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Dear ____________:

I hope you've been doing well, and that you had a relaxing holiday break with at least a day or two off of work.

Also, I'd just like to clear the air about some remarks I've heard from a couple of unidentified sources. I'll start by reiterating that I had a great learning experience working at [Firm X] last summer. Admittedly, I definitely had to make some adjustments from the kind of work I learned to do in law school to the kind of work that one does practicing law. [Firm X] was a positive environment for making that transition, and a good bit of the research work I did while making that transition was for you. While you told me at times that some of the cases I pulled were distinguishable from the facts of your cases, or unnecessary for the argument, I always revised any work that you thought needed it, and you never expressed to me that the work I did for you was sub-par or that I needed to do something substantially differently. If you had, I certainly would have worked to change my approach to research. I do hope that you would kindly make any complaints you have about the quality of my work product known to me, so that I could improve in those areas in the future, before making such complaints known to anyone else without my knowledge. I hope to be as able an attorney as possible, and would appreciate as much feedback about the quality of my work as possible, so that I can improve. I also hope that if you had serious concerns about my abilities, that you would not have agreed to be a reference for me. I have no delusions that any work I have done at any point in the past has been exceptional in any way, but I would appreciate, as mere professional courtesy, to be the first to know of dissatisfaction you may have with it.

Thank you for your kind consideration,

______

Lonagan wrote:If I were to send such a letter, I would couch it as more of a question than an accusation. As written it sounds like "I know you're saying bad things about me, please stop." I would aim for "I have heard _______, was this in error?"

Tanicius wrote:

Lonagan wrote:If I were to send such a letter, I would couch it as more of a question than an accusation. As written it sounds like "I know you're saying bad things about me, please stop." I would aim for "I have heard _______, was this in error?"

I agree.

Anonymous User wrote:OP here

application season is over--i got rejected by every firm i applied to. i don't know how much of that is due to the economy and how much is due to that guy. i'm really pissed and bitter right now though.

Drake014 wrote:You have little hope of accomplishing anything if this guy is this douchey. My advice?

If he's married, spray a hint of perfume on his collar. Put the following items in his various coat pockets.

1. a woman's name and phone number on a slip of paper along with a lipstick smeared kiss
2. a receipt for flowers (if you want to make a major investment, then a receipt for a hotel room)
3. a pack of condoms minus a couple of condoms from the pack
4. If possible, have a woman call his home phone from a hotel/motel when he's not home and his wife is certain to pick up. Have her ask for him. Then hang up abruptly when the wife asks who is this. If you can't get a woman, then you can call yourself from a hotel/motel and tell his wife that they found his watch and it'll be waiting for him at the front desk.

Drake014 wrote:You have little hope of accomplishing anything if this guy is this douchey. My advice?

If he's married, spray a hint of perfume on his collar. Put the following items in his various coat pockets.

1. a woman's name and phone number on a slip of paper along with a lipstick smeared kiss
2. a receipt for flowers (if you want to make a major investment, then a receipt for a hotel room)
3. a pack of condoms minus a couple of condoms from the pack

If possible, have a woman call his home phone from a hotel/motel when he's not home and his wife is certain to pick up. Have her ask for him. Then hang up abruptly when the wife asks who is this. If you can't get a woman, then you can call yourself from a hotel/motel and tell his wife that they found his watch and it'll be waiting for him at the front desk.

superserial wrote:sue his balls off.

PKSebben wrote:

superserial wrote:sue his balls off.

A VALID SECTION 90 CLAIM PERHAPS? 1LS, spout your new found knowledge. YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!

nycparalegal wrote:Damage is done. I would stop using him as a reference, and would not send that letter. It sucks, and you won't ever know the reason why you didn't get a job, but if you send a letter that is something that you can never take away.

You have no idea how vindictive this partner can be. I would limit further contact.

Don't try to burn any bridges.

First rule, do no harm.

predetermined wrote:Could some form of discrimination be at work?

Anonymous User wrote:

predetermined wrote:Could some form of discrimination be at work?

we're both short white male philosophy majors who went to lower T14s. . .

RE: all the marital revenge--he recently got divorced, so this is unlikely to be effective revenge. maybe i'll just fuck his daughter. she's pretty hot (and 18, still living at home I think; he's really conservative and Christian).