[matthewb0051]

I had a subordinate back in 2007 that the bosses promoted to a coveted prosecutor position. I literally had to prop this woman up the entire time she worked for me. Prosecutors typically are very Type A aggressive people. Not this one, no backbone, no confidence, marginal competence.

FF to this past year. She had saved an email from one of her bosses after working for me, the email was over 10 years old. She then forwarded it to those that cared and painted that boss in a very unfavorable light re: criminal defendants and Congress. Ultimately got the guy removed from his new position. The irony is that she was no longer in the Army but still had it in for a dude in the Army. (I am woman hear me roar)

Stand your ground and document everything, and I do mean everything. That saved my bacon on another instance when my senior paralegal tried to appeal his annual evaluation. I had all of his prior failures and my admonishments in writing.