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Lawyers, Don't Do This: Special Just For Prosecutors Version

January 8, 2015 by Bitter Lawyer Leave a Comment

So you are a prosecutor. Congratulations! And you are prosecuting actual criminals who seem to have done bad things! Also congratulations! You should be very proud of yourself. What you should not do, ever, though, is do what Canyon County (Idaho) Deputy Prosecutor Erica Kallin did and decide that it would be a great idea…

Filed Under: Featured Lawyer, Lawyer, Really Real News Tagged With: dixie, don't do this, Featured, prosecutors

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Lawyers, Don’t Do This: Special Just For Prosecutors Version

January 8, 2015 by Bitter Lawyer Leave a Comment

So you are a prosecutor. Congratulations! And you are prosecuting actual criminals who seem to have done bad things! Also congratulations! You should be very proud of yourself. What you should not do, ever, though, is do what Canyon County (Idaho) Deputy Prosecutor Erica Kallin did and decide that it would be a great idea…

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White Shoe Law Firm Has Insufficient Minions

December 8, 2014 by Bitter Lawyer Leave a Comment

Remember how we recently told you that you do, at a bare minimum, need to show up for court? You probably read that and thought “Jesus Christ, Bitter Lawyer. Every last one of us knows that we have to show up. Who on earth DOESN’T show up?” Apparently the answer to that is “big shot…

Filed Under: Lawyer Tagged With: biglaw, don't do this, sidley austin

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Lawyers, Don’t Do This: Part Eleventy In An Infinite Series

November 18, 2014 by Bitter Lawyer 2 Comments

So you talked a court in another jurisdiction into letting you appear pro hac vice! Good for you! But then when you got to that court, you basically behaved like a third-year skills textbook example of how NOT to be a lawyer! Bad for you! Take the case of one Mr. Jeffrey Ryan, who represented…

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The Sociopath’s Guide To Grifting Free Stuff On Veterans Day

November 11, 2014 by Kaleb Horton 1 Comment

The hardest part of deceiving local businesses into giving you free stuff on Veterans Day is rationalizing it. At any given moment, you’re disrespecting at least two institutions: America in its entirety, every last part of it, and, you know, Olive Garden. But you have to rationalize it. You have to totally believe in this…

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