i've never heard to anyone in biglaw refer to anything as a ...	curious sooty kitchen black woman	03/24/14
?	curious sooty kitchen black woman	03/24/14
they actually still have files presumably	Dashing Home	03/24/14
...	curious sooty kitchen black woman	03/24/14
I've also noticed this. Presumably hold over from when there...	soul-stirring drab mexican	03/24/14
each shitlaw client's "file" contains multiple mat...	Blathering Rigor Gunner	03/24/14
...	cyan indirect expression senate	12/18/25
Lawyers are the lowest form of life.	Very tactful hospital	12/18/25
Shitlawyers don't stay long enough at one firm to have any o...	shimmering motley menage dingle berry	12/18/25

Date: March 24th, 2014 3:23 PM Author: curious sooty kitchen black woman i've never heard to anyone in biglaw refer to anything as a "file." lit people use "case," corporate people use "deal," and people also sometimes use "matter." how did the term "file" get to be shitlaw parlance? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2526126&forum_id=2,#25250777)

Date: March 24th, 2014 4:53 PM Author: curious sooty kitchen black woman ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2526126&forum_id=2,#25251517)

Date: March 24th, 2014 4:54 PM Author: Dashing Home they actually still have files presumably (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2526126&forum_id=2,#25251524)

Date: March 24th, 2014 5:04 PM Author: curious sooty kitchen black woman (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2526126&forum_id=2,#25251604)

Date: March 24th, 2014 4:54 PM Author: soul-stirring drab mexican I've also noticed this. Presumably hold over from when there was a physical file that represented the whole thing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2526126&forum_id=2,#25251528)

Date: March 24th, 2014 4:55 PM Author: Blathering Rigor Gunner each shitlaw client's "file" contains multiple matters. e.g., his slip and fall, shoplifting arrest, and back taxes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2526126&forum_id=2,#25251532)

Date: December 18th, 2025 6:19 AM Author: cyan indirect expression senate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2526126&forum_id=2,#49518704)

Date: December 18th, 2025 4:42 AM Author: Very tactful hospital Lawyers are the lowest form of life. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2526126&forum_id=2,#49518677)

Date: December 18th, 2025 4:51 AM Author: shimmering motley menage dingle berry Shitlawyers don't stay long enough at one firm to have any of those things, there's just a "file" that's handed down every time somebody quits, is disbarred, goes to prison, commits suicide, etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2526126&forum_id=2,#49518683)