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Re:Doing too much work on one's own before looping in others by favorited on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @03:02AM (#30082990)
OK... so don't call someone who bills you for their time and make smalltalk. That seems pretty self-evident.

If I start a meeting with a consulting software engineer and spend the first 5 minutes making small talk, that's fine, but my company is gonna pay for that time. The same thing is true for lawyers.

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Re:Doing too much work on one's own before looping in others by mindslight on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @09:40AM (#30085941)
Yes, that's the obvious conclusion. But surely you can see how clients needing to deliberately refrain from standard pleasantries doesn't contribute to lawyers having a good reputation.
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