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Just scanned the OPs looking for my name. I was not disappointed.
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Phil almost became a policy level administrator at ICE so....
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Aug 8, 2018 22:31
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Don't most home sales let you back out during the inspection period?
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Aug 9, 2018 14:15
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Pook Good Mook posted:Aren't you a lawyer? Big law attorneys are only lawyers in the abstract sense.
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Aug 9, 2018 21:51
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GamingHyena posted:Just got a Not Guilty on a felony drug case where my guy was looking at a possible life sentence. Update: they make him subject to the gang injunction and toss him in jail for 300 days anyway every year.
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Aug 10, 2018 03:02
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Government jobs: where you're expected to take your leave and enjoy your life. I honestly don't know how the rest of y'all do it.
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Aug 10, 2018 12:02
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Alexeythegreat posted:Where can I get that pallet Any number of oligarchs castles in our country or yours!
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Aug 10, 2018 14:10
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Toona the Cat posted:Take the state job. This is someone offering you a ladder out of the well. My god, toona has made it!
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Aug 10, 2018 16:32
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I'm delighted by all the people jumping in to defend our guild against sv.
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Aug 11, 2018 00:56
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I'm gonna use my amazing government Westlaw to pull that cite for free.
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Aug 11, 2018 02:58
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The only thing that turns me on is a sexy lady!
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Aug 12, 2018 19:50
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Wow, even Russia has online access to courts dockets. Get hosed Texas.
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Aug 13, 2018 01:50
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Do not post sincere replies to throatwarbler. He is either a troll or evil.
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Aug 14, 2018 11:34
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Soothing Vapors posted:I was never going to post again (I really just wanted to post "common law means it's for the common man") but I am weak and lack discipline Sadly euphro took you seriously because he refuses to read this thread as outta depressing.
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Aug 15, 2018 03:38
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nm posted:Sadly? Amazingly. Tbh I've always thought he found it depressing because everyone here is doing better than him.
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Aug 15, 2018 12:03
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blarzgh posted:I guess, but its a standalone business, and the words, "________________ AUTO DEALERSHIP" appear right there on the petition. Please tell me it wasn't my office. We sue lots of dealers.
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Aug 16, 2018 00:48
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Throatwarbler posted:I have classmates here who did undergrad law back in the home country, did the LSAT well enough and had a compelling enough story to come to the US on a full ride scholarship, and in turn do well enough to get into V100 biglaw, at least into the program where they can send you back to the home country satellite office if your H1B visa doesn't come through the first time. You don't get to give advice
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Aug 16, 2018 01:34
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Im not reading any of the previous posts but the hillbilly elegy guy is a grifter and I'm sorry you've fallen for it
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Aug 17, 2018 02:55
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I'll take care of him for 150k/yr.
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Aug 17, 2018 03:54
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Yuns buddy are you maybe the schizophrenic?
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Aug 18, 2018 02:50
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Mr. Nice I think you should take it. Your worst case scenario is it sucks and you stop doing it soon. Just leave it off the resume if that happens. Best case is you love it and it turns into a permanent job. Most likely situation? It gives you some lawyer job for a few months while you keep looking. But now, your resume says "contact attorney" instead of unemployed. It changes things dramatically. Or move to Texas, take the bar, and join my firm that I'll start in 22 years. Quite honestly, I'd move mountains for anyone looking for work in Austin. May just be government work, but it's work. I know how hard it is. I've gotten 3 of my former law clerks hired at my job, and reached out all over for others. Hot Dog Day #91 fucked around with this message at 16:11 on Aug 18, 2018 |
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Aug 18, 2018 16:03
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blarzgh posted:Do you think in 25 years that they'll be doing gritty Paw Patrol movie remakes? Blarzgh no. Your kid is still young. Do not let her watch paw patrol. I've seen so many episodes I corrected a kid at the pool yesterday on how many merpup episodes there are.
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Aug 19, 2018 13:13
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It's not the right spot long term but ya gotta get experience. Just don't stop looking, and don't feel bad when you quit this job with a days notice. That don't pay, they don't get loyalty.
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Aug 19, 2018 15:06
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Mr Nice why are you getting to destroy yourself. Don't tell them you're gonna bounce in a minute. Take the work, take the money, take the experience. They KNOW you're gonna leave asap. They just need a warm body doing work and you're cheaper than a paralegal. You've been out a year. You're still not barred. If you don't get poo poo moving soon you probably won't be a lawyer. I know it's never been your goal but it's almost too late.
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Aug 19, 2018 23:43
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"What classes did you take/do you wish you had taken that have been the most helpful?"
