Is it common for partners to draft pleadings? I’m surprised this partner I’m working with has decided to draft the answer which I would’ve thought is pretty mind numbing.

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Hours hoarding for sure.

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No but I think some of them are bored now, and looking for ways to get involved.

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Hey, it can be tough to write “Deny” over and over a couple hundred times. Might take partner-level superpowers to know just when to sprinkle in the occasional “States a legal conclusion for which no response is required.”

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Just a tip if you're in federal practice, "states a legal conclusion for which no response is required" is not a legitimate answer. We just raked an AUSA over the coals for putting that crap all over the answer.

How old is the partner?

Then I agree with the work hoarding theory. I asked because a lot of young partners haven’t yet learned to delegate well and therefore do things like this that should be delegated.

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