what i think about it when i see the finished product."
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Date: July 31st, 2012 6:22 PM
Having just read one of the other threads... maybe someone could do a Kickstarter to write a book on the collective experience of BIGLAW dysfunction to sell to clients.
BIGBUSINESS and Gen Millennials could collectively disenfranchise traditional BIGLAW by exposing the B.S. |
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I heard that the service partner was yelled at but that she blamed it on her secretary. It all comes down to shit rolling down hill. |
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"you have quite the reputation as a brief writer, so get to work" |
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