As many of you have already observed, more information has been coming out about Lionel Sawyer & Collins and Fennemore Craig. A press release yesterday indicates less than half of the attorneys currently at LSC are making the jump to FC. Among those not going to FC are LSC’s current managing partner and most of LSC’s associates. No word yet on where Paul Hejmanowski and the 30+ other attorneys not going to FC will land. [Vegas Inc.]
Now the Regents will get to decide how to respond to the NSHE plagiarism. [RJ]
Next year’s Nevada legislative session is already shaping up to be an interesting one with such topics as “bringing your dog to the bar” on the agenda. [RGJ]
Despite being ousted as Assembly majority leader and taxation chairwoman, Michele Fiore is still making headlines. [RJ]
Anyone know what is going on with replacing Bill Kephart in the Justice Court. Applications were due a couple of days ago, but we have yet to see anything on who applied….
She is nuttier than a fruitcake. I'd rather have Ken Pollock on the bench.
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December 23, 2014 7:22 pm
Paul Hejmanowski is a LIAR!
Since my attorney just informed me I will not be going to FC with her, I don't feel the need to sit on this information any longer. The following was circulated amongst us secretaries shortly after the meeting on the 10th. In addition, all the temp employees are being let go today. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
NOTICE OF LIONEL SAWYER & COLLINS, LTD.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS SPECIAL MEETING
The Executive Committee of Lionel Sawyer & Collins, Ltd. (the "Corporation") hereby calls a Special Meeting of the Directors to be held at Noon on Wednesday, December 10, 2014, in the Courtroom on the 15th Floor in Las Vegas, NV and by video conference with Reno, NV. The purposes for the meeting shall be to take the following actions: (i) recommend to the Stockholders that the Corporation be dissolved in accordance with applicable law and the Corporation's governing documents, (ii) grant authority to the Executive Committee to take all necessary actions to wind up the business and affairs of the Corporation and to dissolve the Corporation, and (iii) address any matters and issues incidental thereto.
This Notice is being given on December 8, 2014 pursuant to Section 5 of Article II of the Corporation's Bylaws, as amended by the Written Consent of Shareholders dated as of December 8, 2014.
NOTICE OF LIONEL SAWYER & COLLINS, LTD.
SPECIAL STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
The Executive Committee of Lionel Sawyer & Collins, Ltd. (the "Corporation") hereby calls a Special Meeting of the Stockholders to be held at Noon on Wednesday, December 10,2014, in the Courtroom on the 15th Floor in Las Vegas, NV and by video conference with Reno, NV immediately following the Directors meeting. The purposes for the meeting shall be to take the following actions: (i) approve the dissolution of the Corporation in accordance with applicable law and the Corporation's governing documents, (ii) grant authority to the Executive Committee to take all necessary actions to wind up the business and affairs of the Corporation and to dissolve the Corporation, Powers to be discussed and voted on would include:
a) termination of the Corporation's Profit Sharing Plan, including the 401K component;
b) termination all health insurance programs, including major medical, dental and vision;
c) making arrangements to compromise creditor claims;
d) withholding future salary payments to Directors in certain circumstances;
e) terminating employees;
f) disposing of assets;
g) entering into agreements with creditors for private liquidation or filing for relief under the Bankruptcy Code; and
h) determining the effective dates for the dissolution and the wind up of business and
affairs; and (iii) address any matters and issues reasonably related and incidental thereto.
This Notice is being given on December 8, 2014 pursuant to Section 7 of Article I of the Corporation's Bylaws, as amended by the Written Consent of Shareholders dated as of December B, 2014.
I have noticed a trend amongst firms here in town, a trend I shall refer to as the "Surprise Screw." The concept of notice to employees is viewed as a weakness, yet they count on those same employees to give proper notice should they leave. They want the loyalty and give none back. This surprise screw is intended to benefit the top of the food chain, without a damn given for their employees and their holidays. Everyone one of those transfers made a list of enemies. Happy Holidays!
One can easily infer that the firm was deeply in debt. Looks like some creditors will also get hosed. The knuckleheads over at Bar Counsel will never be able to figure this one out.
