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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Also, I've had clients tell me specifically to be an asshole with the other side, be pushy, be annoying. I don't know if that's unusual or not (or just a side effect of my being naturally reasonable and good natured 100% of the time), but I've seen it a lot. Clients pay us the big bucks, they want to see some fireworks - or at least use us to express their contempt for the other side's client without getting personally called on it.
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This is pretty normal -- and is what I dislike the most about being a lawyer.* No one told me when I signed up for law school that my job would be "asshole for hire." Lest one think me too Sebastianish, I did take matters into my own hands and got a new job that does not require this nearly so much, and even when it does, I just call in the guy two doors down to be the designated bad cop - he seems to like it. Sometime, though, you've just got to do it.
*I'm actually coming to grips with being a lawyer and now think it's not half bad. Two years ago, I hated it with the fire of a thousand angry suns. A change of scenery can do wonders sometimes.
