Posts made by Ganymede

Kitties.

I have two now.

I’ll post pictures when they stop hiding from the world.

Guess what their names are?

Use GIFs only.

@Quinn

There are very few people of that age who aren't really cringe-worthy.

@Aria said in Random funny:

My reputation as the most horrendous bitch ever grows.

Bitch, please.

@Ghost said in The Work Thread:

Please stop badgering me to partake in the office charity drive.

@Cupcake said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

We were able to get the ultrasound. Rock has Cushing's Disease. His body actually produces too much testosterone, and now he's on the meds he needs to live an otherwise full life.

Thankfully, it's not Peter Cushing's Disease, which is where you die in defiance of Disney's plans, so you get CGI'd into a film post-mortem.

@Ominous said in The Work Thread:

"Alright, you haven't had three years of law school to train you on how to do things, so we will let some stuff slide. I mean you're going to lose anyways, because only an idiot does things pro se."

Another way to look at it:

"Already, so you've paid out the ass to take three years of law school to learn about the rules of this game, but I will let this mouth-breather over here making excuses about why they cannot get a lawyer despite having a three-income household making over $150,000 get away with not filing a responsive pleading or responses to your discovery requests after four months despite clear fucking instructions in the summons and the discovery requests because fuck you and your client who mortgaged their home to afford competent counsel."

The old adage of "someone who represents themselves in court has a fool for a client" applies, as does "only an idiot tries to perform surgery on themselves."

@Derp said in The Work Thread:

Federal Courts that apply different (stricter) standards to pro se litigants than they do to attorneys regarding the rules of procedure.

New lawyer peeve:

Judges who do not apply the same standards to pro se litigants as they do to attorneys regarding the rules of procedure.

@Derp said in The Work Thread:

I'm personally in Posner's camp when it comes to citations. the BB is overly complicated and doesn't really give you a lot of necessary detail when you can look up cases by case number now and don't have to go directly to the reports and flip through pages.

Over here in Ohio, we have our own book on how to cite things. Here's why I feel lawyers should be doing this:

1. Citing to the Ohio Supreme Court after March 1, 2002:

Ohio Bur. of Workers' Comp. v. McKinley, 130 Ohio St. 3d 156, 2011-Ohio-4432, 956 N.E.2d 814, ¶ 12.

2. Citing to the Ohio Supreme Court before March 1, 2002:

Hambleton v. R.G. Barry Corp., 12 Ohio St. 3d 179, 183, 465 N.E.2d 1298 (1984).

3. Citing to an Ohio Appellate Decision after March 1, 2002:

Zeller v. Farmers Grp., Inc., 2d Dist. No. 28013, 2019-Ohio-3297, ¶ 21,

But if there's a citation to the Northeast Reporter:

Ajibola v. Ohio Medical Career College, Ltd., 2018-Ohio-4449, 122 N.E.3d 660, ¶ 11 (2d Dist.).

Unless there's also a citation to the Ohio Appellate Reporter:

Jackson v. Internatl. Fiber, 169 Ohio App. 3d 395, 2006-Ohio-5799, 863 N.E.2d 189, ¶ 17 (2d Dist.).

Oh, and the Second District is weird in how they number things because other appellate districts be like:

Cuspide Properties v. Earl Mechanical Servs., 2015-Ohio-5019, 53 N.E.3d 818, ¶ 60 (6th Dist.)

...

And so on. There's a lot of rules and formats to consider. And these are just the state published cases. I'm not even going to start on unpublished ones.

@Derp said in The Work Thread:

Yes, but also what word processors are for. Word can track your citations and drop them into a template you create. And that is what paralegals are for.

Word can only track your citations if they are consistent and accurate.

Doing my own table of authorities helps me catch citation errors too.

Plus, I bill for it.

Don't hate me because I figured out that it's actually better and more efficient to do your own work.

@Arkandel

@Arkandel

@TNP

A good lawyer does her own cites.

Lawyer problems: I hate when I draft a nice appellate brief with lots of citations, and then it takes 2+ hours just to fill out the Table of Authorities.

@mietze

It's fairly unusual in that: (1) there's no promissory estoppel claim; and (2) there's a tortious interference claim.

But, hey, I don't practice in WA, and they may be a little different over there.

@Caggles said in What do player-STs need?:

How DARE you run things that people might enjoy. Back in your box!

@RightMeow said in The ADD/ADHD Thread (cont'd from Peeves):

Also... when I saw genius cat before scrolling up. I'm like OMG.. is a cat in glasses... not category.

TRIGGERED.

@Sunny said in The ADD/ADHD Thread (cont'd from Peeves):

turns out video game music really does help my concentration--

someday I will take less than "a few years" to listen to advice.

I spent a full year listening to this. Trust me, people were freaking out.

@Derp said in The Work Thread:

Aren't you a partner at your own place? O_o Why would you want a new boss?

I have reasons. If I get the job, I'll explain.

I popped in an application for a position nearby. It looks to be exciting. I'm staying mum on my other channels due to the gossipy nature of the practice of law.

But if I get it, man, I'm gonna have a lot of fun.

Here's to luck!