Departure memos that make the pages of Above the Law rarely find a satisfied, happy associate on the other end of the keyboard. More often, we profile memos happily napalming the bridges behind their author.
This message falls in the latter category. We don’t have a lot of details to share about this one — we weren’t told the firm involved — but our tipster claims that this was sent on Friday to a partner by a departing associate and the exiting lawyer felt the need to copy the managing partner, the human resources department, the other associates, and the paralegals on the message for the sake of completeness. This isn’t so much a formal departure memo as a routine “outstanding matters” memo that morphed into a mic drop after the partner, apparently, felt the need to interject:
How The Law Office Of Stephen L. Thomas Jr. Reclaimed Valuable Hours And Strengthened Client Care With 8am
Founded in 2017, the Baltimore-based Law Office of Stephen L. Thomas Jr. unified case management, communication, and payments with 8am—saving 10–20 hours a week for clients, trials, and growth.
Seems as though there may be some raw feelings there. Right now, I just feel bad for “scratched out replacement lawyer” because she’s walking into a hornet’s nest. Maybe we’ll get to see her departure memo soon enough.
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