Inspired by Raffi, let& #39;s share. What& #39;s the most unreasonable thing you& #39;ve been yelled at, chastised for, or reprimanded for by a partner at a law firm?
My first 6 months as a lawyer, an in-house client (with whom I had been cc& #39;d on an email once) received a gift of popcorn and wanted to know who to thank because there wasn& #39;t a card. Relationship partner yelled at me bc he though I sent it and was attempting to poach the client
I had not sent any gift.
We had a Jewish partner who did not work from Friday nights through Saturdays, because he was observant. He tried to give a Christian associate a handbook to review (so, never urgent) on Christmas Day. When associate pushed back that he& #39;d do it the next day...
...Partner said, "Oh. My religion says that I can& #39;t work on days I observe. Christmas isn& #39;t that way, right? It& #39;s just a time to open presents. It needs to be done by the end of the day."
My favorite didn& #39;t happen to me, but work best friend. He had a court reporter lined up for partner to take a depo during expedited discovery. Called the afternoon before the depo to confirm the court reporter, and the service confirmed. The morning of, court reporter didn& #39;t show
Partner called associate and yelled at him and told him that he should have "ensured" the court reporter would be there, beyond confirming the appointment the day before.
Him: "Okay, next time the client can pay for me to drive to the court reporter& #39;s house and pick her up in the morning and drop her off at the depo."

Partner backed down. And then put it in his annual review.
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