Stephania, ADHD-at-law

20-something corporate/commercial lawyer. Energy, “clean” tech, cannabis, assorted chaos. ADHD. Not legal advice, not representing my employer. She/her.

[Stephania, ADHD-at-law @Steph_licitor]

I told clients I’d be out of cell service from today through the long weekend which isn’t technically untrue I just am not technically out of cell service until this afternoon and this morning has been glorious

[Stephania, ADHD-at-law @Steph_licitor]

@Mackenzie12 I’m former theatre kid turned corporate solicitor and I gotta say that confuses people a lot. Smart theatre kid energy 1000% comes across as litigator energy.

[Stephania, ADHD-at-law @Steph_licitor]

@rantyauntyy I’m happy to chat as a very, very ADHD lawyer!

[Stephania, ADHD-at-law @Steph_licitor]

This program glitches and/or crashes on me at least twice a day and it truly, truly is my villain origin story

[Stephania, ADHD-at-law @Steph_licitor]

I never thought I would miss my mortal enemy* but then I encountered something far, far more evil**

* the time software at my old firm
** the time software at my new firm

[Stephania, ADHD-at-law @Steph_licitor]

Couldn’t remember Lord Denning’s name for a second but turns out you can just google “English judge who made stuff up”

[Stephania, ADHD-at-law @Steph_licitor]

Timesheet:
0.6 - Staring into middle distance trying to figure out how to draft provision.
0.1 - Actually drafting provision.

[Stephania, ADHD-at-law @Steph_licitor]

The smoke has (mostly) cleared, the sun is shining, it’s the Friday before a long weekend, and I… am in the office because I still haven’t finished a report I said I’d have done on Wednesday.

[Stephania, ADHD-at-law @Steph_licitor]

I’m personally also a huge fan of “is it your position that …”
60% of the time, it works every time.

[Taylor Kay Phillips @TayKayPhillips]

Literally no one understands something more completely than a woman in a meeting who starts a question with “Just so I understand…”

[Stephania, ADHD-at-law @Steph_licitor]

Adding this to my list of phrasings I will be shaming out of legal drafting when I become a Law Influencer, right next to “consummating” agreements.

[Stephania, ADHD-at-law @Steph_licitor]

I recognize “neuter genders” is in fact a correct grammatical choice but may I suggest we say that ANY OTHER WAY

[Stephania, ADHD-at-law @Steph_licitor]

Mom can you come get me a CFA drafted a contract again

[Stephania, ADHD-at-law @Steph_licitor]

“Are you a real lawyer or just a Canadian one?” is a real question I really had to answer once so I think Canadian privilege is the extra hours I bill explaining how countries work

[Zen Lawyer Journey @zenlawyerjourn1]

Business guy: are emails to Canadian lawyers privileged or do you get Canadian privilege

Me: what’s Canadian privilege?

Biz: you tell me!

[Stephania, ADHD-at-law @Steph_licitor]

I recently changed firms and it just took a group of junior lawyers over an hour to respond to a partner’s email without incident so no, I’m not a big law lawyer anymore.

[Stephania, ADHD-at-law @Steph_licitor]

Just definitely sent myself and a senior associate into a full-blown panic bc I forgot how months worked and thought three months from Jan 1 was March 1 instead of April 1 so. Think it’s an afternoon coffee day.

[Stephania, ADHD-at-law @Steph_licitor]

Currently trying to revive an entity that was struck from the corporate record before I graduated high school. At what point can my official legal advice be "cut your losses and incorporate a new one" ?

[Stephania, ADHD-at-law @Steph_licitor]

@rantyauntyy That meeting was A Lot

[Stephania, ADHD-at-law @Steph_licitor]

@midsummerqueer Eventually? Yes. But it’s taken 30 minutes to get to adopting the agenda including a call of previous question so… don’t hold your breath we may be here a while.

[Stephania, ADHD-at-law @Steph_licitor]

Thank goodness for hybrid work this special meeting of the law society is at least 14% more bearable in leggings hanging out with my dog

[Stephania, ADHD-at-law @Steph_licitor]

@rantyauntyy It’s a Victoria thing that Calgary has adopted and it’s so funny to watch Calgarians try to claim it when I am Calgarian and I was introduced to it in Vic too