Rachel Z. Ullrich
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Trying to be the person my dogs think I am. TX employment litigator @FordHarrisonLaw . Living life w lupus, Hubs and the dogs
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My word for 2024 is “Me”. I need to put myself first a lot more this year. I have big goals this year, personally and professionally, and I cannot accomplish them unless I make them, and me, a priority.
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@EliMcCann
When my father was dying, the nurses tried to make him stick to the hospital’s diabetic heart patient menu. I finally had to intervene. He wants a pepperoni pizza. Give it to him.
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Watching tonight’s gut wrenching episode of Below Deck Down Under. This woman is a hero:
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Me: Emails case to myself from Westlaw
Also me 20 seconds later: oh, I got a new email, I wonder what it is?
Every.Single.Time.
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Dear law students:
👏🏼the 👏🏼vast👏🏼majority👏🏼of 👏🏼lawyers👏🏼successfully 👏🏼practicing 👏🏼today👏🏼didn’t👏🏼get👏🏼a job 👏🏼via 👏🏼OCI
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I gave the hubs the assignment of buying the roast beast for our 5 person family dinner tonight (1 is veg).
He bought this
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So last week I showed up to court 40 min late due to a cal error. Had our summer w me so I took the drive back to teach him a few things about screwing up in this profession: 🧵
1. We all make mistakes
2. Most mistakes can be fixed
3. If you figure out you screwed up:
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I don’t know why you all are complaining you can’t find suits to wear when D&G has this little number right here
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Plaintiff’s attorneys, please don’t copy your client on emails that you send to me. Sometimes they respond back and it’s a whole ordeal.
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I have a formal event next month. I have a dress I wore to this same formal event 5 years ago. Provided it fits (🤞🏻) I could totally wear that same dress again, right?
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Going to get this one a steak for dinner tonight.
We’ve agreed tomorrow is the day.
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Dear employers,
Don’t name any rooms in your office S3Xy. It’s going to be Exhibit A in every sexual harassment suit forever.
Signed, Your Friendly L&E Lawyer
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*Most mistakes in litigation can be fixed.
*But they can’t be fixed unless you let someone know about them. Quickly.
*Sometimes all you can do is fall on your sword and apologize. Or ask for an extension.
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We lost. Badly. My team tried one helluva a case.
Now excuse me while I 😡🤬🤢🤮😪😭🍷
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a. Breathe
b. Figure out why it happened
c. Make a plan to fix it (and make sure it never happens again)
d. Immediately go to your partner, apologize, be honest what happened and your plan to fix it
e. Notice the world did not end and breathe again
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Me, realizing my crochet scissors are very dull: Hon, did you use these scissors for something?
Hubs: yea, don’t you remember, we used those to cut open the crab last night.
Me:
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New attorneys - I guarantee your assistant knows more about the practice of law than you do. Treat them well, always.
This is such an excellent point! And vice versa: as a junior associate, I was so grateful to the kind & patient support staff that gently managed me & all my cluelessness! A supportive secretary makes SUCH a positive difference for an attorney, particularly a junior one.
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@GregAbbott_TX
Wait? So Texans are now funding Trump’s border wall? Don’t we have some critical infrastructure to fix?
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*Most decent lawyers have been there and aren’t going to screw you. Because they might need you to return the favor one day.
*There will always be jerky ones though. Karma usually gets those.
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Daily time entry is the best way to capture your time
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Texas: we’re pro-life.
Living children: Oh great! Because we’re hungry
Texas: No, not like that.
Texas opts out of 2024 free summer school lunch program
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@RMFifthCircuit
When i was a young lawyer, i worked for an attorney who yelled. One day he directed it at me. I packed all of my personal belongings in a box. I told him if he ever spoke to me like that I'd take that box and leave. He never yelled at me again. Have no idea how I got the nerve.
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@sbernsteinmd
Hi, I’m Rachel. I’m an attorney with Lupus SLE on multiple immunosuppressives which put me at an increased risk for serious complications from Covid-19. Having an invisible illness during the pandemic has been exhausting and isolating.
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I’m working on a training for our associates on how to move past task based work to really develop a case for trial/msj. This seems to be our associates’
#1
development struggle.
Thoughts and ideas appreciated.
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Being part of
#lawtwitter
enough to know there is some kind of drama going on but being outside of
#lawtwitter
enough that you have no idea what said drama is … priceless
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I’m a litigator so different rules may apply to transactional folks. But I hope this helps someone.
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That second shingles shot made for a really sore arm today.
Still better than shingles
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@GovAbbott
Except the vast majority of Texas workforce isn’t yet eligible to receive a vaccine. The timing of this has more to do with you trying to distract from the ERCOT debacle
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Employment lawyer nightmare:
Client calls: We've decided to close the business. We're laying everyone off and paying everyone severance.
