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Who cares. Just don’t sniff your own farts. Enjoy your life, do whatever you’re supposed to do, don’t worry about being a lawyer anymore.
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Yeah not saying it’s a reason not to do it. Just the worst part of the job. Edit I think gov lawyer is probably even better than a school prof. Though the money may be worse Edit edit You may be able to supplement your income working as an arbitrator if you have sufficient experience. It doesn’t sound like you do tho euphronius fucked around with this message at 01:41 on Jan 11, 2024 |
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Anyone else ever look at a calendar and swear it says the hearing is at 1:30 only to find out when you show up at 1:25 it was at 1:00? gently caress.
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BigHead posted:Anyone else ever look at a calendar and swear it says the hearing is at 1:30 only to find out when you show up at 1:25 it was at 1:00? OOF
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Question for the law thread: I've been asked to testify as an expert witness in a medmal case for the defense. This is a case that I've previously reviewed and given a written opinion on. I've done review a handful of times, but I've never been asked to actually testify. The trial date is set for either a Friday or Saturday(?) a few months from now. I'm guessing there's a good chance things settle before then? What are the chances the trial date gets pushed back if it's within 6 months? If it does get pushed back, is it likely to be by a week or by longer than that? Real question: we're leaving for a family vacation a week after the potential trial date. If it gets pushed, it's going to be longer than a week right?
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Typically everyone's schedule gets filled up pretty consistently. That is to say, if this case were scheduled six months ago, then the case scheduled after that would get the next week, and the case after that the next week, and so on. That's not a hard rule by any means, of course, but it's a good rule of thumb. There's very little chance that all three of them are going to have the next week miraculously free. If I'm continuing a one day trial where two lawyers and a judge have to coordinate schedules then we're usually looking three months out. Are you working with a paralegal or something? Feel free to shoot them a quick email with that unavailability. Also is it criminal or civil? Witnesses in criminal cases testify live but in civil case testimony from doctors is often done by deposition, which makes everything a lot more smooth.
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Residency Evil posted:Question for the law thread: Email the attorneys hiring you and tell them you have a conflict the week after; if they know, they can work with it. Also: have you already been deposed by the other side? Are you sure it's a trial date, rather than a deposition date? (Also, assuming this is state court, but if it's federal mention that, different practices.)
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Residency Evil posted:Question for the law thread: Yes usually cases settle. quote:What are the chances the trial date gets pushed back if it's within 6 months? In my experience always a good chance, regardless of how far out the case is. quote:If it does get pushed back, is it likely to be by a week or by longer than that? Usually longer, because the court’s docket is already full. quote:Real question: we're leaving for a family vacation a week after the potential trial date. If it gets pushed, it's going to be longer than a week right? Almost certainly. Also have you mentioned your conflict to the lawyer who hired you? They may be ok with taking your testimony for trial by deposition. Don’t tell them you’re on vacation, just that you’re scheduled to be out of town. Don’t lie of course but you don’t have to volunteer anything to them.
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Almost certainly. Also have you mentioned your conflict to the lawyer who hired you? They may be ok with taking your testimony for trial by deposition. Don’t tell them you’re on vacation, just that you’re scheduled to be out of town. Don’t lie of course but you don’t have to volunteer anything to them. BigHead posted:Are you working with a paralegal or something? Feel free to shoot them a quick email with that unavailability. Kalman posted:Email the attorneys hiring you and tell them you have a conflict the week after; if they know, they can work with it. Also: have you already been deposed by the other side? Are you sure it's a trial date, rather than a deposition date? Yup, I mentioned my "previous travel plans" to the lawyer I'm working with and they said they'd be in touch with details later. They specifically mentioned a trial, with a start date listed and a date for me being called as a witness several days later. Is there a chance that they might request me to do a deposition instead? That'd be way better than flying. edit: No, I have not yet been deposed by the other side. Should I expect that? This is state court, civil trial. Residency Evil fucked around with this message at 04:20 on Jan 23, 2024 |
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It really depends but no harm suggesting a trial depo instead of testifying in trial. Whether the other side deposes you depends on the facts of the case.
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Residency Evil posted:Yup, I mentioned my "previous travel plans" to the lawyer I'm working with and they said they'd be in touch with details later. They specifically mentioned a trial, with a start date listed and a date for me being called as a witness several days later. Is there a chance that they might request me to do a deposition instead? That'd be way better than flying. I realise you came here to ask questions, but I'm curious: Are your services in this case something that insurance covers?
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B33rChiller posted:I realise you came here to ask questions, but I'm curious: He’s probably not going to know. If you mean medical insurance, no. But depending on the kind of case, if there’s alleged liability of some kind (med mal, car accident, etc) and he was hired by a defense lawyer, then yes most likely an insurance company is paying for his bill. If he’s on the plaintiff side, nope—plaintiff (through the lawyers) is paying.