@ 12:28 is half right — partners taking record breaking bonuses 2008 – 2013, while simultaneously refinancing even larger debt obligations to a date after the firm's intended dissolution. It wouldn't be hard for Bar Counsel to figure it out, as the information is plainly contained in LS&C business records. Roger Goodell did everything in his power to avoid seeing the Ray Rice videotape delivered to his office. My guess is Bar Counsel will do what it can to avoid seeing the criminal acts at LS&C.
No way in hell Bar Counsel does anything about this. This isn't a small-time personal injury firm that nobody cares about. This is the "old boys club."
As a former LSC employee I am sorry to hear what is going on over there and all I can say to whoever posted this is that I hope you land on your feet somewhere much better. This is a sucky thing that happened to you and everyone over there, because I know how hard you all work and how many of you were loyal long term employees, who deserved better.
I guess I'm not sure what the complaint is here? That they had the bad taste to go out of business during the holiday season? I have to think that at least SOME of the secretarial staff at LSC has been redundant for some time….if you're not going to FC it's either because they're already overloaded on secretarial staff, or LSC has more secretaries than they need to cover the ones that are moving. If the former, it's not their fault how many secretaries FC has, and if the latter, it sounds like they've kept people on when they had no need for them at a time they were hemorrhaging money. How are either of those evil?
Yeah, okay, they ran a law firm into the ground, but they're the last local firm not to adapt to the new market, not the first. Who's left that isn't PI? Alverson? Marquis? Is anything left of HKJ?
Yeah, it sucks. But I bet you despite all the bullshit positivism in their press releases that the managers of LSC are sick to their stomachs. Failure sucks.
Preach @ 4:55… I'm sorry @11:22 feels so wronged but I don't see anything new in this information she feels she couldn't sit on any longer. Anyone who reads this blog has known something bad has been going down at LSC for at least the past few months. Since there is only one female attorney transitioning to FC from Las Vegas, @11:22 don't seem to care much about her anonymity…
As an outsider, it seems like it is an awful time for everyone at LSC, support staff and attorneys. I don't think anyone would have wanted this to happen, especially around the holidays. The post says that LSC told support staff things were bad right after their shareholder meeting… What am I missing? Do the LSC people have so much pull at FC, where less than half the attorneys are going, to demand bringing their support staff with them? It just seems like a really hard situation all the way around and I'm hoping everyone at LSC can find something as soon as possible.Â
I thought I was the only one not seeing any earth shattering new news in the the post. Does it say anywhere that they necessarily did vote to file bankruptcy? Or is it just that it was being put on the table to keep options open? I would imagine most businesses shutting their doors for financial reasons would view BK as an option. Does anyone know if there's truth to the remark about record-breaking bonuses being paid 2008-2013? I wouldn't be surprised if, up until Bob Faiss' passing, many of those in power there were in denial that the firm was in a death spiral.
Does the landlord get to keep the furniture? It sounds like BK, so doesn't that mean that everything they actually own and is paid for, plus their A/R goes into a pot and the creditors (including the landlord) get to argue about it in BK court? (Not a lawyer.)
@ 5:23 I would not make any assumptions about who posted this agenda, there was no firm announcement at LSC about who was going to FC and who was not. This may have been posted by someone who assumed their attorney was going to FC and taking them and now their attorney is not going to FC or taking them. LSC's employees found out who was going to FC when the FC press release came out and not before. I know how it looks, but knowing the players I can say the obvious assumption is not the correct one. I think we should really know our facts before we start pointing fingers at who did things.
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December 23, 2014 8:02 pm
Why didn't Hemo keep his mouth shut after the Dec 10th LS&C vote to close the firm and terminate employees? Instead, he tells the press on 12/12 a final decision has not been made:
"[M]anaging partner Paul Hejmanowski said Lionel Sawyer is in a “state of transition". He said a number of attorneys will be working for different companies, but they will continue to serve their clients at Lionel Sawyer. Hejmanowski continued by saying a final decision in regards to the future of the law firm have not been made."
Maybe they were using the BK to reorganize some of the debt and were planning on continuing under another name like Santoro Driggs did after Santoro left.
And maybe it's none of the wider world's fucking business how and when they announce their intentions? I mean, so long as they're following any applicable bar rules and their corporate governance?
