Lawyering is sometimes doing a 9:30pm home workout while you sort through everything the spam filter has caught in the last few weeks on your phone between sets. I know, it’s nowhere near as cool as Suits. Really, this is often the reality; it’s not a super glamorous job. 😂👩🏼‍💻

If you’re a lawyer with more than a couple of years under your belt, don’t be rude to new calls and junior lawyers in your emails. It just makes you look like a shitty person, and it’s certainly not going to help advance your client’s case. That is all.

What @aircanada.bsky.social needs to realize is that almost no one who is facing a cancelled vacation or return flight this month (myself included) is going to blame the flight attendants for wanting to be paid fairly.

Honoured to share that I still really love ketchup chips.

My team knows I love a good list and a nice chart. They're all professionals after my own lawyer heart.

It turns out that if you spend enough time around your friends, you’ll start calling everyone “girl” in casual conversations, including the lawyers that you work with. 😂 (Did I drop an, “Oh, girl, I don’t want to know” with someone who was a bit confused by it? Yes. 😂)

Random reminder that Luceo Legal has a slightly different model of taking on both direct client files and offering freelance work to support other law firms. Summer vacation coming? Associate on leave? Just need a nap? Drop me a line.

I have some exciting news coming next week that I just can't wait to share! Watch for more details, coming soon....

I know that I've made it now, because the gift card email scammers are impersonating me to my team members. 😂 Also, PSA: If someone emails you to buy gift cards, check the email address and call your boss to confirm if it's legit. (Spoiler Alert: It's not.)

I really hate that I have to keep saying this, but: Fraud is on the rise. Do not give money to people you don’t know, haven’t verified, or for agreements that a lawyer hasn’t reviewed. The number of scams I’ve heard of in consults recently would take too many posts to list out.

Who needs an alarm clock when you have a cat who thinks the computer mouse should be forcefully flung from the desk first thing in the morning. 🐈‍⬛

It's great if you believe that "love is love." Rainbows & sparkles for #Pride during the month of June is a good start. Don't forget that your support for the dignity & human rights of members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community is needed during the remaining 335 days of the year, too.

I have determined that the sriracha packets from Starbucks taste slightly sweeter than regular sriracha, and I’m here for it.

Having a friend group that consists of other lawyers means the cat gets labelled as an unreliable source and “easily impeachable witness” for his conduct.

Never forget the people who have your back.

No, you can't say hateful things and call me, my colleagues, and feminist views on equality "disgusting" in 2019, but then expect that I'll be happy to chat with you in 2025. In case there was any confusion, that's not how this works.

Me: I’m going to never work big law hours in a month again. Also me: Does injunctions. 🤦🏼‍♀️

I was very sad to learn yesterday of the sudden passing of a former colleague from an unexpected health issue. She was very kind and brought a lot of joy to a lot of people. She was also very young (younger than me). Life is so unfortunately and unfairly short sometimes.

I just booked firm photos for team members (including a new hire!). Running my own firm now feels even more real. It's wild how much the practice has grown since I opened @LuceoLegal last year. I've had such a great time so far, and I can't wait to see what's next.✨

Remote work because life is so much better when you can draft materials with a ~20 lb cat in your lap. 🐈‍⬛

Happy Pride! 💝🏳️‍🌈✨ #Pride #Pride2025

I’m not afraid to admit that my factum drafting playlist includes both the LoTR soundtrack and the new Linkin Park songs, along with a variety of other eclectic tunes. I am who I am. 🤷🏼‍♀️

If you don’t need to serve things at approximately midnight on Friday night…..perhaps don’t. Follow me for more pro practice tips.

The after-hours IT people at CloudWiz and the evening RVTs at Juno Veterinary in Toronto really should get an award for all of the evening inquiries they field. (It's me. The inquiries are from me.)

Saturdays: Well, that probably didn’t need quite that much cheese on it, but whatever. 🧀

As the 2L summer students start entering law firm offices for their summer employment, I've decided to re-post this reminder: You’re not doing a bad job. You are simply learning how to do something that you don’t know how to do, and that is often a very hard task.

I’m always so thankful for the IT people. No, I don’t know how to fix this issue with my laptop, and at this point in my life, I’m also not inclined to learn.

The number of times I say, “Please don’t chew that,” in a day is….well, it’s a lot. The joys of pet ownership. 😂🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

Thanks to #LawSummerSanta2025 I currently have three different open packages of ketchup chips. This is the good life.

I used to think I kept weird hours because I worked too much at big law firms. It turns out that I actually just work best at weird times. It’s me. I’m the problem. It’s me. 😂

Apparently you cannot spill an entire can of Fresca on a keyboard and still expect it to work. Who knew? 🤷🏼‍♀️

I know summer is here because my cats are squabbling over which one of them gets to sit at the screen door and hiss at the neighbour's dog.

A great summary from Justice Myers on the very important obligations that every lawyer should keep in mind (whether using AI or otherwise). Ko v. Li, 2025 ONSC 2766: canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc…

I think many people have yet to realize that I’m the kind of person who plans to put a velociraptor statue in the garden when I eventually live in a place with space for it.

My cats (age: 1 & 2) have discovered a newfound love of the toilet paper roll. They also know how to open doors. Send help.

My days lately include litigation drafting and googling “is [insert item] toxic to cats.” It’s not a bad life at all, but I do wish he’d stop chewing on everything. (The cat, not a client.)

I hate to admit it, but the ketchup Cheetos really are great.

I’ve seen group chats go awry in fraud matters, but this is a new one.

Well, today's porch pirates are at least going to get a bit of an education, since they got my books for the Trans Rights Readathon. Next time it's cat poop in the box on the doorstep, I swear.

Listen, it’s my job to be professionally annoying, ok?

I am interested in seeing the report from the investigation that was done on this, @lawsocietylso.bsky.social I am sure I am not the only one. lso.ca/news-events/...

2024 was a heck of a year! As we close it out, I am reflecting on how fortunate I am to have had the opportunity to launch my firm and participate in the amazing opportunities that came my way over the last few months. 1/2

This week has been spent crushing my TBR pile. Unfortunately for it (but fortunately for me), I have “rescued” (yes, that’s what we’re calling it!!!) several new books this week, so the stack is not getting any smaller. 😂

Ok, it’s happening. I am buying a new waistcoat.

I wish Clio made something like a Spotify wrapped, but for my files.

Regular reminder to check in with a mentee or student. This time of year is hard on most people, but exceedingly so for the more junior members of the legal profession.

Once upon a time, I dealt with a matter where someone referred to the “pedigree” of another lawyer. That very much gave me the ick.

Well, the morning started out with the cat drinking out of the bowl of yet-to-be-scrambled eggs. I guess it is Monday.

I know group chats are the way of things now, but I kind of loathe them. You have to mute the damn thing when it starts popping off at an inconvenient time, only to re-enter to dozens of messages a a later time, along with someone wanting you to do something or other that you missed 8 messages back.

My love language is randomly sending my friends unsolicited book recommendations. 😂📚