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Learn that you should sometimes stop at something when litigating
Expect all of your emails to be an exhibit one day.
This is very real!!!
reasonable and firm is better than nasty and aggressive
100% this. Play to win, but keep in mind that winning isn't always a verdict in your favor. Look for off-ramps and solutions short of the expense and uncertainty of a trial.
Don’t be afraid of feedback from senior attorneys supervising you. Actively solicit it. Most times that advice is based on a time when they screwed up when they were a younger attorney. This is a profession about failing upwards.
Change that screen name.
When you are making submissions to judges, knowing when to shut up is a valuable skill.
This is so real!
Don’t piss off the managing clerk.
Any time you can spending watching trials/hearings/etc., you should. That can be hard to balance with your actual workload, but try to make time to watch experienced attorneys in court, especially good ones.
If you are able to, a federal clerkship is extremely helpful in learning everything about litigation from common mistakes, common arguments, what some attorneys did well, and a general knowledge of how things work
Print to proof read anything you file and send out. Make sure your routine involves double/triple checking all the form stuff (signature block, cert of service, plurals/posessives). Unless your assistant is perfect, make them print it out .
Print to proof read anything you file and send out. Make sure your routine involves double/triple checking all the form stuff (signature block, cert of service, plurals/posessives). Unless your assistant is perfect, make them print it out .