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- Here’s the latest on the Tiaffay trial. [RJ]
- Andrew Rempfer is representing the plaintiffs in an overtime suit against Circle K which just got the oK to proceed as a class action. [RJ]
- The battle over rooftop solar has been delayed until next year. [KNPR]
I don't know Mr. Rempfer, but this Order sanctioning him is comical.
That is mean. Andy is a great attorney. He will tell you he is top 10 in town. He is laughing all the way to the bank while you look up random orders. You should try litigating a case and actually do something worthwhile instead of hitting your minimum billable hour requirement.
Andy is also a guy who got remanded in traffic court a week or two ago for talking back to a judge. So he's such a good attorney he argued his way into handcuffs.
An order that's 18 months old just suddenly shows up in the comments here. Use of the word "comical" was an over sell. I've never met or had any dealings with Rempfer. But call me suspicious the way some anonymous jag off randomly shows up one day trashing Rempfer.
Amen
To be fair to the "anonymous jag off", I just googled Mr. Rempfer's name because I don't know who he is and one of the first results is that Order. So it's not like he had to go out of his way to dig up that dirt. And after reading the Order, I agree, it was pretty comical.
He is a super lawyer who got spanked!
Really, it sounds like Rempfer just forgot and did not check his smart phone calendar that morning.
The order is humiliating. But the amount is a slap on the wrist. If he was in state court, with a judge who was moody, he could have gotten his complaint dismissed.
Well, that, and he tried to throw his younger associate under the bus. When the court called him on that, it seems like he then tried to back the bus up and run her over again.
It just seems like a classic case of CYA instead of just admitting your mistake to the magistrate, asking for forgivness, and taking whatever punishment is doled out. I suspect if he just admitted that he screwed the proverbial pooch, instead of coming up with what turned out to be BS excuses, he would not have been sanctioned at all. I don't care if he is a super lawyer or super schmuck, his response was a bush-league attempt to save face that back-fired.
I'll bet he would have been sanctioned regardless. Magistrate Koppe is a hard ass who will not hesitate to sanction you if you violate even the most minor rule. I imagine it ensures compliance going forward, though.
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Eglet!
Olson, Cannon……….? What's up? Split, retirement?
Wasn't Rawlings the head of Olson Cannon back in the day? Firms break up when rainmakers don't make it rain.
And when did Desruisseaux leave? Where is he now?
He retired a few years ago.
Rempfer is an excellent attorney. He's brilliant and ethical. He's someone I definitely admire and look up to. Googling some old order doesn't define the amazing accomplishments he is making now.
Seriously, 6:19? He is a trainwreck.
A(nother) mass exodus at henness & haight: It looks like 4 associates gone in the last 3 weeks.
That is like saying people left rick Harris. Always happens with plaintiff lawyers. Is what it is.
Why is that 4:43? They think they can do better on their own once they learn the tricks of the trade, or the work conditions are generally that bad at big plaintiff shops? honest question
I think they learn the tricks of the trade and believe they can do better when they leave. They often do, but it's always a gamble. Also, many of these firms do engage in some revenue/profit sharing, but at some point, the associates figure they will make more on their own. I think this is by design. Much like Alverson Taylor, the model is set up to essentially encourage most associates to leave at some point.
4:43 here. I think lawyers think it is easy to run a practice and make more money. If you have a great deal at a plaintiff shop, then I would stay put. Going on your own is a headache. Overhead is actually not the issue, rather it is the managing of staff and all the little things. You end up running a business and not really practicing law. I don't think people leaving a plaintiff's firm is a sign the firm sucks or anything in most instances. It is just plaintiff's lawyers thinking they can make more money doing the same thing.
Or sometimes the firm is so terrible than even the uncertainty of running your own practice sounds better than spending another day in that hellhole…
I know everyone says this when someone posts an undeservedly fawning comment, but 6:19 has to be Rempfer. Really – has to be. I have seen some antics similar to those described in the order, but I know of no "amazing accomplishments."
Where was Raempfer orig from? Firm?