12:02 here. It must be going right over 4:59's head that Hemo's statements, on their face, are in contravention of applicable bar rules. He deceived the public regarding the firm's status asserting some sort of ongoing entity, despite his personal knowledge of the shareholder vote dissolving the firm and each and terminating all support staff and many associate positions. We could have a fun game identifying each violation of professional rules, civil and criminal violations. My money is on a grand total of 77. Maybe our blog's administrator can take a poll,
Are the remarks attributed to Hemanowski purportedly verbatim quotes? Or it it the reporter's interpretation of what he said? Either way, the statements attributed to him are rather vague, and as someone else remarked, it's possible those not going to FC could carry on in some form. I think it's too soon and there isn't enough information to conclude anyone violated bar rules and committed crimes. Whatever else you may think about Hemanowski, he's certainly not a stupid guy. I would calm down with potentially defamatory rhetoric until more facts are known.
@4:59 who forged your law school transcripts dickhead, you write like a Boyd grad. Stick to what you know, fucking up cases with your inferior education. I'd advise you to go study but since it didn't help the first time around start practicing your new catch phrase "Would you like fries with that?"
Good grief, such spewing of venom. Why so sensitive and what's with the random Boyd attack? Makes me wonder if 7:21 is a non-Boyd grad with 6 figure loans to pay back and who is getting a pink slip from LSC.
Although I don't have any insight, there has got to be more going on than just those few people going to FC, as there are too many senior people not going there for everyone to just be retiring at once.
Okay, how are they not getting unemployment? Is it just that LSC did not pay premiums?
I am a little guy, but I still pay my unemployment premiums, can someone please explain?
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December 23, 2014 11:29 pm
All left hanging to fend for themselves. Unemployment available but who lives in $400/week when many earned 2 – 3 times that amount or more. I'm sure their only real relief is to be freed from the greedy bastards.
@ 3:34 p.m. is an ass! That's the whole point. The people let go today at LSC who will have the hardest time finding new jobs are "support staff." It's December 23rd!! Have some compassion you f***ing troll.
What were you expecting, exactly? And it seems like plenty of associates are also being left jobless. Why do you think the support staff will necessarily have a harder time finding jobs than the associates?
@ 6:48 – brush up on your reading comprehension, dude. @ 3:29 starts with the term "all', inclusive of LS&C partners, associates and support staff without employment in 5 business days. I think it's fair to assume all are going to struggle with finding suitable employment and making ends meet in the mean time.
8:22 – thanks for your advice on improving my skills, dude. By the way, I was referring to 4:53's statement "the people let go today at LSC who will have the hardest time finding new jobs are 'support staff.'"
Dude.
@ 5:23 I would not make any assumptions about who posted this agenda, there was no firm announcement at LSC about who was going to FC and who was not. This may have been posted by someone who assumed their attorney was going to FC and taking them and now their attorney is not going to FC or taking them. LSC's employees found out who was going to FC when the FC press release came out and not before. I know how it looks, but knowing the players I can say the obvious assumption is not the correct one. I think we should really know our facts before we start pointing fingers at who did things.
Support staff have an overconfident esteem about their abilities. Any of the support staff are easily replaceable with younger, more willing paralegals/secretaries in a heartbeat. I prefer a young secretary/paralegal over a disgruntled one who won't listen to instructions because they have been doing it "this way" for 20 years.
That said, I do appreciate the competent paralegals and legal secretaries I've worked with in the past. Too bad those professionals are few and far between. The rest of you are bat shit crazy ticking time bombs.
As a straight female who has no interest in sleeping with young paralegals, if my choice was between a paralegal with years of experience who was crotchety, know it all, often argumentative when asked to do work, and always blamed others for his/her own mistakes, I would choose an inexperienced person who is at least reasonably pleasant to be around, willing to learn, follows instructions, and admits mistakes without blaming others. Not saying all experienced paralegals are that way, and I have worked with some absolutely wonderful experienced paralegals . Just saying consider that there are other factors in choice of support staff besides opportunities for sex.
1:19/11:38, sorry you are unemployable support staff with no valid counterpoint to make so you resort to hateful childish remarks.
