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I May Have Sex (Just Sex) With a Lady Partner

November 10, 2009 by Ex-Bitter 5 Comments

I’m not particularly attracted to the partner, but it might be worth it for story value. Am I an idiot for even considering this?

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Advice from an Ex-Bitter, partners, sex

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Associate to Partners: Shut Up About Us Being 'Entitled'

November 6, 2009 by BL1Y 22 Comments

I’m tired of partners complaining about “entitled” associates

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: associates, bitter rant, partners

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Modern Partner, Ancient Tricks

October 28, 2009 by Bitter and Abused 13 Comments

“X just GRABBED me!  Can you believe? No wonder I’m turning into a rabid feminist!” If only I wasn’t too dull-witted to realize this made me enemies

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Associate Abuse, partners, sexual harassment

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That Partner Voodoo That I Do

September 17, 2009 by Matthew Richardson 22 Comments

Dear Partners, I have a small request: Please stop driving associates crazy.  Why?  Because if you do, then we’ll all stop wishing death and harm on you and be more productive employees. At 6:30 PM last Tuesday, fed up with my gut expanding from Friday margarita benders and sedentary bouts induced by thin attempts to…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: associates, partners, Unethical & Amoral

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The Crying Game

August 20, 2009 by Law Firm 10 30 Comments

Female big firm lawyers must withstand many tests of emotional constitution in order to earn enough respect to be accepted as one of the guys

Filed Under: Columns, Law Firm 10, Lawyer Tagged With: law firm jobs, partners

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Adventures in Boundary-Setting

August 12, 2009 by Law Firm 10 37 Comments

I’ve figured out the secret to avoiding psychological self-implosion and irreparable burnout in the hellish world of BigLaw.

Filed Under: Columns, Law Firm 10, Lawyer Tagged With: associates, partners, work assignments

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Drunk Skunk of a Boss

July 31, 2009 by Bitter and Abused 14 Comments

My boss is a class-A booze fiend. And my philosophy is usually: his liver, his life, I don’t care. Except there’s one problem. My paycheck bounced.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Associate Abuse, partners

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Throw Another Bagel and You're Toast, Partner

May 8, 2009 by Bitter and Abused 30 Comments

I had been slaving away for weeks. The partner spent that time yelling at me and the paralegal. Then he threw a bagel.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Associate Abuse, partners

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Eight Real vs. Fake BigLaw Criteria

March 23, 2009 by Bitter Contributor 33 Comments

If you don’t satisfy these eight criteria, you don’t work in BigLaw. You just work at a law firm that’s big. There’s a difference.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Bitter by Numbers, bitter rant, law jobs, partners

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Dangerous E-aisons

January 22, 2009 by Law Firm 10 32 Comments

Male law firm partners are awkward, middle-aged, sex-starved men who tend to mistake my professional attentiveness for flirtation

Filed Under: Columns, Law Firm 10, Lawyer Tagged With: affairs, dating, email, law firms, partners

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