A Burning Question

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AJEsq.,

If there's one thing I have learned after too many years working with Attorneys, it's that everything seems to happen at the last possible minute regardless of how much time was available in advance.  Are attorneys all just procrastinators?  Lazy?  Unable to tell time?  Is it a strategic thing to give opposing counsel the least possible amount of time? 

I can put up with almost every other quirk that Attorneys have, but this one just drives me friggin' bonkers.  If an attorney ever gives me a brief more than an hour before the deadline, I'll drop dead of shock.

Thanks!

[AJEsq.]

Sorry about the delay in responding.  I was kind of putting it off. 

Yeah, most of us procrastinate.  While I am sure there are a multitude of reasons that could be offered, most of the time it boils down to the fact that what we have to do is drudgery, i.e., it's not that hard and we don't think it will take that long to actually sit down and do it, so there's no pressure to do it.  And personally, I have always thought I work better under pressure and am willing to bet I am far from alone in this. 

Yes, this can put the staff in a bind, particularly when I finish something up at 4:00 (or later) and then bring it down to my secretary to get it filed and served on everyone.  But it's the nature of the beast.  If we have deadlines everyday (which we pretty much do) these sorts of things tend to happen as we move from one fire to the next.