Don’t even know where to start…
1. On top of routine correspondence with clients and opposing counsel, ALWAYS have meetings with claims for literally everything and quite some are rude and disrespectful. The bottom line is they host the meeting but expect the attorney to give them background information including basic case facts when they simply want to know how to respond to a demand. Their job is to send a meeting link without doing any homework. And even when your case is not on the agenda, all the attorneys need to stand by at those meetings. Nothing but bureaucracy.
2. All kinds of internal reports with”CRITICAL DEADLINES” to claims but they NEVER READ THEM and expect you to explain at those meetings again and again. Yes you have to do it with the handing adjuster, at round table with their supervisors, over and over again. Meaningless and simply a waste of life.
3. It appears the claims want to have a say in litigation strategy but the problem is they keeps changing when they think they know better than attorneys. For instance, the handling adjuster wants early mediation and pushes the attorney to set one. When mediation is set up, of course they will call a meeting to discuss the strategy, and not surprisingly, the supervisor will question attorney about why we want an early mediation. Hello? Because you wanted it!! Same for IME, etc. They just think they are smart attorneys without a license who happen to be shy to take responsibilities.
4. Significantly understaffed. 70+ cases for one attorney with half legal assistant. That means you have to do the discovery, all the motions and brief, attend the hearings and prepare for the trials, draft all the internal reports and meet all kinds of internal deadlines such as calling adjuster, correspond with the opposing counsel and answer calls from the clients in addition to those meaningless meetings.
5. You will meet a lot genius great at passing the buck.
