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I met up with a law school friend for dinner while driving through the Midland area this weekend. She makes a killing in oil field divorces. If that 0L hadn't cancelled his score he too could live in the middle of no where and help abusive drunks divorce their pipewives.
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Sep 29, 2014 16:10
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:I met up with a law school friend for dinner while driving through the Midland area this weekend. She makes a killing in oil field divorces. It's funny because I have no idea where your Midland is, but that's exactly what our Midland (Ontario) is like except replace "oil" with "trafficking meth and painkillers".
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Sep 29, 2014 22:01
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CmdrSmirnoff posted:It's funny because I have no idea where your Midland is, but that's exactly what our Midland (Ontario) is like except replace "oil" with "trafficking meth and painkillers". 'bout 5 fuckin' hours west of Dallas, out in the desert is this little turd of a down surrounded by oil rigs. The architecture is like a fossil layer of oil booms and busts over the past 100 years, where dilapidated neighborhoods abut 6 lane thoroughfares, and empty office buildings sit, rotting, next to brand new, multi-million dollar high-rises. Its the worst, and the day my case in Midland County District Court settled was the best day of this past summer.
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Sep 29, 2014 23:03
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I slept okay, got a low score, and went to a crap school.
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Sep 29, 2014 23:35
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CmdrSmirnoff posted:It's funny because I have no idea where your Midland is, but that's exactly what our Midland (Ontario) is like except replace "oil" with "trafficking meth and painkillers". Also, Googling Midland, Texas and meth suggests that the two Midlands actually have a lot in common, at least methwise.
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Sep 30, 2014 00:25
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blarzgh posted:'bout 5 fuckin' hours west of Dallas, out in the desert is this little turd of a down surrounded by oil rigs. The architecture is like a fossil layer of oil booms and busts over the past 100 years, where dilapidated neighborhoods abut 6 lane thoroughfares, and empty office buildings sit, rotting, next to brand new, multi-million dollar high-rises. Someone bitching about Midland doesn't spend a lot of time in Odessa. For the uninitiated, Odessa is a sister city to Midland. Midland is where all of the managers/owners of the various oil wells live while Odessa is where all the workers live.
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Sep 30, 2014 00:28
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Mr. Nice! posted:Someone bitching about Midland doesn't spend a lot of time in Odessa. Client had three wells out in Pecos, and was like, "you should come out and check em out." And I was like "gently caress you no."
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Sep 30, 2014 03:13
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Mr. Nice! posted:Someone bitching about Midland doesn't spend a lot of time in Odessa. I stopped in the midland walmart on a Friday night to get some cough syrup. The line of oil workers cashing their checks at the walmart was insane. Better than the liquor store though. Most of my clients use them to cash checks.
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Sep 30, 2014 04:06
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:I stopped in the midland walmart on a Friday night to get some cough syrup. The line of oil workers cashing their checks at the walmart was insane. Better than the liquor store though. Most of my clients use them to cash checks. The new one just off the highway, catty-corner from Starbucks? I had to run in there once and buy a belt before a TI hearing because I packed a loving brown belt with black shoes! I won, so it must have worked. (Of course it didn't hurt when the respondent said, "absolutely I intend to follow through on my threats!")
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Sep 30, 2014 05:36
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Anyone here prepping to sit on the December LSAT? Having gone through Blueprint, it was good, but boy did I waste my money. highly highly highly recommend LSAT Trainer. Not sure on the rules about linking amazon but go ahead and google it. Anyways drill baby drill. I'm slashtom on TLS as well.
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Oct 1, 2014 08:45
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Support fellow goons: http://www.enclothe.com/shop/pc/Taco-Death-30p1534.htm
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Oct 1, 2014 14:06
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What the gently caress is this poo poo.
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Oct 1, 2014 15:09
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slashtom posted:Anyways drill baby drill. Hot Dog Day #91 posted:What the gently caress is this poo poo
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Oct 1, 2014 15:12
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slashtom posted:Anyone here prepping to sit on the December LSAT? I'm taking it in December but I wouldn't really call playing WoW 'prepping'
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Oct 1, 2014 17:53
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Mr. Nice! posted:Someone bitching about Midland doesn't spend a lot of time in Odessa. Friday Night Lights!
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Oct 2, 2014 04:30
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Constant panic attacks as a junior transactional attorney working for a random real estate partner our firm brought in who is making me do weird HOA caselaw searches; don't go to law school.
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Oct 2, 2014 15:15
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RFX posted:Constant panic attacks as a junior transactional attorney working for a random real estate partner our firm brought in who is making me do weird HOA caselaw searches; don't go to law school. I didn't think panic attacks were possible in a transactional practice... Legal Research Pro-tip: GOOGLE FIRST, LEXIS NEXT.
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Oct 2, 2014 15:26
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blarzgh posted:I didn't think panic attacks were possible in a transactional practice... Yeah I've learned that; but it's apparently not good enough for this guy. Also forgot to mention the fact that a third of the time I get on the phone with him, I get to hear about why California is going down the drain and why I should Vote Republican.
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Oct 2, 2014 15:44
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blarzgh posted:I didn't think panic attacks were possible in a transactional practice... I just finished listening to a malpractice insurer's seminar about keyboard mis-strikes by transactional attorneys leading to multimillion dollar lawsuits against said transactional attorneys. One of the hand-outs literally said something like (paraphrased) each time a transactional attorney sits down at his computer, he knows that even an inadvertent error can potentially lead to a catastrophic claim against him and his firm. It's a sweet life.
