To elaborate

So, charges are being prssed, client has been dropped. Senior Partners are in agreement with both…

They’re not exactly happy about charges being pressed, and I’m not entirely happy with them for not being entirely happy. But they condeded and have made no effort to talk me out of it. So points I guess.

They did talk about farming out the client to another lawyer in the firm or maybe that they ’should’ have sent a different lawyer (the words “less objectionable associate” were used but no-one seemed willing to explain what THAT meant no matter how I pressed) but that was dropped quickly when I gave them my best wtf?! look (we’ve had a violent client before and they’re DROPPED period) beside, I don’t think anyone in the firm would take it because, y’know, he hit his last lawyer (moi). Besides, it’s ethically dubious

Senior Partner 3 made a comment that sounded a lot like “I told you you should have hidden that picture” but backpeddled, repented and whimpered before I could explode into big messy chunks of pure rage. I’m reserving this as an option for later

Then everyone went uber supportive, said how out of line it was, how wrong it wass, that we’ll take him to the cleaners, rip him apart and make sure he whimpers and cries every time he sees a law firm. I have the full support and wrath of the firm and if I need time to hide my dark purple face they totally understand and will personally look after my cases until I’m ready and happy

Which is great, it means it ended perfectly and fantasticly… but the road to get there was a tad windy.