Lawyer: When is this happening?
Client: Tomorrow.
🙃🙃🙃
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Omg! Omg! Omg!
My $70 million jury verdict against our client just got erased by the district court judge.
He granted our JMOL on all claims but 2 and then ordered a new trial on both liability and damages on the 2 remaining claims.
I am celebrating tonight!!!
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@RMFifthCircuit
Make no mistake, I also began my job search shortly thereafter. Life is too short.
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I live a few miles from an outdoor music venue here in Dallas. Every once in awhile, when the wind is just right, you can hear the concert from my bedroom.
Tonight, it’s the Foo Fighters.
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If you are billing this many hours you are either:
1. not being ethical w your billing practices
2. neglecting your own health and mental wellbeing
3. not spending time with family & friends
4. On your way to burnout
5. All/combo of above
NOT. WORTH. IT.
We are to believe that in 2020, there was an associate who kept an 88-billiable-hour/week pace for the entire year?
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It was Valentines Day 1999. I was a 2L, single, & the only woman in our group who did not receive flowers.
These women each took a flower from their bouquet, put them in a vase & gave them to me. The saddest, sweetest bouquet ever.
Get you some office friends like that
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My litigation “speciality” is jumping into cases right before they go to trial, getting the pretrial materials ready and trying cases.
It’s what I love to do and I do it well but l, dang, I wish I loved to do something a whole lot less stressful and time consuming.
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8 years today I was getting hitched. Today, I’m doing trial prep and mediation in El Paso. Miss you, love.
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Had a new associate in another office reach out to me today. She is interested in noncompete law and told me she would love to work with me one day. I gave her an assignment this afternoon.
Don’t be afraid to reach out to a partner.
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No one off the field will be more photographed than T. Swift today.
Jason Kelce: Hold my shirt. I’ll keep the beer.
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Once again, I am begging transactional lawyers to consult with litigators who actually handle noncompete cases before finalizing any agreements which contain restrictive covenants.
**although this might put
@zachwolfelaw
out of a job
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but
YOU DONT NEED ANYTHING ON PRIME DAY
It’s me. I need to hear this.
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It’s okay to tell the client “I don’t know but let me find out.”
Don’t ever feel like you have to give the client an immediate response to every question.
It’s better to take the time to make sure you are right first.
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@jmcknutler1517
Completely normal. That feeling actually lasts about 3 years. Then at about year 5 you know just enough to be dangerous.
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Used to love wearing suits when I started as a lawyer. It was an easy, no thought uniform. Which was great since I wore them every day.
Now that I don’t wear them regularly, they are such a chore for me.
Day 1 of 3 of suit fit this week. At least I look cute
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Anyone who tells you “just do good work and the clients will come” is lying. Some things I’ve learned along the way:
-you have to make the time. Carve out a part of your week every week mktg efforts
-don’t be afraid to let ppl know what you do & you are open to referrals -
Ok, senior attorneys, I’m ready. How does one Rainmaker?
(No but in all seriousness - any biz dev tips for current midlevels who want to get where you are?)
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Bar Memory
#2
: The exam was as the Astroarena in Houston. The woman who took the test next to me went to Harvard. I know this because we had to put our ID in front of us. She didn’t put her drivers license out. She put out her Harvard ID.
Because, of course she did.
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Still one of the best tweets of all time
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A coworker brought some popcorn into the office. It had both caramel and cheese popcorn combined in the same bag. Now I’m concerned my coworker may be a psychopath.🍿
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Good morning to everyone except the guy who told me I should just go ahead and quarantine for the rest of the pandemic so the “healthy people” can get on with their lives.☹️
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Employment lawyer here:
Don’t 👏🏼 let 👏🏼employees 👏🏼figure 👏🏼 out 👏🏼they’re 👏🏼fired 👏🏼by 👏🏼cutting 👏🏼off 👏🏼their 👏🏼access.
Be an adult and have the conversation
(IT can cut off access while you’re in the meeting)*
*Unless EE is stealing, then shut that shit down.
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My 2 cents about the billable hour discourse:
*Find what works for you & your practice and when you find it, make it a habit.
* Daily time entry is the best way to ensure you are capturing all your time. I hate that this is true, but it is.
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Accidentally started listening to
@StrictScrutiny_
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@LeahLitman
to drink. 🤣🤣🤣
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Sonic cherry limeade with the good ice
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My bday cake for the party that didn’t occur. But, hey, cake 🍰
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@NotAnyUse
I’m am very displeased for you. You should have a cold drink and ice cream waiting for you when you get home.
