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Tough place to be in. This is why I generally avoid really small groups, but understand that depending on your practice area/niche, may be hard to avoid.
Question is whether this is “newly promoted partner figuring things out” chaos or whether this is just who they are. Those are two very different situations (if you think it’s the latter, i’d prob consider lateraling as theyre going to make your life hell). In the meantime, I’d try to maximize staffing with the other two partners where possible, build relationships with adjacent groups if your firm allows for it, etc.
I’m a new partner and often feel like I’m still getting my legs under me with respect to organization and managing so many clients. On top of it my clients seem to have lots of fire drills so it’s been tough. What has helped is one paralegal who’s been exceptional at organizing my workload and addressing things, sometimes on the level of a third or fourth year associate.
All that to say, as the poster above said, if they have been a partner for many years and still disorganized there may not be hope, but if they’re new, maybe take some steps to see if you can help organize (I know it shouldn’t necessarily be your job to do that).
If you haven’t already, try to take initiative by asking if things need to be done ahead of time if you see something that could fall to the evening or weekend.
Being disorganized isn’t always intentional - they could be drowning and may welcome a helping hand.
We have a new partner who had to be mentored by our PGL after a few run ins with associates. If you have a good relationship with a senior partner, may be worth mentioning troubleshooting your having. Mostly the issue I see is the lack of responsiveness and then late night calls. All can be lumped under generally hard to work with because taking up all available free time because of their own mismanagement of time.