Look Mommy! I Got a Certificate! a/k/a Why Are Lawyers Such Dicks

Here we are: the exalted, brilliant, magical beings. Marvel at the power of our words, tremble as our heels clatter past you mere mortals cowering against the wall. Bow down before our plaques and certificates. We are the ones chosen from up high: we are the lawyers. And we are dicks. Because when the People’s… Continue reading Look Mommy! I Got a Certificate! a/k/a Why Are Lawyers Such Dicks

Don’t Make Friends with the Secretaries: Things my Partner Taught Me

It’s in my nature to be nice to everyone. I am open and smiley and chatty. You’re walking out to lunch, I’m walking out to lunch? Let’s have lunch together! That was then. Now, I practice law. That part about walking out to lunch? That was a joke. I rarely leave the office during the… Continue reading Don’t Make Friends with the Secretaries: Things my Partner Taught Me