Ennie
@anyuse.bsky.social
Lawyer. I promise you don’t know me, unless it’s from the other place.
You are so you and wonderfully so.
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
You are so you and wonderfully so.
Litigation can be a circus, but I think the clowns come out most reliably when a lawyer is moonlighting outside their usual practice area.
Any time another lawyer unnecessarily dials up the conflict, I wonder if they’re super familiar with the best places to park by the registry of deeds.
Any time another lawyer unnecessarily dials up the conflict, I wonder if they’re super familiar with the best places to park by the registry of deeds.
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Litigation can be a circus, but I think the clowns come out most reliably when a lawyer is moonlighting outside their usual practice area.
Any time another lawyer unnecessarily dials up the conflict, I wonder if they’re super familiar with the best places to park by the registry of deeds.
Any time another lawyer unnecessarily dials up the conflict, I wonder if they’re super familiar with the best places to park by the registry of deeds.
Ouch. Just, oh. Wow. Ouch.
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Ouch. Just, oh. Wow. Ouch.
A…basket?!?!?
I have hand-filed a lot of things but never…a basket. New anxiety obsession.
I have hand-filed a lot of things but never…a basket. New anxiety obsession.
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
A…basket?!?!?
I have hand-filed a lot of things but never…a basket. New anxiety obsession.
I have hand-filed a lot of things but never…a basket. New anxiety obsession.
Some of our clients require us to use them, unfortunately.
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Some of our clients require us to use them, unfortunately.
Maybe, but that’s not a factor in my state. We have appointed judges.
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Maybe, but that’s not a factor in my state. We have appointed judges.
But on the other hand, the system is set up so that trial is primary means of defeating unfounded claims. The other rules exist to allow litigants to prepare for it, not to find a way to avoid it. Emphasizing trial on the merits, rather than judicial pruning, makes sense.
November 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
But on the other hand, the system is set up so that trial is primary means of defeating unfounded claims. The other rules exist to allow litigants to prepare for it, not to find a way to avoid it. Emphasizing trial on the merits, rather than judicial pruning, makes sense.
Maybe so. I have often thought that judges should also be more willing to dismiss cases, or grant summary judgment, or make actual rulings on what rules will apply, earlier than they do. Which would also be a check on frivolous claims (and frivolous defenses, which I *do* believe exist).
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Maybe so. I have often thought that judges should also be more willing to dismiss cases, or grant summary judgment, or make actual rulings on what rules will apply, earlier than they do. Which would also be a check on frivolous claims (and frivolous defenses, which I *do* believe exist).
(Although if later the bar comes calling I will cooperate *vigorously* with their investigation)
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
(Although if later the bar comes calling I will cooperate *vigorously* with their investigation)
I still find that surprising. Feels like wild accusations, laziness, and lying aren’t always enough…but I do know that Pennsylvania courts have wildly different character than Massachusetts.
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I still find that surprising. Feels like wild accusations, laziness, and lying aren’t always enough…but I do know that Pennsylvania courts have wildly different character than Massachusetts.
Opposing counsel: Here is my motion for new trial, containing scandalous and untrue allegations against a beloved, patient, and even-tempered judge.
Client: Sanctions?
Me: Naw, transcripts. And counter-affidavits. He dug his own grave.
Client: Sanctions?
Me: Naw, transcripts. And counter-affidavits. He dug his own grave.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Opposing counsel: Here is my motion for new trial, containing scandalous and untrue allegations against a beloved, patient, and even-tempered judge.
Client: Sanctions?
Me: Naw, transcripts. And counter-affidavits. He dug his own grave.
Client: Sanctions?
Me: Naw, transcripts. And counter-affidavits. He dug his own grave.
Opposing counsel: Here is an affidavit detailing my conversations with your client, whom I convinced that he was unrepresented.
Co-defendant: You going to move for sanctions?
Me: Motion to strike is good enough.
Co-defendant: You going to move for sanctions?
Me: Motion to strike is good enough.
November 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Opposing counsel: Here is an affidavit detailing my conversations with your client, whom I convinced that he was unrepresented.
Co-defendant: You going to move for sanctions?
Me: Motion to strike is good enough.
Co-defendant: You going to move for sanctions?
Me: Motion to strike is good enough.
Opposing counsel: Enclosed is my amended complaint. The last two causes of action came to me in a dream.
Client: Can we move for sanctions?
Me: Let’s start with a motion to dismiss.
Client: Can we move for sanctions?
Me: Let’s start with a motion to dismiss.
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Opposing counsel: Enclosed is my amended complaint. The last two causes of action came to me in a dream.
Client: Can we move for sanctions?
Me: Let’s start with a motion to dismiss.
Client: Can we move for sanctions?
Me: Let’s start with a motion to dismiss.
Yes! They do not like awarding sanctions.
And I feel like the easiest way of losing credibility with a judge is to request sanctions when they are not absolutely, completely, no-doubt-in-a-rational-mind, very obviously due, if not overdue.
