Sometimes attorneys do deserve their bad reps

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

We have a LoT of law-type people on this board. I guess I never realized just how many of "you people" there are in these parts!

So does this mean I sold my soul to the devil?

[Jughead P. Jones]

Sounds like a typical day at the store I work at. In certain departments, you'd be lucky if they made it to the end of the month.

I only imagine the stress would be amplified at a law firm.

[Snowflake]

Okay, this has gotten totally ridiculous. I find myself wondering, (not having seen this attorney's resume), just how many law firms she has burned through? I've been in law for just over 20 years and by and large, most attorneys I've had to deal with have been good people and wonderful to work with. Some had lousy reps, some were overly picky, but this woman takes the cake.

Her presence and the constant drama and strife that surround her and that she creates is sucking the chi right out of our tiny little office. It's not just today, it's every single day she is here (and my poor boss, 24/7 via email and voicemail, as well).

One of the partners from VA who is also head of IP is in the office today, meeting with his client in the main conference room. This crazy woman, just called out my boss and the HR person, literally screaming at both of them, just outside the conference room, down the elevator and outside in the parking lot. Clearly audible to everyone in the conference room (and across the hall and every floor they passed on the way down). The litigation administrator who was hired to help organize and get things rolling just quit, the temp of the week just quit.

When is enough, enough? I've never seen anyone as unprofessional or as unreasonable as this attorney. Her behavior is unacceptable in any kind of office environment.

I needed to vent, I'm sorry, I'm done, but I'd like to stick a fork in her.

[wendybeth]

Why on earth are they putting up with her?

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

Why on earth are they putting up with her?

If I knew that answe'd be in charge of the world.

I did go in and offer moral support to my boss and ask her, why does not some litigation honcho fly out from VA or PA and read this woman the riot act? She shrugged and said, I wish someone would.

[katiesue]

Maybe they're afraid to fire her? I've worked with some really horrible "personalities" and it seems sometimes people are just to afraid to stand up to them.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by katiesue

Maybe they're afraid to fire her? I've worked with some really horrible "personalities" and it seems sometimes people are just to afraid to stand up to them.

Tell me about it. We've got one here. When I came on board, his reputation had preceded him. He worked, may years before I started, at my previous place of employment and the people there that knew him STILL talked about his...personality.

He's a jerk and a bully and everyone knows it. After I filed a formal complaint against him for making ludicrous accusations to my face, I learned that my manager has zero respect for him.

And yet, he's been here for several years. He is seen as "talented" and has knowledge that, thanks to being a jerk and few people wanting to talk to him, no one else has. And his manager is too timid to do anything to reign him in (although I have noticed that since filing my complaint, he is not sent to interface with my department as much, if at all. Hmmm).

Considering the relatively small size of the company, especially back when he was hired, I'm surprised he lasted this long. He does know his stuff, but there's got to be a point where the fact that people would rather waste time avoiding him than go directly to him when we should is costing the company more than his knowledge gains them.