#opposingcounsel

[el-litigator]

Finding Case Law No One Has Cited That Supports The Other Side

...what case law? yea dat's right

[el-litigator]

Meeting An Attorney For The First Time

[firstworldlawyerproblems-bl-blog]

What happens when opposing counsel starts yelling at you (and you have no idea what they are talking about)?

I’m like…

And they go…

[poorpooryou-blog]

Calendar

Opposing counsel sends me an e-mail to complain about not sending them notification of a conference.

My reply entails a description of the events during which opposing counsel was in the room to select the date jointly and may, in fact, wish to better manage their calendar.

[poorpooryou-blog]

"Lincoln lawyer"

Apparently, the term "Lincoln lawyer" denotes shady or otherwise incompetent counsel.

If you are at a case conference and ask for cases supporting trite law, you may be a Lincoln lawyer.

If you are surprised that opposing counsel does not believe everything can be resolved on consent, after exchanging conference briefs indicating opposing positions, you may be a Lincoln lawyer.

If your counter offer is less than the offer made to you, you may be a Lincoln lawyer.

If you consent to Orders that prejudice your client despite opposing counsel having no grounds to request them, you may be a Lincoln lawyer.

If you advise opposing counsel that your case load makes you too busy to provide disclosure, then cite an abysmally low number of active files, you may be a Lincoln lawyer.

No one should be subjected to all of the above in one conference.

[poorpooryou-blog]

Confession?

Why would the opposing party state they occasionally smoke marijuana in their pleadings? 

Is opposing counsel banking on the judge being a bro?

"Counsel, while your client has been completely unreasonable, because I also appreciate recreational drug use I will deny the claim of prejudgment interest against them".

I cannot be the only lawyer who advises clients against stating they will continue to engage in recreational drug use.