‘Go Chiefs!’ Lawyer Files This Touchdown Of A Continuance Motion To Watch The Super Bowl
Let's help this superfan actually get to the game.
Biglaw Partner Accuses Small-Firm Litigator Of Using Pregnancy To Delay Trial
No, a woman would not carry a pregnancy to term and bring a child into this world in a sick effort to delay a case.
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Should Judges Delay Trials For Pregnant Lawyers?
Women should not be forced to view their pregnancies as career stumbling blocks or reasons to leave the legal profession.
Lawyer Requests Continuance So He Won’t Be ‘Killed By Wife,’ Miss Child’s Birth
This story has a very happy ending.
Federal Judge Benchslaps Plaintiffs’ Counsel: Stop Being Tools
A trial was scheduled to start in Kansas federal court on June 14, 2011. Defendants moved for a short continuance because one of their lawyers is expecting his first child on July 3. (The lawyer in question, Bryan Erman, is quite cute — check out that chin dimple.) Plaintiffs’ counsel objected to the continuance — […]
Lawyers Who Follow the Texas Rangers Are Crazy
We’ve seen lawyers request continuances because of major sporting events before. There was a great continuance motion last year, when the Alabama Crimson Tide played in the BCS Championship game. Obviously, the entire state of Louisiana lost its collective mind during the New Orleans Saints Super Bowl Run. Notice how we’re talking about football? Football […]
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