I was in the middle of a merger deal, working 80 hours a week, for about two months. For weeks, I’d been telling the partner, I was best man in an upcoming wedding and I couldn’t work Saturday the 5th. He assured me that I’d be fine. “For God’s sake, what kind of monster do you…
Law Firm Quarterly Reviews: They Could at Least Buy Me a Drink First
If your law firm is anything like mine, now is the time of year where you sit down with your managing partner and some senior associate. The associate knows you from the barcode on your arm. The partner, probably just doesn’t know you at all. These two people spend about thirty minutes explaining your progress…
Stop Calling Me Cupcake
Everyone at my law firm is calling me “cupcake.” It’s been this way for the past two weeks.
Nix the Crappy Cover Letter, Let's Talk Kickbacks
You forward my resume to the hiring partner or committee, with a note that the firm should take a close look at me. If hired, I become your bitch.
We're Keeping the Goddamn Hereins Herein
I was once a young associate in a small firm, and I thought I knew better. As in I knew how to write better than the four partners for whom I worked, including the one partner who only dictated. Most of the time I think I was right, but in retrospect it may not have…
Friend’s Family Law Bitch
When you’re young and new to the law, there are tons of ways to foresee yourself being abused as a lawyer. Especially a low-rent attorney like me.
This Toy Operates on Battery
Blah blah blah. And then, about a minute later, he drops a bomb. “So, [Cathy], how’s your vagina?”
Associate Swap: What Happens When You’re Derailed Off Partner Track
Why did two female lawyers quickly swap practice groups unannounced and without justification?
Screening the BigLaw Un-Firm
My law firm doesn’t have a modicum of concern about its associates’ health.
Ski In, (Can’t) Ski Out
This was it. The year I finally decided to do it. After three years of relentless work and zero (count ‘um—zero) vacations or sick days, I told HR, my boss and my secretary last October that I would be taking off the week of January 12. My boss (I’ll call Eric), who’s the partner I…
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