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December 24, 2014 5:22 am
No doubt the situation sucks. However, I can't help but wonder, didn't employees see the writing on the wall? Couldn't they start looking for jobs sooner and be out by now? LSC has been having problems for a long time, and the whole legal community has been talking about those problems for at least a year. We all knew it was coming. So I just wonder, for those who stayed – why? Why didn't you start looking a year ago but waited for the ship to sink so you can sink with it? There were many signs (other than gossip) that this was going to happen. Large accounts receivables, non-paying clients, low billing rates, dead weight, and a top heavy structure, to name a few.
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December 24, 2014 5:35 am
Rebs just beat Arizona, Number 3 team in the country. GO REBELS!!!!!
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December 24, 2014 8:51 pm
9:22PM, we were told none of the truths behind the collapse, and were regularly fed shit and promises. many hoped for the best thru all the rounds of layoffs often promised we'd emerge leaner and stronger. it's called loyalty; maybe that's an unknown thing in the legal community.
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December 25, 2014 12:25 am
12:51 I worked there several years ago. I am not a particularly brilliant person but it was obvious to me even then where the firm was headed eventually because there was no one to fill the shoes of people like Sam, Bob Faiss, Sen. Bryan etc. They made people partner just because they did their time and they let people stick around who were not earning their keep (and I'm referring to partners, associates, and support staff). They also let at least one partner behave in a manner for many, many years that drove away promising associates (although on that one, most firms probably have the same issue). It seemed like the powers that be were in denial that it could happen to them. My self-preservation instincts are stronger than my loyalty.
This list has been up for a week:
http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/News/Pages/JusticeCourtVacancyDraws18Applicants.aspx
Whichever poor bastard they pick, they're going to stick them with the civil docket. Welcome to Justice Court!
Bruce Gale. There's a shock.
Karen Connelly would be a good choice
She is nuttier than a fruitcake. I'd rather have Ken Pollock on the bench.
Paul Hejmanowski is a LIAR!
Since my attorney just informed me I will not be going to FC with her, I don't feel the need to sit on this information any longer. The following was circulated amongst us secretaries shortly after the meeting on the 10th. In addition, all the temp employees are being let go today. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
NOTICE OF LIONEL SAWYER & COLLINS, LTD.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS SPECIAL MEETING
The Executive Committee of Lionel Sawyer & Collins, Ltd. (the "Corporation") hereby calls a Special Meeting of the Directors to be held at Noon on Wednesday, December 10, 2014, in the Courtroom on the 15th Floor in Las Vegas, NV and by video conference with Reno, NV. The purposes for the meeting shall be to take the following actions: (i) recommend to the Stockholders that the Corporation be dissolved in accordance with applicable law and the Corporation's governing documents, (ii) grant authority to the Executive Committee to take all necessary actions to wind up the business and affairs of the Corporation and to dissolve the Corporation, and (iii) address any matters and issues incidental thereto.
This Notice is being given on December 8, 2014 pursuant to Section 5 of Article II of the Corporation's Bylaws, as amended by the Written Consent of Shareholders dated as of December 8, 2014.
NOTICE OF LIONEL SAWYER & COLLINS, LTD.
SPECIAL STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
The Executive Committee of Lionel Sawyer & Collins, Ltd. (the "Corporation") hereby calls a Special Meeting of the Stockholders to be held at Noon on Wednesday, December 10,2014, in the Courtroom on the 15th Floor in Las Vegas, NV and by video conference with Reno, NV immediately following the Directors meeting. The purposes for the meeting shall be to take the following actions: (i) approve the dissolution of the Corporation in accordance with applicable law and the Corporation's governing documents, (ii) grant authority to the Executive Committee to take all necessary actions to wind up the business and affairs of the Corporation and to dissolve the Corporation, Powers to be discussed and voted on would include:
a) termination of the Corporation's Profit Sharing Plan, including the 401K component;
b) termination all health insurance programs, including major medical, dental and vision;
c) making arrangements to compromise creditor claims;
d) withholding future salary payments to Directors in certain circumstances;
e) terminating employees;
f) disposing of assets;
g) entering into agreements with creditors for private liquidation or filing for relief under the Bankruptcy Code; and
h) determining the effective dates for the dissolution and the wind up of business and
affairs; and (iii) address any matters and issues reasonably related and incidental thereto.
