Delicious Victory

So I have a case that can only be compared to a Hydra.  Because by "a case" I mean 5 lawsuits and a couple of arbitrations all involving mostly the same parties and facts, but they can't really be consolidated. And opposing counsel for a couple of these parties have been exceptionally difficult to deal with, making this matter increasingly contentious.

I filed a motion in one of the cases, which if I won, would cut off a bunch of those hydra heads without regrowth.  It wasn't dispositive, but it would be a huge help with managing the monster. Opposing counsel filed a counter-motion asking for sanctions, basically calling me a liar. Never mind that I had made the same representation to three different courts and would be putting my bar license on the line if my representations were untrue.  But OC's best defense was to call me liar.  So that made this motion more than a little personal.

Unfortunately, no one in my office had any confidence that I would win. They had never seen anyone even try to make the argument that I was making.   But I had good, binding authority that, while not precisely on point, was pretty darn close. And OC left all of her legal arguments on the table--she could have mounted a decent legal defense, but she decided to stick with "LC's a liar." I simply attached an affidavit to my reply. If I were lying, I was also committing perjury.

Apparently the judge didn't think I was dumb enough to lie to three courts and commit perjury.  OC's motion for sanctions was denied and my motion was granted. It was a great victory.

The next day DH sent warm, freshly baked cookies to my office to celebrate.  Because he's awesome like that.  And in my world, cookies are way better than flowers.