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  • Saturday, February 18, 2006

    Bla bla bla?

    UPDATE (2/22): Saw Will Korman (one of the lawyers in the below exchange) on CNN, so not only is this all over the internet and the papers, but it's on cable too. Unreal.

    More lawyers behaving badly... another email to go down in the annals of legal urban legends, which are actually true. Remember that email from the summer associate who bragged about how much he was goofing off (and he got an offer from the firm)? Or the summer who got drunk and jumped off of Chelsea Piers in NYC? Talk about earning your reputation early.

    Well, so does this woman. Apologies for the awful formatting. But scroll way, way down and then read from the bottom up. I've deleted most of the irrelevant forwarding addresses, names and messages. Suffice to say, however, this message has been widely read via email. And it’s all over the blogs (yes, I’m slow in the food chain) -- plus, there were at least three articles on it in Boston-area papers. Those of you with access to the The Boston Globe – that one is particularly… um, interesting? Yikes.

    Lesson in contracts to prep for the bar? How about the First Amendment (possible action in disclosure of private fact)? Or ever important lesson that you should never send an email that you don't want the entire world to read... especially as a lawyer!

    Uh-huh.

    And, her father is a local attorney. How embarrassing.

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------

    In the criminal justice system, this girl is considered especially heinous...

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------

    yikes

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 9:41 AM
    Subject: Fwd: FW: Lawyers Behaving Badly

    Yes, I know this girl, a Suffolk Law 2004 graduate. Her e-mail messages truly convey her personality. I had two classes with her. In both, she would come to class late, sit in the front row eating and drinking (usually chips and a snapple), and never took notes. Great way to make yourself look good as a young attorney. Amazing how far this has reached since February 3.
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    Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:47:53 -0500

    Start at the bottom and read up. Go Suffolk! Do any of you know this girl? She should teach a course on networking.

    Josh

    ----- Original Message -----
    Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 11:16 AM
    Subject: FW: Lawyers Behaving Badly

    OMG. you MUST read from the bottom up. hilarious stuff. Watch out
    for this young gun!

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    Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 10:57 AM
    Subject: Lawyers Behaving Badly

    This just in from former colleagues at the AG's Office (Bloom and Breen). Will Korman is a rising star in the criminal defense world, and great guy to boot, who was a brand new ADA when I was doing a rotation in Roxbury District Court. He now has a burgeoning solo practice. Start from the bottom and start cringing. Josh

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    Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 10:05 AM
    Subject: FW: Thank you

    Take a look at what David just forwarded me..read from the bottom....

    -----Original Message-----
    Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 9:54 AM
    Subject: FW: Thank you

    Read from the bottom to the top.there was an intervening exchange of
    voice mails as well.as you can imagine, they were as unprofessional
    as her e-mails.

    -----Original Message-----
    Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 9:55 AM
    Subject: RE: Thank you

    You can e-mail this to whomever you want.

    -----Original Message-----
    Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 9:47 AM
    Subject: RE: Thank you

    OH MY GOD!

    Where to begin?

    First of all, how unprofessional, and secondly, it is "reap what you 'sow,'" now [sic] "sew". If she is going to use a cliche, couldn't she at least spell it right?

    And WTF is with her "bla bla bla"? Does she not read your e-mail about it being a small community?!

    So, finally, can I forward this along to some folks? I am sure they would love to see how the up-and-coming lawyers are comporting themselves!

    (Clearly she did not go to BU!!!) J

    -----Original Message-----
    Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 7:59 AM
    Subject: FW: Thank you

    Did I already forward this to you?

    -----Original Message-----
    Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 4:29 PM
    To: William A. Korman
    Subject: Re: Thank you

    bla bla bla

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: William A. Korman
    To: 'Dianna Abdala'
    Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 4:18 PM
    Subject: RE: Thank you

    Thank you for the refresher course on contracts. This is not a bar exam question. You need to realize that this is a very small legal community, especially the criminal defense bar. Do you really want to start pissing off more experienced lawyers at this early stage of your career?

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Dianna Abdala
    Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 4:01 PM
    To: William A. Korman
    Subject: Re: Thank you

    A real lawyer would have put the contract into writing and not exercised any such reliance until he did so. Again, thank you.

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: William A. Korman
    To: 'Dianna Abdala'
    Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 12:15 PM
    Subject: RE: Thank you

    Dianna –

    Given that you had two interviews, were offered and accepted the job (indeed, you had a definite start date), I am surprised that you chose an e-mail and a 9:30 PM voicemail message to convey this information to me. It smacks of immaturity and is quite unprofessional. Indeed, I did rely upon your acceptance by ordering stationery and business cards with your name, reformatting a computer and setting up both internal and external e-mails for you here at the office. While I do not quarrel with your reasoning, I am extremely disappointed in the way this played out. I sincerely wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.

    - Will Korman

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Dianna Abdala
    Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 9:23 PM
    To: William A. Korman
    Subject: Thank you

    Dear Attorney Korman,

    At this time, I am writing to inform you that I will not be accepting your offer. After careful consideration, I have come to the conclusion that the pay you are offering would neither fulfill me nor support the lifestyle I am living in light of the work I would be doing for you. I have decided instead to work for myself, and reap 100% of the benefits that I sew.

    Thank you for the interviews.

    Dianna L. Abdala, Esq.

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