Malachi Cameron

Lawyer | Family Law | @windsorlaw JD | @ucalgary Canadian Studies | intersectional feminist| she/her | *Mal-uh-kai*

[James Levine @JamesHSLevine]

Sometimes it’s a lawyer’s job to get yelled at by the judge for things beyond the lawyer’s control. Just have to take it and shake it off.

[Malachi Cameron @malachicameron]

You know how we always complain about senior lawyers who love to respond about how in all their years of practice, they have never seen something or this is always how it’s done? Well I just had someone tell me that in their 3 years of practice, they have never seen something lol

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Me: *feels guilty printing for trial*
Shows up to first day of trial.
Sheriff: “ugh, lawyers are the worst tree killers I know”
Me: I KNOW TY 😭

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@BruceGodfrey I like that perspective! I will take it as a confession haha

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I try not to be offended by literally any encounter I have as a junior woman in law but tell me I am justified to be when a more senior lawyer responds to a basic request on a file with “never in all my years of practice have I been asked to do x,y,z”

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@StacyMoon02 OC!

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@ryanehrenworth Best comment, thank you!!

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@SharksOnCouches @rdunsheath 😂😂😂

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Trying to get your emails down before taking a holiday as a lawyer should be an Olympic sport

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@gcrespector HA! But actually. Right before I go up to argue my application 😂

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My husband popped by to see me in chambers briefly this week. A self rep saw me talking with him over break and asked if he was my son. When I said no, my husband, they asked if he was much younger 😭 like no, I am not old enough to have a 30 yr old son nor cougar aged tysm

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When opposing counsel advises the court that they don’t want to proceed with the hearing that they set and that’s the first time you’re hearing this. The judge and I looked at each other like:

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Just one of those weeks where I wish I worked in a library and could do quiet desk work instead of going to court and arguing lol

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@josha693 LOL 😂 I mean, valid.

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Overhead lawyer conversations in the court hallway: well, if they want to detail their sex life on the record in court, that’s their choice

#thejoysofFamilyLaw

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Lawyer & client leaving the court room together:

Client: so you can help me with that, right?

Lawyer: I just did. *walks away quickly*

I love sitting in court hallways

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Me to the judge during family law submissions: but what about my best interests your honour

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Big rookie mistake was setting anything in chambers the week following judges reading week….. not once, but three times this week lol