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I Eat Lunch with the Secretaries

June 17, 2011 by Ex-Bitter 6 Comments

QI’m a midlevel associate at a big firm, thankfully not on the East Coast. Despite the tendencies of others around me, I consider myself pretty egalitarian. I abhor elitism and am finding out quickly I’m not often in the same company of people. One thing I do is eat lunch with the secretaries at the…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Advice from an Ex-Bitter, gl11, secretaries

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Training Day

April 28, 2011 by Matthew Richardson 9 Comments

For all my griping about my secretary Nancy’s gross incompetence, if there is one positive word I would use to describe her, it is old-school. For fans of Mad Men, she was my Joan Holloway. Well, an ugly, fat, mole-y version, but you get the idea. She knew how things worked. So when she was…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: secretaries, Unethical & Amoral

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File Under "Administrative Extinction"

May 21, 2009 by Bitter Contributor 43 Comments

Mark my words: assistants for lawyers won’t be around for much longer. We lawyers are now simply too self-sufficient, too technologically capable.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: bitter rant, Generally Bitter, legal assistants, secretaries

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Dog Eat Whale Tail

February 2, 2009 by Bitter Temp Guy 18 Comments

The associates they put in charge of temps usually aren’t that bright, but this guy is unbelievable. Of course, it’s kill or be killed. Temping is an every-man-for-himself proposition.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: law firm jobs, secretaries, Temp Work

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I Want to Switch Secretaries

October 20, 2008 by Ex-Bitter 7 Comments

My secretary is a disaster. One of my supervising partners has an awesome secretary.  She has an opening on her desk, and I’m thinking of trying to get her.  Is it a bonus or a burden to share a secretary with my boss? Burden.  Don’t do it.  First off, the secretary will totally blow off…

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

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