i've never heard to anyone in biglaw refer to anything as a ...	Transparent diverse principal's office pistol	03/24/14
?	Transparent diverse principal's office pistol	03/24/14
they actually still have files presumably	Judgmental Center Mad Cow Disease	03/24/14
...	Transparent diverse principal's office pistol	03/24/14
I've also noticed this. Presumably hold over from when there...	irradiated haunted graveyard	03/24/14
each shitlaw client's "file" contains multiple mat...	sickened marketing idea	03/24/14
...	cerise piazza	12/18/25
Lawyers are the lowest form of life.	Rebellious slimy hunting ground	12/18/25
Shitlawyers don't stay long enough at one firm to have any o...	silver multi-colored property doctorate	12/18/25

Date: March 24th, 2014 3:23 PM Author: Transparent diverse principal's office pistol 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=2Ã#25250777)

Date: March 24th, 2014 4:53 PM Author: Transparent diverse principal's office pistol ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2526126&forum_id=2Ã#25251517)

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

Date: March 24th, 2014 5:04 PM Author: Transparent diverse principal's office pistol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2526126&forum_id=2Ã#25251604)

Date: March 24th, 2014 4:54 PM Author: irradiated haunted graveyard 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=2Ã#25251528)

Date: March 24th, 2014 4:55 PM Author: sickened marketing idea 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=2Ã#25251532)

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

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

Date: December 18th, 2025 4:51 AM Author: silver multi-colored property doctorate 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=2Ã#49518683)