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Proto Attorney, Esq.

Posted on October 09, 2009
I'm completely stunned, relieved, and exhausted. When I got the first Facebook message that the results were up, I couldn't even check it. I sat there staring at the link to the results, I couldn't click on it. Instead I called one of my friends from law school for moral support since I was having a panic attack...

Stuff Other Than the Bar

Posted on October 08, 2009
Going back and forth between responding to motions in limine for an upcoming trial, and freaking out, is not working. So I figured I'd try some happier distractions: other stuff that's going on.Some friends of ours got married this weekend. Husband was a groomsman...

Banned Books Week

Posted on September 28, 2009
Time for some First Amendment fun... this is Banned Books Week. So grab a copy of The Catcher in the Rye or Harry Potter and enjoy reading something other people find offensive. If you want to find out what censorship's going down in your area, click here...

Demons

Posted on September 27, 2009
We have a couple child custody cases at the office involving a particular local family. My paralegal was telling me about Crazy Granny's testimony at the custody hearing, wherein she started talking about "the demons." I'm not sure how "the demons" actually fit into the custody matter, but even in an area of the country known for some crazy backwoods religions, ranting about demons in court is pretty nutters...

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MILP #117

Posted on September 27, 2009
The roundup be at Butterflyfish, mateys! Next week it be at PT-LawMom. Then it be here. Rinse and repeat. The Weekly MILP (Moms In the Legal Profession) Roundup is hosted on a rotating basis between PT-LawMom, Butterflyfish, and Attorney Work Product blogs...

Women in Combat

Posted on September 25, 2009
Growing up in a society that told little girls we could be "anything" when we grew up, such inspiration was often diminished by the reality that there were significant limits to what we could actually be. One of the big limits has always been not allowing women in combat...

Verdicts

Posted on September 24, 2009
No matter how good your case is, no matter how excellent an attorney you are, you can really only give an educated guess about how a jury is going to decide. Voir dire is a way to sort through the jurors, get a feel for them, possibly reveal some prejudices and biases, but you can't ever know for sure what goes on in an individual juror's head, nor how putting that specific group of people together will affect the outcome...

No! Don't make me go to law school again!

Posted on September 23, 2009
I hope this isn't an indication that I've failed the bar so badly that they want me to go back to 1L and try again.I just received this email (I hope) erroneously, it made me chuckle:Dear [Proto Attorney]:We have received the electronic submission of your application for admission to [A Law School in Chicago] College of Law...

Toddler Overload

Posted on September 21, 2009
My child is turning into a bigger handful by the day. Cora actually lied to me today. She just would not take a nap. And of course, since she never shuts up, she isn't quite the stealthy ninja about it that she thinks she is. I could hear her in there, chattering to her stuffed animals...

Weekly MILP Roundup #116

Posted on September 20, 2009
The Weekly MILP (Moms In the Legal Profession) Roundup** is hosted on a rotating basis here, PT-Lawmom and A Little Fish in Law School blogs and is usually posted no later than Monday morning. Next week, go to Butterflyfish for the awesomeness of the MILP roundup...

Making New Friends

Posted on September 17, 2009
I might be a little pathetic. I'm at the point where my boss's wife is calling people up and asking them to be my friend. I feel sad for myself in a profound way. The result being, I have a blind lunch date next week with a woman my age, who is in the financial industry, and has an infant...

Negotiations

Posted on September 17, 2009
I am very happy I will soon be sending my first donation to my graduate program. It's not much, just a couple hundred, but I will be so happy to make a contribution. It was such a wonderful experience, and I am thrilled to finally be in a position where I can give back...

Planetary Misalignments

Posted on September 14, 2009
There must just be something wrong in the universe this week. Celebrities and public figures are acting like total assholes (even moreso than they usually do), and it's just been a really tragic and an unusually violent week in our city, with three murders in three days...

When Domestic Relations Law Becomes Criminal Law

Posted on September 12, 2009
A woman in my City was murdered yesterday, just down the street from where a friend of mine lives. No charges have been filed yet, but it seems likely that her ex-fiance did it. The cops found him at his parents' graves, where he'd slit his wrists. Then he fired at the cops...

The Good, the Bad and the Sucky

Posted on September 09, 2009
Boss Dude sent me to the courthouse this morning to watch a med mal trial, which was oodles of fun and most educational. He wanted me to scope out the defense attorney we occasionally have cases with, and also observe the judge. The case was against two family practice docs for failure to diagnose (heart disease)...

