There are no surprises in litigation. Cases do not have sudden surprise evidence incriminate a witness during cross examination as they did in the old Perry Mason show. Every move is codified. The dance is carefully choreographed and must be carried out to the proscribed time signature.
If there are no surprises in litigation, then, your Honor, how is it that the attorneys on this case seem surprised that the production of documents and things pursuant to the request for the production of documents that is subject to a court order, is due tonight?
They have made no fewer than eleven prior productions, out of the same database, hosted by the same vendor, and encountered the same admonitions: Regardless of how small, a production needs 24 hours to run. You must have a firm cut off for the review prior to that. Any changes – additions, subtractions, of documents after the production has been released to processing will result in having to go back and start over. Why did they wait, again?
Is not the definition of insanity doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results?
It is now ten minutes to the tenth hour of a midnight deadline. My stomach is in knots. My voice went gravelly and then silent a couple hours ago. After that, the neck and shoulders. Then the hands. My hands burn and cramp.
What I want to do is be working on today’s prompt. What has brought me more joy than I’ve had since the death of my father six months before the pandemic, are these daily writing prompts. The creative outlet they inspire.
There goes my phone. It's go time.
— Lkai
If there are no surprises in litigation, then, your Honor, how is it that the attorneys on this case seem surprised that the production of documents and things pursuant to the request for the production of documents that is subject to a court order, is due tonight?
They have made no fewer than eleven prior productions, out of the same database, hosted by the same vendor, and encountered the same admonitions: Regardless of how small, a production needs 24 hours to run. You must have a firm cut off for the review prior to that. Any changes – additions, subtractions, of documents after the production has been released to processing will result in having to go back and start over. Why did they wait, again?
Is not the definition of insanity doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results?
It is now ten minutes to the tenth hour of a midnight deadline. My stomach is in knots. My voice went gravelly and then silent a couple hours ago. After that, the neck and shoulders. Then the hands. My hands burn and cramp.
What I want to do is be working on today’s prompt. What has brought me more joy than I’ve had since the death of my father six months before the pandemic, are these daily writing prompts. The creative outlet they inspire.
There goes my phone. It's go time.
— Lkai
I am in great admiration of your career. Skills beyond my comprehension! I'm wondering now what "PROCESSING" is, exactly? Is it a line of people passing something on and on? Are you glad that today's prompt could be incorporated into your writing about what is actually happening with you right now? OR... long shot... this is fiction to offer a believable cause for a compelling description of extreme tension. I am so glad that you enjoy writing! Your stuff is fun to read. (Macoff)
ReplyDeleteNot fiction. Dailt reality. Thank you fot reading.
ReplyDelete*daily reality* and deadline was missed! Thankfully I'm not the attorney. I'm in a supporting role
DeleteI got the anxiety as the story built as you wait and wait. I too am grateful for your writing. I get gathered in. Most people, I think, do not grasp the finality of deadlines in legal settings. Like production of documents, like filing appeals. "The Verdict," a movie with Paul Newman, has Newman miss a deadline for filing an appeal in a criminal case. As the client is loaded into the transport van to prison, the Newman character cries out, "I'll get the deadline set aside. I get the appeal before the judge." I watched while my mind churned. How wrong, I thought, to give the audience the idea that the is any flexibility in filing deadlines. For shame. Good luck with your practice!!
ReplyDeleteI so enjoy your writing. I agree it is a wonderful thing to have these prompts to look forward to first thing in the morning.
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