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February 03, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

Q: Today I got an e-mail from a partner I work with sort of critiquing my appearance earlier in the day at an important hearing in court. He said that I wasn't forceful enough and that we could have gotten a better outcome if I had pushed a little more. He didn't exactly phrase it in the most tactful manner, either. What do you think of e-mail as a vehicle for criticism?

By Holly English

6 minute read

April 21, 2006 | National Law Journal

How should you deal with a backstabbing co-worker? Holly English, of counsel at Post, Polak, Goodsell, MacNeill & Strauchler, offers some tips about how to deal with office troublemakers, including how to confront the bully, when to go to your supervisor and even how to generate your own gossip in self-defense. The most important thing, says English, is to not let the backstabber get away with it; confront the problem.

By Holly English

5 minute read

January 27, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

If you cannot take constructive feedback, partners will write you off as a thin-skinned egotist.

By Holly English

7 minute read

April 21, 2006 | Law.com

How should you deal with a backstabbing co-worker? Holly English, of counsel at Post, Polak, Goodsell, MacNeill & Strauchler, offers some tips about how to deal with office troublemakers, including how to confront the bully, when to go to your supervisor and even how to generate your own gossip in self-defense. The most important thing, says English, is to not let the backstabber get away with it; confront the problem.

By Holly English

5 minute read

March 06, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

Do you have an employee who exudes negative energy and does more than his or her fair share of complaining? Or is a manager in your company getting so fed up with a whining employee that the legal department has been consulted? New Jersey employment lawyer Holly English has some suggestions for approaches you might want to take with those problem workers who make you want to ask, "What's that whining noise I hear?"

By Holly English

7 minute read

February 12, 2002 | National Law Journal

Holly English answers readers` questions about working relationships.

By Holly English

8 minute read

November 11, 2002 | New Jersey Law Journal

Our firm is having a big problem with low morale because of the fear of layoffs. Everyone's jittery and rumors are rife. Not only are people down, they also are getting nasty due to competitiveness, often undercutting one another. Everybody is trying to look good so they won't be the one axed. I think the situation needs to be addressed.

By Holly English

5 minute read

June 01, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

Q: There is a first-year associate in my practice group who I believe is padding her hours. She arrives at the office after 9:30 a.m. and leaves by 6 nearly every night.

By Holly English

9 minute read

April 29, 2002 | National Law Journal

What practicing lawyers had to say about the advantages and disadvantages of being a lawyer.

By Holly English

7 minute read

July 18, 2000 | Law.com

Is the colleague on the other side of the partition driving you crazy -- playing his business and personal voicemail back on his speaker phone, loudly tapping his pen and generally being a pain? Should you confront him? It's a tricky situation, as are issues of "creative billing" and divulging information to partners ... when you know you should.

By Holly English

8 minute read