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Irritation

By Shawn Matlock

I was talking to a buddy of mine from college who is an attorney in another state and we began talking about the things in our job that irritate the hell out of us. He is a civil trial attorney, which is fancy talk for taking a lot of depositions and seeing the inside of a courtroom only when there is a discovery dispute, and rarely, if ever, for an actual trial. Sorry, man. But as we spoke, it was clear that we shared some of the same irritations, just in different contexts. His biggest gripe was the opposing counsel's abuse of the discovery rules. Having done a small amount of civil work, I know exactly what he means. We both agreed this falls into two categories: 1.) the attorney who is good and knows how to manipulate the rules to make life hell, and 2...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on January 25, 2008 (boomark / email).