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JoeRedskin · 12-07-2015, 10:59 AM

Worked until 4:00 a.m. Friday night to draft memo seeking settlement authority based on a last minute attitude change and newly discovered evidence.

Worked three hours Saturday, researching and writing an Alternative Dispute Resolution clause for a settlement that saves the State several hundred thousand hours.

Worked until 10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. reviewing another attorney's memorandum that she was trying to get filed today.

Have meeting at 2:00 to review another AAG's trial work.

Have an appellate brief due Wednesday which I have barely had time to outline.

NONE OF THE ABOVE GRINDS MY GEARS - just sh** to do that needs doing.

Meeting at 10:00 today to review settlement agreement cancelled by the guy who was brought in to fill the deputy spot rather than promoting me.
- Settlement agreement is for a case involving his assigned client.
- Settlement agreement is for a case he was handling and I was brought in at last minute to 2nd chair;
- In our strategy meeting for the settlement conference, it was decided he would lead the negotiation team;
- Two hours into the settlement, just when it looks like it is going to fail, he turns to me and says "I think you have a better grasp on this than I originally thought. I want you to handle it." Ten hours later, I craft an agreement that gets the job done and which neither party loves, but which is well within the parameters given to us by the client. Walked out with money still in our pocket and without undertaking any more of the plaintiffs' requested capital improvements.
- dumped the drafting of the agreement on another recently hired AAG and myself.

CANCELS 10:00 MEETING BECAUSE CAN'T GET TO WORK ON TIME TO DISCUSS SAID AGREEMENT B/C HE CAN'T EVER F'ING ROLL INTO WORK BEFORE 10:00.

Yes, gears ground.

12-07-2015, 10:59 AM	#1818
JoeRedskin Contains football related knowledge Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Second Star On The Right Age: 62 Posts: 10,401	Re: What REALLY grinds your gears? Worked until 4:00 a.m. Friday night to draft memo seeking settlement authority based on a last minute attitude change and newly discovered evidence. Worked three hours Saturday, researching and writing an Alternative Dispute Resolution clause for a settlement that saves the State several hundred thousand hours. Worked until 10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. reviewing another attorney's memorandum that she was trying to get filed today. Have meeting at 2:00 to review another AAG's trial work. Have an appellate brief due Wednesday which I have barely had time to outline. NONE OF THE ABOVE GRINDS MY GEARS - just sh** to do that needs doing. Meeting at 10:00 today to review settlement agreement cancelled by the guy who was brought in to fill the deputy spot rather than promoting me. - Settlement agreement is for a case involving his assigned client. - Settlement agreement is for a case he was handling and I was brought in at last minute to 2nd chair; - In our strategy meeting for the settlement conference, it was decided he would lead the negotiation team; - Two hours into the settlement, just when it looks like it is going to fail, he turns to me and says "I think you have a better grasp on this than I originally thought. I want you to handle it." Ten hours later, I craft an agreement that gets the job done and which neither party loves, but which is well within the parameters given to us by the client. Walked out with money still in our pocket and without undertaking any more of the plaintiffs' requested capital improvements. - dumped the drafting of the agreement on another recently hired AAG and myself. CANCELS 10:00 MEETING BECAUSE CAN'T GET TO WORK ON TIME TO DISCUSS SAID AGREEMENT B/C HE CAN'T EVER F'ING ROLL INTO WORK BEFORE 10:00. Yes, gears ground. __________________ Strap it up, hold onto the ball, and let’s go.