Made a major mistake in a brief that has already been filed. I'm panicked. Someone tell me I'm not going to be fired.

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Partner reviewed and signed off on it, and did the client, right? Not just on you. And you can address it on reply.

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First of all, remember that most things are fixable if addressed promptly. And even if unfixable, it’s not necessarily fireable. If it’s truly a major mistake, hopefully you’ve alerted your superiors already?

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I put in a call to the partner, waiting to hear back

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Describe mistake. Probably not as bad as you think. There's almost nothing that is unfixable.

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Stuff happens. I once made a mistake on a filing and got my partner (and the firm’s litigation chair) held in contempt by a court on the other side of the globe. I survived.

Go talk to whoever is running the case and tell them exactly what happened. Fixing this is above your pay grade.

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address it in the reply if it gets brought up.

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