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Partner screamed at me for cc'ing him on an email. I'm tired of this shit.

Two weeks ago, a nerdy litigation partner asked me to work o...
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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:07 PM
Author: brindle site reading party

Two weeks ago, a nerdy litigation partner asked me to work on a private equity investment for one of his clients. Simple enough, right? I’m a fifth-year associate and regarded as a competent transactional attorney. I’m not the class rock star, but I’ve been told I’m “very much in the hunt for partnership.”

Sounds exciting, but being in the hunt actually makes your life worse because you have to care what partners think of you. In other words, you have to make partners like you. And if they don’t? Well, you have to obsess over the fact they don’t like you and then do everything in your power to change their minds. Even when they’re dicks. Even when they scream at you for “CC-ing” them on an email rather than including them in the “From” line. That’s right, Nerdy Litigation partner yelled at me like I was his prison bitch because I didn’t include his name in the goddamn “From” line.

“This is reckless and thoughtless behavior!” he said, his tiny jaw twitching with petulance.

Here are the facts: Last Wednesday, I sent a draft term sheet to the client and CC-ed Nerdy Litigation Partner. It’s the kind of thing I do twenty times a day. I didn’t even think twice about it. Call me crazy, but that’s how I roll. Ten minutes later, NLP was in my office yelling.

“You don’t CC me. Understand?!”

“I’m sorry,” I said. I know, I’m a pussy. But I’m in the hunt. What am I supposed to do, ruin my career? But NLP didn’t give a rat’s ass about my apology.

“Every single piece of correspondence that goes to this client comes from me. Got it?! ”

I just looked at him. My heart was thumping. If we were in high school, I would have already thrown my first punch.

“I’m not sure I understand,” I said, with an deferential faux confusion associates in the hunt employ when asshole partners are screaming at them for no reason.

“The client needs to know that I’m integrally involved in this transaction and not just overseeing some junior associate’s work product. Understand now, or was that too abstract for you?! ”

I didn’t respond. I just stared at him, until he walked out.

Here’s the worst part: NLP is actually kind of important and now he hates me. He told an associate friend of mine the next day that I was a “loose cannon.”

A loose fucking cannon?! Really?! Because of a stupid CC! Really?! Just thinking about this makes me insane! I’ve worked my ass off for five years, and this petty son of a bitch is going to compromise—or flat out ruin—my chance at partner over this!?

If I didn’t have a fat student loan tab, I would have kicked his chubby ass right then and there. (Yes, I’m exaggerating. A little. And yes, I’m angry as hell and completely irrational. You would be too, if you were in the hunt and some d-bag called you out for something so petty.)

It’s times like these that I’m really glad I went to a top-five school, made law review and billed 2100 hours a year for the past five years. Now I suppose that the only good news about no longer being in the hunt is that I don’t have to care what assholes like NLP think of me anymore. So in a way, this whole Cc debacle was a victory.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469024)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:13 PM
Author: grizzly chapel

Yeah, I'm sure the partner is the nerdy one given that you took the time to write all of this shit out.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469053)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:15 PM
Author: brindle site reading party

Eat a bag of dicks.

(Was that short enough for you?)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469060)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:18 PM
Author: grizzly chapel

(loose cannon)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469068)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:19 PM
Author: aqua heady boltzmann travel guidebook



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469070)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:20 PM
Author: aquamarine nowag telephone



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469074)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:21 PM
Author: deranged state national security agency



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469080)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:51 PM
Author: Yellow Clown House



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469155)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 2:26 AM
Author: sinister adventurous parlor

Look who's here, the loser of losers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469549)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 5:08 AM
Author: mind-boggling mauve hospital

what is wrong with you?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469677)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 12:26 AM
Author: sable codepig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469264)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 12:31 AM
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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469295)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 12:35 AM
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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469305)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 2:14 AM
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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469531)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 2:16 AM
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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469534)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 3:17 AM
Author: Maniacal cerebral sandwich keepsake machete



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469614)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 8:15 AM
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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469852)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 9:01 AM
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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469963)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 11:33 AM
Author: Razzle Friendly Grandma



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470551)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 1:19 PM
Author: bull headed sooty voyeur



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36471006)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 8:15 AM
Author: khaki racy internal respiration spot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469851)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:12 PM
Author: Free-loading ladyboy brunch

Are you serious? Spent 7 years in a top ten big law firm and never had anything like this happen. Most mad a partner ever got was when I told a client she was on vacation when she was working remotely.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469044)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 12:29 PM
Author: cowardly concupiscible lodge idea he suggested