This Notice is being given on December 8, 2014 pursuant to Section 7 of Article I of the Corporation's Bylaws, as amended by the Written Consent of Shareholders dated as of December B, 2014.
Sorry they did that to you. That sucks.
I have noticed a trend amongst firms here in town, a trend I shall refer to as the "Surprise Screw." The concept of notice to employees is viewed as a weakness, yet they count on those same employees to give proper notice should they leave. They want the loyalty and give none back. This surprise screw is intended to benefit the top of the food chain, without a damn given for their employees and their holidays. Everyone one of those transfers made a list of enemies. Happy Holidays!
One can easily infer that the firm was deeply in debt. Looks like some creditors will also get hosed. The knuckleheads over at Bar Counsel will never be able to figure this one out.
@ 12:28 is half right — partners taking record breaking bonuses 2008 – 2013, while simultaneously refinancing even larger debt obligations to a date after the firm's intended dissolution. It wouldn't be hard for Bar Counsel to figure it out, as the information is plainly contained in LS&C business records. Roger Goodell did everything in his power to avoid seeing the Ray Rice videotape delivered to his office. My guess is Bar Counsel will do what it can to avoid seeing the criminal acts at LS&C.
Rule #1: Never sh*& on your staff. They know things.
No way in hell Bar Counsel does anything about this. This isn't a small-time personal injury firm that nobody cares about. This is the "old boys club."
Come on, Eric Dobberstein is board of governor, who is a huge asshole. Bar counsel won't do shit, which is there usual mode of operandi.
Just have the creditors sue the directors for fraudulent conveyance in the BK action. Done and done. Who cares about bar counsel?
@ 1:27 he is up for Board of Governors re-election this May. Be sure your vote counts.
+1 @1:51. Dear LS&C partners – I'd like to introduce you bitches to a little term we in the BK field call "clawback."
Where is Bruce Markell when we need him!
As a former LSC employee I am sorry to hear what is going on over there and all I can say to whoever posted this is that I hope you land on your feet somewhere much better. This is a sucky thing that happened to you and everyone over there, because I know how hard you all work and how many of you were loyal long term employees, who deserved better.
I guess I'm not sure what the complaint is here? That they had the bad taste to go out of business during the holiday season? I have to think that at least SOME of the secretarial staff at LSC has been redundant for some time….if you're not going to FC it's either because they're already overloaded on secretarial staff, or LSC has more secretaries than they need to cover the ones that are moving. If the former, it's not their fault how many secretaries FC has, and if the latter, it sounds like they've kept people on when they had no need for them at a time they were hemorrhaging money. How are either of those evil?
Yeah, okay, they ran a law firm into the ground, but they're the last local firm not to adapt to the new market, not the first. Who's left that isn't PI? Alverson? Marquis? Is anything left of HKJ?
Yeah, it sucks. But I bet you despite all the bullshit positivism in their press releases that the managers of LSC are sick to their stomachs. Failure sucks.
Preach @ 4:55… I'm sorry @11:22 feels so wronged but I don't see anything new in this information she feels she couldn't sit on any longer. Anyone who reads this blog has known something bad has been going down at LSC for at least the past few months. Since there is only one female attorney transitioning to FC from Las Vegas, @11:22 don't seem to care much about her anonymity…
As an outsider, it seems like it is an awful time for everyone at LSC, support staff and attorneys. I don't think anyone would have wanted this to happen, especially around the holidays. The post says that LSC told support staff things were bad right after their shareholder meeting… What am I missing? Do the LSC people have so much pull at FC, where less than half the attorneys are going, to demand bringing their support staff with them? It just seems like a really hard situation all the way around and I'm hoping everyone at LSC can find something as soon as possible.Â
I thought I was the only one not seeing any earth shattering new news in the the post. Does it say anywhere that they necessarily did vote to file bankruptcy? Or is it just that it was being put on the table to keep options open? I would imagine most businesses shutting their doors for financial reasons would view BK as an option. Does anyone know if there's truth to the remark about record-breaking bonuses being paid 2008-2013? I wouldn't be surprised if, up until Bob Faiss' passing, many of those in power there were in denial that the firm was in a death spiral.
