Opposing Counsel refuses to acknowledge me in any emails, doesn’t answer my phone calls, and does not include my name on the signature line on any documents even though I am the handling attorney on this file. He only includes my supervising attorney and only responds to her. It’s so frustrating. Why are ppl like this?? What can I do? Should I continue to be annoying and email/call him?

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Has the partner noticed? Do they think this is an issue? If so, I'd ask them to step up and intervene on your behalf.

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Yeah, it may help for partner to reply to an email letting OC know you are the main contact on issue X or the matter as a whole. You can speak up too. When OC sends a sig block that doesn't include you, send it back with a note stating that this is the sig block they should use going forward. It shouldn't be a discussion each time. If OC emails partner and partner forwards to you to handle, when you reply to OC say something like, "Please direct all communication on this issue to me."

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