OP is not flame. I didn't make it seven months at my firm before hearing multiple times about the importance of properly ordering names on the to line of emails by seniority.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470787)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:17 PM
Author: aqua heady boltzmann travel guidebook

apart from law being generally TTT, it must suck working for those who were unliked dweebs in HS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469067)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:19 PM
Author: aquamarine nowag telephone

If your boss is in DC I’ll punch him for you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469073)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:24 PM
Author: spruce fluffy space

Man is a writer floating an idea.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469094)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:29 PM
Author: Hyperactive Saffron Crackhouse Death Wish

This is TLS copypasta

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469106)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:33 PM
Author: brindle site reading party

I am the Picasso of copypasta

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469117)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:47 PM
Author: Lascivious internet-worthy laser beams

u know this used to be a law bort

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469145)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 2:10 AM
Author: deep philosopher-king address

2008 is not coming back

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469524)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 11:12 AM
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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470468)



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Date: July 22nd, 2018 1:14 AM
Author: Lascivious internet-worthy laser beams



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36473661)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 12:24 AM
Author: Wine irradiated quadroon office

Not sure if this is flame, but "very much in the hunt for partnership" sounds like a line of horseshit that they tell people that they aren't planning to make partners so that they'll consent to being worked to death.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469257)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 8:57 AM
Author: Floppy Navy Newt



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469950)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 9:47 AM
Author: at-the-ready appetizing center



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470104)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 11:28 AM
Author: wild sound barrier stead

(Sherlock Holmes)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470528)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 12:31 PM
Author: cowardly concupiscible lodge idea he suggested

He is very much in the hunt if he continues billing 2250+ each of the next five years and brings in his own clients and the economy doesn't tank and he doesn't get one wrong moved.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470798)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 12:34 AM
Author: Wonderful Feces Home

smoke some more crystal meth

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469302)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 2:25 AM
Author: exhilarant gay wizard

http://bitterempire.com/cc-this-bitch/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469547)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 12:12 PM
Author: flushed beady-eyed menage cuckold

Wtf? Did they just steal from us?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470701)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 3:20 AM
Author: crusty private investor electric furnace

This really isn't written in an xo style. Seems fraud

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469618)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 8:14 AM
Author: Nighttime Frisky University Scourge Upon The Earth

Why would a litigation partner send a client a term sheet?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469848)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 9:00 AM
Author: Very Tactful Whorehouse

have you found any secrets to smoking weed in a red roof inn?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469961)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 10:13 AM
Author: insanely creepy aphrodisiac gaming laptop

How do you put someone else's name in the "from" line of an email?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470226)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 10:19 AM
Author: Hyperactive Saffron Crackhouse Death Wish

(Guy about to get shitcanned for inadequate Outlook skills)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470255)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 11:31 AM
Author: twinkling stag film

Its a permissions thing. Its a dropdown menu feature if you have permission to access his inbox.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470542)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 1:02 PM
Author: insanely creepy aphrodisiac gaming laptop

Ok, got it, thanks. Yeah, my secretary has access to my inbox and occasionally I'll ask her to send an email or meeting invite for me. The "from" line will have my name but the email header also says something like "sent from <Hombre's Secretary> on behalf of Hombre 3000."

But I've never given any associates who work for me such access and I'd never expect them to do that when emailing a client. Pretty sure I've never seen a partner at my firm do that, but who knows.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470941)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 12:04 PM
Author: Translucent locus idiot

This was my first thought, too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470654)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 3:11 PM
Author: comical cyan bawdyhouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36471451)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 12:16 PM
Author: Provocative Slate Locale Karate

this is at least the third time this screed has been posted here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470721)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 1:15 PM
Author: Know-it-all Razzmatazz Casino Bbw

It’s about ten years old and has been posted more than 20 times.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470982)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 1:31 PM
Author: Buff talented theater stage

180 moniker

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36471032)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 7:48 PM
Author: Contagious Misunderstood Ape

you posted this here already

http://law.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3630362&mc=43&forum_id=2&PHPSESSID=82d9597152b8e687a6af6d06cbd65e87#33426277

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36472544)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 7:51 PM
Author: Contagious Misunderstood Ape

and here

http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2246963&mc=57&forum_id=2&PHPSESSID=4a5f014e554b8cad58a06cf0ac9f1e84#23131737

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36472550)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 7:51 PM
Author: Motley Resort

BIGLAW needs Slack.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36472551)