Pity the land lord. Seven years left on the lease of 3 floors and no personal guarantees.Some nice furniture though.
Nice furniture?! Really??
Does the landlord get to keep the furniture? It sounds like BK, so doesn't that mean that everything they actually own and is paid for, plus their A/R goes into a pot and the creditors (including the landlord) get to argue about it in BK court? (Not a lawyer.)
@ 5:23 I would not make any assumptions about who posted this agenda, there was no firm announcement at LSC about who was going to FC and who was not. This may have been posted by someone who assumed their attorney was going to FC and taking them and now their attorney is not going to FC or taking them. LSC's employees found out who was going to FC when the FC press release came out and not before. I know how it looks, but knowing the players I can say the obvious assumption is not the correct one. I think we should really know our facts before we start pointing fingers at who did things.
Why didn't Hemo keep his mouth shut after the Dec 10th LS&C vote to close the firm and terminate employees? Instead, he tells the press on 12/12 a final decision has not been made:
"[M]anaging partner Paul Hejmanowski said Lionel Sawyer is in a “state of transition". He said a number of attorneys will be working for different companies, but they will continue to serve their clients at Lionel Sawyer. Hejmanowski continued by saying a final decision in regards to the future of the law firm have not been made."
http://www.8newsnow.com/story/27619508/i-team-big-changes-ahead-for-lionel-sawyer-law-firm
Maybe they were using the BK to reorganize some of the debt and were planning on continuing under another name like Santoro Driggs did after Santoro left.
And maybe it's none of the wider world's fucking business how and when they announce their intentions? I mean, so long as they're following any applicable bar rules and their corporate governance?
12:02 here. It must be going right over 4:59's head that Hemo's statements, on their face, are in contravention of applicable bar rules. He deceived the public regarding the firm's status asserting some sort of ongoing entity, despite his personal knowledge of the shareholder vote dissolving the firm and each and terminating all support staff and many associate positions. We could have a fun game identifying each violation of professional rules, civil and criminal violations. My money is on a grand total of 77. Maybe our blog's administrator can take a poll,
Are the remarks attributed to Hemanowski purportedly verbatim quotes? Or it it the reporter's interpretation of what he said? Either way, the statements attributed to him are rather vague, and as someone else remarked, it's possible those not going to FC could carry on in some form. I think it's too soon and there isn't enough information to conclude anyone violated bar rules and committed crimes. Whatever else you may think about Hemanowski, he's certainly not a stupid guy. I would calm down with potentially defamatory rhetoric until more facts are known.
@4:59 who forged your law school transcripts dickhead, you write like a Boyd grad. Stick to what you know, fucking up cases with your inferior education. I'd advise you to go study but since it didn't help the first time around start practicing your new catch phrase "Would you like fries with that?"
7:21 – there are at least 500 Boyd grads that are better lawyers than you are.
7:21 is Hemo.
Good grief, such spewing of venom. Why so sensitive and what's with the random Boyd attack? Makes me wonder if 7:21 is a non-Boyd grad with 6 figure loans to pay back and who is getting a pink slip from LSC.
Fiore = Circus
Fiore is yesterday's headline…
Big Hooters
Big arse (in more ways than one)
C'mon, now you're just baiting Jordan. Ha!
So does anyone have any insight on what is happening to everyone at LSC not going to FC? Did they even get offers? Were they just left hanging?
Looks like they aren't getting severance and/or unemployment.
Although I don't have any insight, there has got to be more going on than just those few people going to FC, as there are too many senior people not going there for everyone to just be retiring at once.
Okay, how are they not getting unemployment? Is it just that LSC did not pay premiums?
I am a little guy, but I still pay my unemployment premiums, can someone please explain?
All left hanging to fend for themselves. Unemployment available but who lives in $400/week when many earned 2 – 3 times that amount or more. I'm sure their only real relief is to be freed from the greedy bastards.
Haha, you must be support staff.
And 3:34 is one of the reasons why many people hate lawyers.
