What REALLY grinds your gears?

[JoeRedskin]

In our office, all motions before appellate courts are required to be submitted to the unit that coordinates all civil litigation in the state for review and comment prior to filing. As part of my institution of "Best Practices" in my unit, I review anything submitted to them. Given the deadlines being imposed, I work with my attorneys so we are on the same page during drafting and work hard to provide quick substantive turnarounds.

That's the background.

Attorney has a filing due to the central unit Monday afternoon. Gets it to me Friday morning. I work on it most of Friday (around a court appearance I had), including an hour in his office discussing legal theory, I work on it all weekend. Get it to him Monday morning with instructions to see me if he has questions.

I ask him about it today and he says it was submitted. First, he did so without cc'ing me -in violation of office protocol. I look up what he submitted on the system and find that he completely ignored my significant revisions and switched back to a legal theory I told him not to take.

If you disagree with my review, bring it to me, discuss it with me, I get that it's your name on the pleading but I am responsible for this unit's litigation quality.

I got no problem with folks disagreeing with me. Just don't f'ing try to sneak something past me. Beyond angry right now.