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Aug 20, 2018 18:53
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Separate post for an ethics-lite question. We all know I'm a.divergent litigator. I have a newer attorney (NA) working under me. He's first chairing a jury trial in October. Im his second chair - but I'm taking on a greater roll in teaching than normal. I know that NA has accepted an offer from a private firm that litigates directly with us. Like, I have 5 active cases where this firm is defense counsel. I'm happy for NA to go make money, because frankly he works too hard for government work. NA has not told anyone in my office (of even me) that he is leaving. He told a mutual friend if ours, who warned me. NA is planning on staying through the jury trial so he can get "experience." I find NA to be insufferable and I do not like to work with him. I tell you this in full disclosure. Here is the dilemma: I do not want an attorney who is heading out the door in 2 months for a competitor to try a case for my office. I do not think he will tank the case vel sim. I do not think he will disclose privileged information. And the case is not against the firm he is joining. My concern is that I don't particularly care for NA. I don't want to train him how to do a jury trial. I don't want him to later profit (against my client) due to the things I'm teaching him. If he left after the trial for private practice, and I didn't know he had been sitting on a job the whole time, I don't think I would care. But now that I do know, I'm annoyed. I don't think I have any ethical duty to disclose (but maybe?). But should I tell our supervisor, or just let it go?
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Aug 20, 2018 19:00
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I'd rather first chair it anyway. Dude is a magic bullet lawyer.
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Aug 20, 2018 19:38
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1. I've looked at a few of my colleagues open cases. He has multiple cases with the firm he's joining. I'm giving him until the end of today to let our admin know. 2. Magic bullet lawyer is a term I've used since advocacy exercises in law school. There are some lawyers who try to solve cases. Like there is some combination of facts and law that make the case unbeatable. And if you thread all the needles correctly you'll win. But litigation, especially with my niche, is about what you can get in front of a jury without getting mistrialed or reversed. Just because something "shouldn't be admissible" doesn't mean it won't come in or be reversible error. All of my cases are dueling experts. I can do everything perfectly and still lose. And all of my cases are jury trials. Juries are always a coin flip. My last case that I won was based solely on the fact that a juror worked construction and said "you can't put a crane on top of that building it's too weak, so we discounted everything they said." In sum, nothing matters and my goal in litigation is to have clean hands and be prepared, but assume I will lose. Trying to crack the case just doesn't apply.
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Aug 20, 2018 21:25
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Throatwarbler posted:I thought our career services were pretty good and helpful, to the extent that I could be helped by anyone. Gave me good advice on resumes and interviews, even hooked me up with a phone interview in 1L. You are a loving monster.
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Aug 21, 2018 00:08
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Update to my ethical issue. I told my immediate supervisor, who also supervises NA. He was irate. Not at someone leaving, but at NA keeping it a secret. Turns out we have an agency policy that requires you to disclose if you're interviewing outside the agency for private practice. You know, to prevent conflicts? Anyway, it's now being passed up the ladder. And I'm absolved of any further responsibilities. There's a good chance NA will be let go today. He'll probably be pissed off but that's how it goes. If he had told admin, they may have been more amenable.
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Aug 21, 2018 15:05
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Mr. Nice! posted:It's probably more "if you're interviewing at one of the firms that we routinely see across the aisle" rather than moving across state and done entirely for conflict/taint reasons. They want to make sure you're walled off from those firms. There is absolutely retaliation though. I've seen it happen. And I work at the AG, so there isn't a firm in Texas that doesn't have at least one case with us. But our niche sees that same 20 firms primarily. Anyway, the "don't be the highest level person in your bureaucracy with a secret" advice really hit home so thanks for that!
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Aug 21, 2018 15:49
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Hoshi posted:Mutual friend warned him I think That's exactly correct. Mutual friend only informed me because it would gently caress up my trial schedule and life to not know I'm about to first chair this case. Also he was worried about ethics too (he also works in the agency but not our division). The answer is keep your mouth shut, and if you start applying to firms wall yourself off.
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Aug 21, 2018 18:49
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A final follow up to my ethics issue. The attorney has been let go due to failure to disclose a conflict. Im glad I reported. I was given his agency issued fan.
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Aug 23, 2018 00:46
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Did you get something out of it you snitch? Yes, I got his fan. Now my office has two fans. This is a major win, because my office does not have an air conditioning vent.
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Aug 23, 2018 01:25
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Also, does anyone think it was wrong to report that an attorney was in active litigation against a firm from which he had accepted a job offer?
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Aug 23, 2018 01:28
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The agency told him he needs to self report. I've been trying to upload a picture of the fan because it's truly glorious but I can't get it up.
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Aug 23, 2018 01:40
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Oh I actually did advise him to tell the agency first. I spent an entire day telling him. He kept insisting it's not a conflict. Also, I'm loving glad I murdered him I got a fan.
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Aug 23, 2018 12:02
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Fans in Texas have max value from March to November.
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Aug 23, 2018 14:04
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I told him come clean or I'll clean your clock. In reality he's gonna go make 6 figures so gently caress it.
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We're all Jewish down here.
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