Familiendramen in der Großkanzlei
am 22.09.2006 von http://www.jurabilis.de
It was the go-go 90s. Associate salaries were going up by astronomical sums every year, everybody was working around the clock. As a paralegal I kept a clean change of
cloths, shampoo, toothpaste and a toothbrush, a blanket and a pillow in my file cabinet
just in case. I used those items regularly. Other people did exactly the same thing.
I worked with a tenth year associate (she made partner by year 11) who worked on my matters and also was running a huge litigation. She lived in New Jersey and had over an hour commute. She would generally make it in the office by 8am and leave by 9 or 10pm. Everyday. She was married and had two small children. She was a nice woman, but horribly pulled in 17 directions.
Apparently (and I obtained most of this information from her secretary) she was in the office (as usual) checking her bank balances and noticed that $100,000 was missing from her joint investment account. She called her husband to find out if he knew anything about it. Her husband, a junior partner at a small firm in NJ, took her call. He knew what had happened. (the following is a reconstructed conversation based on hearsay and conjecture):
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