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Posted 10/09/2007 by The Daily Diary
You have to love the can-do, always-happy-to-help attitude of some law firm receptionists, only some of whom think they are all-powerful gatekeepers to a mystical world beyond time, space and grubby meeja oiks like The Diary...
Legal Week hack to Forsters switchboard: Hi, can you help me with a job title, please? What does [unnamed associate] do?
Forsters: He’s a fee earner.
LW: Does that mean he’s an associate, just a solicitor…
F: It means he earns money for the firm.

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