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B33rChiller posted:I realise you came here to ask questions, but I'm curious: Phil Moscowitz posted:He’s probably not going to know. If you mean medical insurance, no. But depending on the kind of case, if there’s alleged liability of some kind (med mal, car accident, etc) and he was hired by a defense lawyer, then yes most likely an insurance company is paying for his bill. If he’s on the plaintiff side, nope—plaintiff (through the lawyers) is paying. Yeah, I have no idea. It's a large health system, so it's presumably covered by their malpractice policy. Of course, many large health systems self insure, so...
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Residency Evil posted:Yeah, I have no idea. It's a large health system, so it's presumably covered by their malpractice policy. Thanks. This actually answers it. I was just curious generally, if this was the sort of thing covered by (I was guessing) malpractice insurance.
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One of the features of liability insurance is not only to indemnify you if you are liable for someone’s damages but also to pay to defend you against allegations of liability. That includes costs like hiring an expert to say you aren’t at fault.
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One more question: looking at my calendar, it looks like I asked for a deferral of federal jury duty to some point in May 2024. How likely is testifying at another trial to work as an excuse this time? 
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Residency Evil posted:One more question: looking at my calendar, it looks like I asked for a deferral of federal jury duty to some point in May 2024. How good are you at forging government documents?
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Do not forge government documents.
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Also do not create documents from fictional governments, ie Moorish American passports. The crooked USA system will not recognize them. Vvvv how can they be under sanctions, if they're not real, hmmmmm? B33rChiller fucked around with this message at 00:08 on Jan 26, 2024 |
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B33rChiller posted:Also do not create documents from fictional governments, ie Moorish American passports. The crooked USA system will not recognize them.
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Phil I guess since I'm back in the game you can add me back to the OP.
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You say that like anyone has read the op since 2018.
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SlothBear posted:You say that like anyone has read the op since 2018. Yeah, it doesn’t even cover HDD’s move to the titty tax docket
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As a rando with odd interests, one of the best and least expected developments of the 21st century is this new phrase I've learned: Zoom court pro se sovcit. Amazing content. Thank you American dedication to transparency and public access. VvLOL "I know your parents didn't name you iPhone 7. And if they did, I'll change it for free." B33rChiller fucked around with this message at 19:01 on Jan 28, 2024 |
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During covid I had some male pro ses show up to zoom docket shirtless with gym shorts
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One more witness question: My wife is also a doctor, and happens to be in a similar specialty as the defendant in this case I'm supposed to serve as an expert witness for. Is that something I should let the defense attorneys know? It's not like they know each other/work together in any way.
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If in doubt, tell the attorney who hired you, but do it over the phone.
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Arcturas posted:If in doubt, tell the attorney who hired you, but do it over the phone. Thanks, will do this.
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Always pick up the drat phone.
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Eminent Domain posted:Always pick up the drat phone. My brother in christ, do you know where you are!?
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Arcturas posted:If in doubt, tell the attorney who hired you, but do it over the phone. This is the answer to everything.
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Residency Evil posted:My brother in christ, do you know where you are!? the litigators in this thread spend most of our time either reading people’s emails or using those emails against people don’t email
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evilweasel posted:the litigators in this thread spend most of our time either reading people’s emails or using those emails against people That feeling of reminding your gov supervisor that all your email contents are subject to public access requests. "Don't worry. It'll all come out at the inquiry. "
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Related to phones chat, I had a meeting today with a Director level person who was fired up about Microsoft Copilot in Teams so it could automatically transcribe things said in unrecorded Teams meetings. It took all I had not to just say "You realize that like 70% of the reason for having an unrecorded Teams meeting rather than text, email, or Teams messages is the lack of a transcript part, right?"
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Oof yeah, I was with a couple of colleagues and a client's cfo on a zoom call the other day, and we were talking about how our firm just switched to zoom phones. The client apparently did that a bit ago and he was talking about this AI zoom summary function. My immediate reaction for my colleagues was, we turned that off, right?
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We've had outside people who recorded meetings they were having with us. While technically not illegal here, we stopped having meetings with them. Everything is in writing now. Turns out that takes a lot more time and effort for all parties involved.
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Emily Spinach posted:Oof yeah, I was with a couple of colleagues and a client's cfo on a zoom call the other day, and we were talking about how our firm just switched to zoom phones. The client apparently did that a bit ago and he was talking about this AI zoom summary function. My immediate reaction for my colleagues was, we turned that off, right? I’m sure no bar wants to touch it with a ten-foot pole, but would an AI server sitting at Zoom or at Microsoft be exposure to a third party which automatically waives privilege?
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Jean-Paul Shartre posted:I’m sure no bar wants to touch it with a ten-foot pole, but would an AI server sitting at Zoom or at Microsoft be exposure to a third party which automatically waives privilege? We've already gone through this with cloud storage functionality, and the answer's no (as long as you're making reasonable efforts not to throw it open to the world - don't store it in a public Dropbox, etc.)
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quote:The group that worked on the compensation package also included the company’s general counsel, who once served as Musk’s divorce attorney and “whose admiration for Musk moved him to tears during his deposition,” McCormick wrote. lol at being described in this way in a court opinion
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I want to see that transcript.
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