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Originally posted by ironweed
In the interest of promoting understanding between the litigation types who populate this board and everyone else, let me share with you a commonly-used phrase whose definition might be somewhat counter-intuitive and perhaps confusing to others.
"Discrete assignment to last 2 weeks, maximum" when uttered, just for example, by an assigning partner in late July, means "non-stop emergency motion practice through October, expedited discovery and trial by February, while the client rides your back like a harpy and undercuts your efforts at every turn."
It is one of the beauties of our profession, which cares so much for language, that so much content can be packed into such a simple phrase.
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boy you're really getting to be a "glass is half-empty" guy. consider the bright side-
Who do you think will be the firm's go to guy on the next file requiring non-stop emergency motion practice, expedited discovery and trial, with a "hands-on" client?
