Inside View: in-house counsel perspective

Sweating the Details, part 2

Tuesday Oct 06, 2009

This is amazing - it's hard to believe an attorney would submit something so unprofessional to a judge, and that a judge would take the time to mark up the errors in the document and order the attorney to show the errors to his client! Another reminder that *everything* you do is a reflection of your competence, your professional ability, and your personal brand. Make sure to proofread and use spellcheck!

p.s. (Most of) the comments after the article are also worth reading.

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Posted at 04:23PM Oct 06, 2009 by Virginia Waite in Sun
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I used to know a successful business man who thought that the only punctuation mark worth using was the ellipsis. All of his business letters were flow of consciousness with an ellipsis separating each phrase:

About last week's shipment...it was totally unacceptable...please send a new shipment as soon as possible...thank you.

It drove me crazy. And he was convinced that this was perfectly normal.

Posted by Brian Utterback on October 07, 2009 at 08:24 AM PDT #

wow...I see what you mean...that would be...very annoying. It's also irritating! When people use exclamation points! For every! Punctuation mark! Or just randomly! As well! ;o)

Posted by Virginia Waite on October 07, 2009 at 09:37 AM PDT #

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