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Why do SHITLAWYERS speak of "FILES," not deals/matters/cases?

i've never heard to anyone in biglaw refer to anything as a ...
Transparent diverse principal's office pistol
  03/24/14
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Transparent diverse principal's office pistol
  03/24/14
they actually still have files presumably
Judgmental Center Mad Cow Disease
  03/24/14
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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
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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


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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?

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Date: March 24th, 2014 4:53 PM
Author: Transparent diverse principal's office pistol

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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)



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Date: March 24th, 2014 5:04 PM
Author: Transparent diverse principal's office pistol



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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)



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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)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 6:19 AM
Author: cerise piazza



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:42 AM
Author: Rebellious slimy hunting ground

Lawyers are the lowest form of life.

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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)