Dirty Old Town Exclusive

Did you guys hear about the email making the rounds in Boston? Maybe you read the story.

Apparently a recent graduate of Suffolk Law School exemplified why you never put anything in writing unless you don't mind the whole world seeing it. Ironic that she was chiding a senior attorney for not putting something in writing.

We here at Dirty Old Town have obtained a copy of said email string. For your enjoyment:

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From: XXXXXXXXXXX [   XXXXXX@bu.edu]
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 9:54 AM
To: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Subject: FW: Thank you

Read from the bottom to the top.there was an intervening exchange of
voice mails as well.as you can imagine, they were as unprofessional as
her e-mails.

-----Original Message-----
From: William A. Korman [
wak@kormanlaw.com]
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 9:55 AM
To: 'XXXXXXXXXXX'
Subject: RE: Thank you

You can e-mail this to whomever you want.

-----Original Message-----
From: XXXXXXXXXXX [   XXXXXX@bu.edu]
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 9:47 AM
To: 'William A. Korman'
Subject: RE: Thank you

OH MY GOD!

Where to begin?

First of all, how unprofessional, and secondly, it is "reap what you
'sow,'" now "sew". If she is going to use a cliche, couldn't she at
least spell it right?  And WTF is with her "blab la bla"?  Does she not
read your e-mail about it being a small community?!  So, finally, can I
forward this along to some folks?  I am sure they would love to see how
the up-and-coming lawyers are comporting themselves!  (Clearly she did
not go to BU!!!)  XXXXX

-----Original Message-----
From: William A. Korman [   wak@kormanlaw.com ]
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 7:59 AM
To: 'XXXXXXXXXXXX'
Subject: FW: Thank you

Did I already forward this to you?

-----Original Message-----
From: Dianna Abdala [   dabdala@msn.com]
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 4:29 PM
To: William A. Korman
Subject: Re: Thank you

bla bla bla

----- Original Message -----

From: William A. Korman
To: 'Dianna Abdala'
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 4:18 PM
Subject: RE: Thank you

Thank you for the refresher course on contracts.  This is not a bar exam
question. You need to realize that this is a very small legal community,
especially the criminal defense bar.  Do you really want to start
pissing off more experienced lawyers at this early stage of your career?


-----Original Message-----
From: Dianna Abdala [   dabdala@msn.com]
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 4:01 PM
To: William A. Korman
Subject: Re: Thank you

A real lawyer would have put the contract into writing and not exercised
any such reliance until he did so.

Again, thank you.

----- Original Message -----
From: William A. Korman
To: 'Dianna Abdala'
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 12:15 PM
Subject: RE: Thank you

Dianna -

Given that you had two interviews, were offered and accepted the job
(indeed, you had a definite start date), I am surprised that you chose
an e-mail and a 9:30 PM voicemail message to convey this information to
me.  It smacks of immaturity and is quite unprofessional.  Indeed, I did
rely upon your acceptance by ordering stationery and business cards with
your name, reformatting a computer and setting up both internal and
external e-mails for you here at the office.  While I do not quarrel
with your reasoning, I am extremely disappointed in the way this played
out.  I sincerely wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.

              - Will Korman

-----Original Message-----
From: Dianna Abdala [   dabdala@msn.com ]
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 9:23 PM
To: wak@kormanlaw.com
Subject: Thank you

Dear Attorney Korman,

At this time, I am writing to inform you that I will not be accepting
your offer.

After careful consideration, I have come to the conclusion that the pay
you are offering would neither fulfill me nor support the lifestyle I am
living in light of the work I would be doing for you.  I have decided
instead to work for myself, and reap 100% of the benefits that I sew.

Thank you for the interviews.

Dianna L. Abdala, Esq.
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I swear, you can't make stuff like this up! And on behalf of all soon-to-be graduates, let me say that I am shocked and chagrinned. Sure, we all think like this, but we're at least smart enough not to put it in writing! Honestly!