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Any firms where true billables are 1950 or less?
My senior basically told me to quite
Rupee gira Nahi, dollar majbut ho raha hai 😂
Any firms where true billables are 1950 or less?
Give the associates the redlines—or give them a heads up if you don’t have approval to bill on the motion. Do not copy the partner.
Gain trust. Fix the motion. All is well.
Read as: “Someone please tell me it’s okay to knife my fellow associate in the back.”
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TA1, that’s ridiculous. Would you just stand aside and watch the garbage be filed?
OP, send this to the author “Hey Tom, hope you had a good weekend. I just took a spin through the motion and noticed a few things you might want to clean up before filing. A redline is attached. Please let me know if you have questions.” Don’t nitpick or change things only to address style preferences. Just do your colleague a quiet favor by cleaning up the black and white errors. We all need a hand now and then and I can’t imagine a negative reaction to this approach.
Talk to the associate. No one likes a tattle tale, and my guess is the partner will not look kindly at you snitching no matter your intentions.
I mean the partner might. But beyond just wanting to be a good person and colleague, always consider that the other associate could one day be in house counsel—there is just no value to pissing people off in our industry, our paths will continue to cross and collide.
We’re talking issues with grammar, punctuation, citation, indentation, etc etc.
I think raise with the associate and then with the partner. Your obligation is to the client and the firm
I guess it depends on your relationship with the other associate but I would let them know first.
I think you bring it to their attention and give them the opp to address it. “Wanted to let you know I saw XYZ in your motion that partner had approved. Don’t want you to lose out on the motion because of it.” Or something along those lines.
Something similar has happened to me with discovery projects and I’ve let the other associate know and they’ve corrected. I’ve never gone above their head.
Why did you see it in the first place? Perhaps the reason for you looking it over is the pathway to your answer as to how to approach it.
If I were the associate, I’d want you to come to me and tell me. Hell, say you noticed some nits, ask if I’d mind if you proofed it and sent me a redline. Personally, I’ve been super swamped lately and know it’s likely that I’m making some careless errors here and there purely from time constraints. If you could save me from embarrassing myself in front of the court, I’d ultimately be grateful.
(If it’s already been filed, though, don’t bother. I’m not gonna file an errata for grammar errors.)
Why would you do anything