And I feel like the easiest way of losing credibility with a judge is to request sanctions when they are not absolutely, completely, no-doubt-in-a-rational-mind, very obviously due, if not overdue.
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Yes! They do not like awarding sanctions.
And I feel like the easiest way of losing credibility with a judge is to request sanctions when they are not absolutely, completely, no-doubt-in-a-rational-mind, very obviously due, if not overdue.
And I feel like the easiest way of losing credibility with a judge is to request sanctions when they are not absolutely, completely, no-doubt-in-a-rational-mind, very obviously due, if not overdue.
It kind of *was* the point, though.
And I won that one, so. ;)
And I won that one, so. ;)
November 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
It kind of *was* the point, though.
And I won that one, so. ;)
And I won that one, so. ;)
“We’re sending a … (I forget what they call them…monitor? Facilitator)…and most people don’t notice a difference.”
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
“We’re sending a … (I forget what they call them…monitor? Facilitator)…and most people don’t notice a difference.”
(All of the above are not precise descriptions of real cases, but are along the lines of theories and arguments presented in cases I have litigated; I take far more care with confidentiality than you would imagine)
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
(All of the above are not precise descriptions of real cases, but are along the lines of theories and arguments presented in cases I have litigated; I take far more care with confidentiality than you would imagine)
And
“no, I’m pretty sure I am a fireman,”
And
“Yes, I set my car on fire, but you shouldn’t have made it so easy,*”
And
“Nobody told me not to put that in my mouth.**”
*I admit it, I did represent the plaintiff, there, but we did have a decent warnings theory.
**Same
“no, I’m pretty sure I am a fireman,”
And
“Yes, I set my car on fire, but you shouldn’t have made it so easy,*”
And
“Nobody told me not to put that in my mouth.**”
*I admit it, I did represent the plaintiff, there, but we did have a decent warnings theory.
**Same
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
And
“no, I’m pretty sure I am a fireman,”
And
“Yes, I set my car on fire, but you shouldn’t have made it so easy,*”
And
“Nobody told me not to put that in my mouth.**”
*I admit it, I did represent the plaintiff, there, but we did have a decent warnings theory.
**Same
“no, I’m pretty sure I am a fireman,”
And
“Yes, I set my car on fire, but you shouldn’t have made it so easy,*”
And
“Nobody told me not to put that in my mouth.**”
*I admit it, I did represent the plaintiff, there, but we did have a decent warnings theory.
**Same
I have only seen sanctions twice. Once in a case where a litigant included scandalous allegations against a judge, and refiled the suit three times after dismissal, and once after a response to a summary judgment filing revealed a certain unmistakable factlessness and lawlessness.
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I have only seen sanctions twice. Once in a case where a litigant included scandalous allegations against a judge, and refiled the suit three times after dismissal, and once after a response to a summary judgment filing revealed a certain unmistakable factlessness and lawlessness.
And I have seen frivolous cases.
I have litigated cases with fact patterns like:
“I fired myself based on my age,”
or
“The repeated notices asking me to stop faking my own death, were deeply traumatic and unfair,”
or
“Somebody *please* make her stop baking croissants at me.”
I have litigated cases with fact patterns like:
“I fired myself based on my age,”
or
“The repeated notices asking me to stop faking my own death, were deeply traumatic and unfair,”
or
“Somebody *please* make her stop baking croissants at me.”
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
And I have seen frivolous cases.
I have litigated cases with fact patterns like:
“I fired myself based on my age,”
or
“The repeated notices asking me to stop faking my own death, were deeply traumatic and unfair,”
or
“Somebody *please* make her stop baking croissants at me.”
I have litigated cases with fact patterns like:
“I fired myself based on my age,”
or
“The repeated notices asking me to stop faking my own death, were deeply traumatic and unfair,”
or
“Somebody *please* make her stop baking croissants at me.”
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grease floats.
when it flows in sewage and into our plants, it thickens as temps fall, separating in our settling tanks.
the churning water forms grease globs that build like snowballs, and operators remove them so they don’t clog the process.
listen. don’t pour grease down your drains.
when it flows in sewage and into our plants, it thickens as temps fall, separating in our settling tanks.
the churning water forms grease globs that build like snowballs, and operators remove them so they don’t clog the process.
listen. don’t pour grease down your drains.
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
grease floats.
when it flows in sewage and into our plants, it thickens as temps fall, separating in our settling tanks.
the churning water forms grease globs that build like snowballs, and operators remove them so they don’t clog the process.
listen. don’t pour grease down your drains.
when it flows in sewage and into our plants, it thickens as temps fall, separating in our settling tanks.
the churning water forms grease globs that build like snowballs, and operators remove them so they don’t clog the process.
listen. don’t pour grease down your drains.
I am nearly giving up on veritext, because they keep sending us not-quite-stenographers without warning. And all the baked-in extra charges.
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I am nearly giving up on veritext, because they keep sending us not-quite-stenographers without warning. And all the baked-in extra charges.