How normal is it to be pulled off a trial team because you tell your boss you are moving after trial? I have a trial coming up first week of Oct. This case has been my baby, and I’m going to try it with my boss. I tell my boss up front that, for family reasons, I’ve gotten a new job and will be moving to another city two weeks after trial will likely end. He then gives my trial witnesses to another attorney, but is still going to make me do grunt work. Is he unreasonable or am I?

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Getting to third- or second-chair trials is seen as an honor at my firm and a big investment opportunity to mentor associates in hopes they will one day be lead counsel at our firm. Perhaps your boss wants an attorney staying with the firm to have the chance to develop those skills?

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Then the other attorney should also develop the grunt work skills that goes into the trial skills.

The attorney taking over has lots of trial experience, so there really isn’t an issue there.

Because it makes perfect sense to move you off the team, for reasons stated above. But also - What if the trial is continued? The firm would scramble to replace the attorney because now youd be gone.

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You’re right, the reasons stated above are better than my hypothetical.

Does it matter? You are leaving regardless.

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