Bad-Ass Lady Lawyers

Posted on September 08, 2009
I just posted over at Ms. JD about the lady lawyer in my (former) legal community who took down the three lawyers who ripped off their clients in the Fen-Phen scandal. Ethics anyone? A friend of ours many years ago worked for one of those guys right out of law school (the dude with the chick's name)...

Shout Out

Posted on September 07, 2009
Giving a shout out to this list of blog posts, since it gives a shout out to me, and to at least a couple other law moms:100 Blog Posts You Should Read Before Going to Law SchoolCheers! Happy Labor Day!

Small Town Practice

Posted on September 02, 2009
Today an attorney from The City came to our office to take the depositions of our client and another witness of ours. This attorney works at Big Law. I sat in on the pre-deposition meeting with the client and witness, where we explain to them to stick to answering the question actually asked, don't start rambling on about crap you don't actually know to be true, don't say anything stupid, etc...

Solo parenting

Posted on August 31, 2009
This has been my first solo week in Small Town with Cora and without Husband. He's got class in the morning, and he worked last night, so he wasn't able to make it out this week. This morning, Cora was in a pretty good mood... until we got to daycare, of course...

Another Week, Another Weekend

Posted on August 30, 2009
There's never a weekend where there's just nothing going on. That's not a bad thing, I love being busy and having stuff to do. But I know it's only a matter of time before I need a weekend of hibernation. I'm an incredibly lazy person by nature (most humans evolved from apes...

Demons of Stupidity

Posted on August 26, 2009
Today was Epic Judge Fail Day. A judge in our county failed to enter a domestic violence protective order for one of our clients who was beat up by her spouse. I won't go into details, but let's just blame it on the Demons of Stupidity, which caused said rejection...

Suckedy Day

Posted on August 25, 2009
I'm in a bit of a funk today. I spent all day researching this horrible mess of a case, trying to do research for a reply to an appellant's brief that is so bad that it doesn't cite any legal authority, or even the record of the case itself. After spending hours trying to figure out how on earth I should even begin to respond to that, I talked it out with Boss Dude, and he gave me some specific areas to research and address...

End of the Week

Posted on August 21, 2009
I got back into the city tonight at 5:30, in time to have dinner with Husband and Cora at our favorite neighborhood Mexican restaurant. I missed them both very much. Of course, I'd been so busy Wednesday and Thursday, that even if we'd been in the same city, I wouldn't have gotten to see them anyway...

Employed

Posted on August 18, 2009
I have a job. It is awesome.I arrived Sunday evening with the whole family in tow. We got everything unpacked and enjoyed some family time/exploration. The apartment is across the street from the park, so we've gotten to take lots of walks through it...

Weekly MILP Roundup #111

Posted on August 16, 2009
Welcome to my very first MILP Roundup, ya'll!(insert cheer here)The Weekly MILP (Moms In the Legal Profession) Roundup is the brainchild of Saramel (retired). It is hosted on a rotating basis at PT-LawMom, and A Little Fish in Law School and is usually posted no later than Monday morning...

Adventures in Domesticity

Posted on August 15, 2009
I decided to try something today that I don't do very often -- cook. We made plans to take dinner over to our friends' house, and I decided to make lasagna, which I definitely don't do very often. I wanted to try one of Giada's recipes, and I've never been disappointed with one...

Early Morning Insecurities

Posted on August 13, 2009
I woke up this morning (unfortunately before 7am) and my initial thought was that I have no idea how I'm going to practice employment law. How am I supposed to tell my clients that they should fight for their rights against their employers, when I've never stood up to do the same?I was thinking about those assholes who promised my mom a job four months ago and then changed their minds...

People suck

Posted on August 12, 2009
My mother is back to being unemployed thanks to people being giant assholes. Our state's unemployment rate is over 10%, and she is soooo going to end up living with me. With me. Husband said she's not living with him, that I have to take her with me to the new town if she ends up losing her house...

Last Week of Unemployment

Posted on August 10, 2009
I'm planning to enjoy my final week of unemployment. It's going to be quite the adjustment, not only to working in a new city, but just working in general. I haven't worked full time since the summer after 2L. And more importantly, I'm totally not a morning person, not at all...

On government

Posted on August 10, 2009
A couple years ago, our mayor and her city government began a very expensive fight to take over the local water company. The argument was that the city should own the water company, because it would be an investment in our future, and would be overall better for our city's residents...

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