@ 3:34 p.m. is an ass! That's the whole point. The people let go today at LSC who will have the hardest time finding new jobs are "support staff." It's December 23rd!! Have some compassion you f***ing troll.
Fuck that…Jones Vargas folded in June. It still sucked. Move along.
What were you expecting, exactly? And it seems like plenty of associates are also being left jobless. Why do you think the support staff will necessarily have a harder time finding jobs than the associates?
@ 6:48 – brush up on your reading comprehension, dude. @ 3:29 starts with the term "all', inclusive of LS&C partners, associates and support staff without employment in 5 business days. I think it's fair to assume all are going to struggle with finding suitable employment and making ends meet in the mean time.
What is the long term impact this will have one Fennemore? Seems like it is getting even more top heavy by absorbing attorneys and/or support staff.
Of LSC
I wish Lewis and Rodriguez would fold!
8:22 – thanks for your advice on improving my skills, dude. By the way, I was referring to 4:53's statement "the people let go today at LSC who will have the hardest time finding new jobs are 'support staff.'"
Dude.
@ 5:23 I would not make any assumptions about who posted this agenda, there was no firm announcement at LSC about who was going to FC and who was not. This may have been posted by someone who assumed their attorney was going to FC and taking them and now their attorney is not going to FC or taking them. LSC's employees found out who was going to FC when the FC press release came out and not before. I know how it looks, but knowing the players I can say the obvious assumption is not the correct one. I think we should really know our facts before we start pointing fingers at who did things.
yeah, ask the associates who were being fed lies about what was going to go down…
Support staff have an overconfident esteem about their abilities. Any of the support staff are easily replaceable with younger, more willing paralegals/secretaries in a heartbeat. I prefer a young secretary/paralegal over a disgruntled one who won't listen to instructions because they have been doing it "this way" for 20 years.
That said, I do appreciate the competent paralegals and legal secretaries I've worked with in the past. Too bad those professionals are few and far between. The rest of you are bat shit crazy ticking time bombs.
Merry Christmas.
Yeah, you like the young paralegals, so you can sleep with them.
As a straight female who has no interest in sleeping with young paralegals, if my choice was between a paralegal with years of experience who was crotchety, know it all, often argumentative when asked to do work, and always blamed others for his/her own mistakes, I would choose an inexperienced person who is at least reasonably pleasant to be around, willing to learn, follows instructions, and admits mistakes without blaming others. Not saying all experienced paralegals are that way, and I have worked with some absolutely wonderful experienced paralegals . Just saying consider that there are other factors in choice of support staff besides opportunities for sex.
Sorry for your tiny pink sex drive, 4:40.
1:19/11:38, sorry you are unemployable support staff with no valid counterpoint to make so you resort to hateful childish remarks.
No doubt the situation sucks. However, I can't help but wonder, didn't employees see the writing on the wall? Couldn't they start looking for jobs sooner and be out by now? LSC has been having problems for a long time, and the whole legal community has been talking about those problems for at least a year. We all knew it was coming. So I just wonder, for those who stayed – why? Why didn't you start looking a year ago but waited for the ship to sink so you can sink with it? There were many signs (other than gossip) that this was going to happen. Large accounts receivables, non-paying clients, low billing rates, dead weight, and a top heavy structure, to name a few.
Rebs just beat Arizona, Number 3 team in the country. GO REBELS!!!!!
9:22PM, we were told none of the truths behind the collapse, and were regularly fed shit and promises. many hoped for the best thru all the rounds of layoffs often promised we'd emerge leaner and stronger. it's called loyalty; maybe that's an unknown thing in the legal community.
12:51 I worked there several years ago. I am not a particularly brilliant person but it was obvious to me even then where the firm was headed eventually because there was no one to fill the shoes of people like Sam, Bob Faiss, Sen. Bryan etc. They made people partner just because they did their time and they let people stick around who were not earning their keep (and I'm referring to partners, associates, and support staff). They also let at least one partner behave in a manner for many, many years that drove away promising associates (although on that one, most firms probably have the same issue). It seemed like the powers that be were in denial that it could happen to them. My self-preservation instincts are stronger than my loyalty.