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I didn’t realize that the ‘34 Act was not public
Enthusiast
To check on the status of a memo, a junior partner responded to our email chain with just “?”
I didn’t respond and a few hours later got “???”
Subject Expert
Tell him he/she missed the “??” In this country you get three strikes.
“Time entries are supposed to be entered daily this is an automated reminder that ….”
Coach
"Please Fix" - My original document was attached but with no comments or markups.
Coach
Did you bill more than a 1.2 for this?
Coach
“Were you on vacation last week? You are the only attorney in the firm who has not entered in their time” I was not on vacation…
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“Fine”
Coach
“Aren’t YOU the firm’s expert in this?” Hurt my heart.
Subject Expert
Damn. That just seems aggressive aggressive.
My personal favorite: WOOHOO THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He has since left the firm. Couldn’t be happier to see his back
Mentor
“Just a kind reminder…” followed by pretty much anything
Subject Expert
I also hate this phrase bc like what, you’re telling them how kind you are to remind them??? I know the intent is you mean it kindly but you’re just complimenting yourself >.>
Much obliged
Partner x (practice group head) says you don’t have capacity to work on case y, what do you have to say about that?
Community Builder
Were you drunk when you wrote this?
“Please print this and review again” on my markup to a draft
Though to be fair I did find my one typo after printing 🤷🏼♀️
in a call with clients I received a Mail with „yougottsssysometjing“ as „matter“
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