It may be time to suck it up and call the Nutty Partner...
I use to work for him and was up for partnership at his firm. He went on vacation for three weeks for the first time in 20 years and left me in charge. When he came back, the clients complimented my work. He had gone off his anti-anxiety meds - thought I was stealing his clients and fired me 5 years ago... Maybe it is time for a reality check...
We got past that - well I initiated the getting past it. The man is brilliant and I actually follow his style. And he has helped me with other issues - especially when I found myself in ethical binds. He is also responsible for kicking me out of the nest and forcing me to make decisions on my own - he use to just flat out refuse to answer my questions or review my work telling me that I was ready to make decisions on my own.
Then he called me again two years ago and accused me of stealing his clients AGAIN! I suspect it was a drug issue. The man takes about 20 pills every day! He told me once that I should consider drugs to take the edge off the stress! LOL! And rumor has it he is an alcoholic...
I have never even approached his clients out of a sense of gratitude b/c I would not be the attorney I am today w/o his training.... In fact, I was fired from another last law firm by a partner that use to work with Nutty Partner and hated him. He fired me b/c I refused to approach Nutty Partner's clients.
I have been winging it on the changes in law. There have been next to no seminars on this topic. I need to talk to the Nutty Partner... Wish he wasn't nuts - but he is brilliant...
One can only hope he is on the right drugs and not drinking when I call him tomorrow. Or perhaps he needs that stuff to be a brilliant attorney...
I am pretty sure I have figured out the right approach - I need his validation so I have the confidence I need to be more aggresive/assertive into bullying outside counsel into following my instructions... I really do have less than 1/2 the experience that other people with my responsibilities at humongo client have...