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An employment lawyer valentine
Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
Don’t sexually harass your coworkers
They’re going to sue you
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@LizCGil
Then there are the appellate nerds. They are apparently divided into factions based on their preferred font. As if.
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As a mgmt side emp lawyer, I hate mediation brackets. Not only do they req me to do math, I rarely have the type of settlement authority needed to make brackets the least bit interesting.
P - I’ll go to $300k if you do $100k
Me - I’ll go to $5k if you do $7500
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Had a miserable, disappointing, multi-million dollar day today but came home to these, so there’s that
@strowhiro
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My dad loved pie and he died on Pi Day, a fact which would make him giggle. So I always have a piece of pie in his honor today. Tonight it was cherry. Love you, Dad. (That’s my mom in this pic. They went to prom together. Isn’t that cute?)
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That was so cool. That moment when it was totally dark and all the birds stopped chirping.
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Sometimes when a family member is an alcoholic, you get a call from the local jail on a Sunday night and, suddenly, the Sunday scaries take a completely different meaning.
Don’t drink and drive folks.
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When I was at my sickest, my rheumatologist looked at me & said, “Rachel do you know how to rest?” I quipped, “I can rest when I’m dead doc.” He looked at me & said, “keep this up & it’ll be here sooner rather than later.”
That changed my life. Learn to rest, my friends.
#SundayReset
I've been thinking a lot about the next step, after achieving some personal and professional goals.
While doing that, I let my physical health fall to the wayside.
This is a tendency I have. It has followed me throughout life. 1/3
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Today I took my summer associate to a Rule 16 conference in East Texas. He learned how to handle a calendaring snafu where you show up to federal court 40 minutes late. 🤦🏼♀️
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Don’t mind me, I’m just doing female equivalent lawyering shit today.
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@0liviajulianna
This means your life partner will be the type who gets to the airport no more than 1 hr before their flight. I don’t make the rules.
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Email from a colleague outside of Texas
Rachel, I have a Colorado issue. I know you have handled cases in Colorado and since Colorado is near Texas, I thought you might know the answer.
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March Rachel will enter her time daily.
Signed, February Rachel regretting some choices
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there’s been a lot of talk recently on
#lawtwitter
about summer associate gigs. I’m here to tell all of you who didn’t get such a gig, it’s ok. I waited tables between 1L & 2L and worked PT as a law clerk 2L/3L. There are lots of paths to success in the law.
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Hubs has a life threatening infection at his surgical site. His doc said we need to go to ER ASAP and they’ll call ahead for us. We’ve been here 4.5 hours … in triage.
I hate it here.
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@clarkthehammer
Oh, trust me, he also heard me say, “holy sh!t”, “how the eff did this happen?”, “this has never happened in my entire career (being late to court)”. And he heard me apologize about 18 times to the mag judge
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Been up since 230. Have already cried a few times.
Having PTSD from 7 years ago when I was going thru Murray’s last days while my dad was getting his terminal cancer diagnosis.
These last few weeks have been a lot.
Thank you, pocket friends, for helping to get me thru.
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Had a female litigator I really, really respect say some very nice things about my work today and it’s the perfect way to enter the weekend.
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My 1st depo. A Greek couple was suing because the photomat (yes, I’m old) had lost the roll of film that had pics of their daughter’s wedding. It was an interpreted depo. OPC starts arguing w the interpreter. Then the couple starts too. It was all Greek to me.
Interested to hear your early career stories.
Here’s one of mine:
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It’s finally done! Just in time to give to my niece for Easter
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@TheLawyerDiary
Getting to know your neighbors makes your building safer as well. People look out for each other
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10 years ago today I got engaged to this guy. It’s been a crazy ride.
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@gaybeascorpus
Close your outlines and books and take a break. Go do something to get out of this headspace. Grab an ice cream, go for a run, watch a silly movie, color in a coloring book, go to yoga, whatever. Hydrate. Tomorrow, start again, fresh.
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Billed 227 hours for the month of February. 1/10 do not recommend.
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@inspiredcat
The “we pay you stupid money so we own your soul” just doesn’t resonate now. I don’t think it really resonated with Gen Xers either but we felt we had less of a choice. But I applaud his partner for saying the quiet part out loud. At least they know what they are getting into
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Hubs out of surgery and is awake.
Thank you everyone for everything this past week.
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@tressiemcphd
I’m always impressed when someone wears all white but that’s because I’m known to spill stuff on myself.
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My word for 2023 is “intentional”.
I’ve been kinda letting life happen to me over the last few years. Just hanging on and trying to survive.
So this year I’m going to try to be more intentional - w my relationships, with my job, with my business development.
Wish me luck!
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