It’s an email exchange; the snotty woman gets her comeuppance when the email is forwarded all over the world. Start from the bottom and read up.
> > —–Original Message—–
> > From: Dianna Abdala [mailto: dabdala@msn.com]
> > Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 4:29 PM
> > To: William A. Korman
> > Subject: Re: Thank you
> >
> > bla bla bla
> >
> > —– Original Message —–
> >
> > From: William A. Korman
> > To: ‘Dianna Abdala’
> > Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 4:18 PM
> > Subject: RE: Thank you
> >
> > Thank you for the refresher course on contracts. This is not a bar exam
> > question. You need to realize that this is a very small legal community,
> > especially the criminal defense bar. Do you really want to start
> > pissing off more experienced lawyers at this early stage of your career?
> >
> > —–Original Message—–
> > From: Dianna Abdala [mailto: dabdala@msn.com]
> > Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 4:01 PM
> > To: William A. Korman
> > Subject: Re: Thank you
> >
> > A real lawyer would have put the contract into writing and not exercised
> > any such reliance until he did so.
> >
> > Again, thank you.
> >
> > —– Original Message —–
> > From: William A. Korman
> > To: ‘Dianna Abdala’
> > Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006! 12:15 PM
> > Subject: RE: Thank you
> >
> > Dianna -
> >
> > Given that you had two interviews, were offered and accepted the job
> > (indeed, you had a definite start date), I am surprised that you chose
> > an e-mail and a 9:30 PM voicemail message to convey this information to
> > me. It smacks of immaturity and is quite unprofessional. Indeed, I did
> > rely upon your acceptance by ordering stationery and business cards with
> > your name, reformatting a computer and setting up both internal and
> > external e-mails for you here at the office. While I do not quarrel
> > with your reasoning, I am extremely disappointed in the way this played
> > out. I sincerely wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.
> >
> > - Will Korman
> >
> > —–Original Message—–
> > From: Dianna Abdala [mailto: dabdala@msn.com ]
> > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 9:23 PM
> > To: wak@kormanlaw.com
> > Subject: Thank you
> >
> > Dear Attorney Korman,
> >
> > At this time, I am writing to inform you that I will not be accepting
> > your offer.
> >
> > After careful consideration, I have come to the conclusion that the pay
> > you are offering would neither fulfill me nor support the lifestyle I am
> > living in light of the work I would be doing for you. I have decided
> > instead to work for myself, and reap 100% of the benefits that I sew.
> >
> > Thank you for the interviews.
> >
> > Dianna L. Abdala, Esq.
> > —————————————————————
> >
> > * * * *
> >
whatever small legal community it was, she definitely pissed them off.
Was the “small legal community” he’s referring to the Boston (metro area) community?
Jon, I agree that both behaved badly here, but she really seemed extremely immature. I mean, extremely. As in “spoiled brat”.
I agree that the pay thing was a mistake, but while the second part might seem like a career threat, it is also the truth and could’ve just been his natural reaction to her letter. if she was smart, she wouldn’t want to start pissing off the small legal community with e-mails like that, so it’s actually good advice.
I think that the e-mail exchange reflects poorly on both of them. Clearly she is a silver-spoon-in-mouth brash haughty immature I’m-better-than-you type person, but the 36-year-old lawyer guy wasn’t pristine himself. His e-mail response is pretty close to a career threat. Plus, in the Boston Globe article it says that in the second interview he told her that he couldn’t pay her as much as he had told her in the first interview. That is very poor hiring behavior on his part.
To me the biggest embarrassment is the sew mistake, yet the articles didn’t mention it.
Haha, her first e-mail might be the funniest.
Also, most lawyers don’t sign their own names with “Esq.” at the end. It’s sort of like signing a letter, “Sincerely, The Honorable Antonin Scalia” or something.
Here’s a more detailed story from the Boston Globe and another one from the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.
In my nitpicking way, I must ask what kind of pattern she uses to sew her benefits?
This sure was an exchange that went downhill fast!