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Smoke Gets In Your Briefs

October 8, 2014 by Lisa Needham 1 Comment

Let’s say you have a colleague who is a bit of a heavy smoker, and said friend likes to work on her cases into the wee hours, chain-smoking Camel straights all the while. And let’s say you’re the sensitive type, so when you get the case files back, you think “sweet Jesus, did she light…

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A Partner Blows Smoke in My Face

July 20, 2012 by Ex-Bitter 3 Comments

About every third day, I find myself down in the office building’s “smoke hut” with a bunch of smokers, talking shop while the partner smokes.

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Yeah, I Smoke—So Shoot Me

March 30, 2010 by Bitter Contributor 28 Comments

I’ve run a marathon and have a much larger, more dependant addiction to caffeine than nicotine. Still, I keep this nasty little habit secreted away.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Associate Abuse, associates, smoking

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