If You Don't Write It Down..

by **KnoxVegas** on Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:58 pm

...Did it really happen? This news story is a cautionary tale about what happens when you press "send" after typing an email.

The sordid tail of a 24-year old lawyer from Boston and the job she took (or didn't) and how she turned the big law firm down.

http://www.masslaw.com/break021506.cfm

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by **tamu33** on Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:00 pm

its a good read but sounds more like a lawyer myth

by **Adam G** on Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:06 pm

tamu33 wrote:its a good read but sounds more like a lawyer myth

Hey Rob... Did someone in your attorney circle end up sending you this fwd? Perhaps then we can see if it's a myth!

by **Sonny** on Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:28 pm

I got that email twice today. Sounds too funny to be true.

by **Gregg Pathiakis** on Tue Feb 21, 2006 12:14 pm

Actually, this is a true story. Boston.com (the Boston Globe's website) did a story on it.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massac ... very_word/

Once again, a friendly reminder: The next time you're tempted to send a nasty, exasperated, or snippy e-mail, pause, take a deep breath, and think again. Then consider the tale of local lawyers William A. Korman and Dianna L. Abdala.

Korman was miffed that Abdala notified him by e-mail this month that, after tentatively agreeing to work at his law firm, she changed her mind. Her reason: ''The pay you are offering would neither fulfill me nor support the lifestyle I am living."

In his e-mail reply, Korman told Abdala that her decision not to have told him in person ''smacks of immaturity and is quite unprofessional," and noted that in anticipation of her arrival, he had ordered stationery and business cards for her, reformatted a computer, and set up an e-mail account. Nevertheless, he wrote, ''I sincerely wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors."

Her curt retort: ''A real lawyer would have put the contract into writing and not exercised any such reliance until he did so."

His: ''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?"

by **Brent Burns** on Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:36 pm

After googling the names "William A. Korman" and "Dianna Abdala", I found another site that did discuss the "heated agrument over employment agreement went public" story:

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=1635684

This may sound legit, yet I would take anything with grain of salt. I even checked www.snopes.com to see if it has anything on this story with either a red button (false) or a green button (true). So far, no mention of that at the Snopes.com.

by **Wade** on Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:56 pm

It's legit

by **FlockOfSeagulls** on Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:24 am

this is one of the leads on cnn.com right now. they have a video clip on the story too. and Dianna Abdala is pretty hot.

by **Tim Whitehead** on Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:35 am

She is hot. However, she also seems to be a total [word I can't use in this forum]...

by **Wade** on Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:18 pm

I agree with Tim. This story makes even me hate (some) lawyers. Must be tough living off daddy's trust fund and snubbing people who are beneath you. If she already lives such a high lifestyle she should go work for a non-profit and donate her immense legal skills to better society.