[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Have you ever had the thought that you went into the exact right type of job because you just wouldn't be good at certain other types of jobs? I knew even before I went to law school that I would never want to pursue a job that had anything to do with litigation. I just don't enjoy the constant adversarial posturing and I'm not good with constant high-stress situations that require instant "think on your feet" responses. My strengths lie in transactional work where legal strategies can be perfected and implemented over time, and I enjoy the minutia of regulatory details and research.

Anyway, the thought occurred to me today because we received a letter a couple of weeks ago about some alleged conduct of a company we work with, and they took the scattershot approach - to unnerve this company - of firing off letters to pretty much anyone who works with them, including our companies, suggesting that we might be responsible for the other company's conduct along with them. I responded, and they shot back with a response this week that requires us to respond.

In his first letter, the attorney for the other side misspelled (or misunderstood) the name of our parent company, so in my letter, I politely corrected him by italicizing the correct name of the company. Well, in his second letter, he did it again. The attorney's name is one of those first initial followed by middle and last name names. It's similar to M. Night Shayamalan. So in the response I drafted his afternoon, I purposely changed the M to an N because hey, if he's going to lack attention to detail, so am I!

Really, this kind of crap just brings out the worst in my character and there's no way I could make a living at it. But both my boss and our parent companies' GC said the letter was perfect, so...

Oh, and the two warring companies... owned by father and son. They don't have quite the closest relationship, it's fair to say. The son (whose company we work with) confirmed what we thought, that they wouldn't be spending Thanksgiving together this year.

There is an attorney on TikTok that gives generalized legal advise in a fun way. She does a long stretch of don't ever, ever, ever go into business with a family member or friend. The ugliest of all litigation generally comes from breaking that simple rule.