Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Le 16 d?c. 09 ? 15:22, Seth Rosner a ?crit : > > George, your [accurate, I believe] assessment of where the world, > not just > photography, is put me in mind of an incident over 25 years ago when > I had > just joined a New York City law firm as a senior, name-in-firm-name > partner. > I was at the office late one evening and a younger lawyer who had just > become a junior partner entered my office and asked if I would > review a will > he and an associate were preparing for a client, seriously ill and in > hospital. I read the will draft and went in to discuss several > changes, a > couple were extensive. The young man said we can re-do the easy ones > but > there's no secretary here to re-do the very extensive changes (a > time before > total lawyer familiarity with computers etc) and the client is very > sick, we > need to get this to the hospital at 8 tomorrow morning and it's good > enough > as it is. > > > > I took him by the arm and led him to my office, not to embarrass him > before > the young associate, and said, "I don't ever want to hear the words > 'good > enough' from your lips again. If you are a professional lawyer, you > may not > be the very best will draftsman in the world but every time you > draft a will > or provide any other professional service in this law firm, it has > to be > your very best effort. One of two things will eventuate here. I've > just > joined this firm and will continue here if 'good enough' isn't good > enough - > or - if 'good enough' is acceptable in this law firm, I'm out of > here." I > stayed. For almost a decade. > Did you inherit in the end? Phx > > > Seth > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >