Hi everyone. Is it typical for the attorney to take credit for the work a paralegal does? An example: I gave some ideas about deposition questions and some observations I made (I was asked about giving suggestions) regarding a witness and the attorney mentioned that he’s the one that had these great questions/observations. Zero credit or thank you for the work I did.

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Not typical. But that person’s success will only last so long relying on folks junior to them. On the other hand, this sounds like a casual exchange of ideas? Maybe he doesn’t think about it like they are *your* ideas? Just throwing that out there.

Yes. It is.

It happens often or the office manger takes credit for “managing you.”

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