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Oct 2, 2014 16:39
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SlyFrog posted:I just finished listening to a malpractice insurer's seminar about keyboard mis-strikes by transactional attorneys leading to multimillion dollar lawsuits against said transactional attorneys. One of the hand-outs literally said something like (paraphrased) each time a transactional attorney sits down at his computer, he knows that even an inadvertent error can potentially lead to a catastrophic claim against him and his firm. Let me tell you about the time during a deposition that my (defendant)client's wife, who we prepped for 3 hours, and who had unbeknownst to us filed for divorce the day prior, began by volunteering to explain to Plaintiff's counsel how her husband's company was embezzling money...
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Oct 2, 2014 17:14
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I dropped out of law school after 1L and it was the best decision I ever made. I got my first internship after fall semester, and I wanted to quit law and never look back almost immediately after I started there. Ogmius- have you ever worked for a lawyer or at a law firm, in any capacity? This might be a golden opportunity to get a job in the law that isn't practicing, to see if you actually like it.
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Oct 2, 2014 18:19
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Cutting out the middleman. http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2013/09/12/shake-on-it-new-app-puts-legally-binding-documents-at-your-fingertips/
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Oct 3, 2014 06:36
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Opposing counsel in my case makes we want to not practice law. Just a broken human being. No one should have to deal with this sort of person. And I have to defend like five more depositions against this fucker. gently caress. Also, why is lead trial counsel taking every loving deposition. gently caress.
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Oct 3, 2014 07:06
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gvibes posted:Also, why is lead trial counsel taking every loving deposition. gently caress. Does the client have a lot of money?
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Oct 3, 2014 13:32
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Scraps you ready to file an Ebola class action against Dallas school districts?
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Oct 3, 2014 19:22
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Scraps you ready to file an Ebola class action against Dallas school districts? Our power is out. We still found ways to work.
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Oct 3, 2014 19:40
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RFX posted:Yeah I've learned that; but it's apparently not good enough for this guy. Also forgot to mention the fact that a third of the time I get on the phone with him, I get to hear about why California is going down the drain and why I should Vote Republican. My personal fave: When I had to deal with a private defense attorney whose emails all had signatures for their (Tea Party) campaign for political office. And I got a lot of emails from this person. Many apparently sent at 3AM. Which, I'm not saying is terrible in itself, but jeez doesn't everyone know to hit save draft and send in the morning? yronic heroism fucked around with this message at 22:01 on Oct 3, 2014 |
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Oct 3, 2014 21:57
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Zarkov Cortez posted:Does the client have a lot of money? Not anymore
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gvibes posted:Opposing counsel in my case makes we want to not practice law. Just a broken human being. No one should have to deal with this sort of person. And I have to defend like five more depositions against this fucker. gently caress. Also, why is lead trial counsel taking every loving deposition. gently caress. Yeah. After a deposition yesterday, opposing counsel tried to get me to answer some questions on the record and then threatened to subpoena me when I declined his invitation. Actual quote: "Let the record reflect that [TheAwfulWaffle] is laughing, loudly and in a disruptive manner."
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Oct 3, 2014 22:11
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TheAwfulWaffle posted:Yeah. After a deposition yesterday, opposing counsel tried to get me to answer some questions on the record and then threatened to subpoena me when I declined his invitation. Actual quote: "Let the record reflect that [TheAwfulWaffle] is laughing, loudly and in a disruptive manner." Litigation: Not Even Once
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Oct 3, 2014 22:16
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TheAwfulWaffle posted:Yeah. After a deposition yesterday, opposing counsel tried to get me to answer some questions on the record and then threatened to subpoena me when I declined his invitation. Actual quote: "Let the record reflect that [TheAwfulWaffle] is laughing, loudly and in a disruptive manner." Hah I'd love to see the motion to quash that subpoena
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Oct 3, 2014 23:53
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I heard that (in a murder trial) one defence lawyer shook the hand of a police officer (prosecution witness) after he testified and was leaving the court room. The prosecutor flipped out on him after and said she would object on the record if he shook anyone elses hand.
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Oct 4, 2014 14:33
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Zarkov Cortez posted:I heard that (in a murder trial) one defence lawyer shook the hand of a police officer (prosecution witness) after he testified and was leaving the court room. The prosecutor flipped out on him after and said she would object on the record if he shook anyone elses hand. I would have shook all the witnesses' hands just to let the jury watch the prosecutor flip out. What would the objection even be?
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Oct 4, 2014 20:31
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GamingHyena posted:I would have shook all the witnesses' hands just to let the jury watch the prosecutor flip out. What would the objection even be? "Objection, opposing counsel is being polite to the witness."
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Oct 5, 2014 14:13
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Nothing like a few "hey my boyfriend stole our baby" voicemails to get the Monday morning apathy flowing.
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Oct 6, 2014 16:10
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Solid 30% chance he's the dad anyway
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Oct 7, 2014 05:54
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Nothing like a few "hey my boyfriend stole our baby" voicemails to get the Monday morning apathy flowing. I have a baby. Why would anyone steal a baby?
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TheAwfulWaffle posted:I have a baby. Why would anyone steal a baby? She's abusing him! I got the kid back by the end of the day. Sometimes rural justice is swift.
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Do you suppose a "ROLNPC" license plate would increase or decrease my chances of getting popped for speeding?
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