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Post by ARobeByAnyOtherName on Jun 7, 2016 10:47:30 GMT -5
I said yes immediately. I already voted in the polls! Thank you to everyone for all of your support and encouragement! Woot woot!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2016 11:04:34 GMT -5
I said yes immediately. I already voted in the polls! Thank you to everyone for all of your support and encouragement! Congrats! See you start posting on the board and just days later you get the call! I hope you enjoy your new career! Tiger
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Post by Pixie on Jun 7, 2016 11:06:41 GMT -5
Will all of you who got the call let one of us know by PM so we can verify the location anonymously? Gaidin is keeping up with this, and he likes to get verification of the poll votes, which is a good idea. Pixie.
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Post by numbersix on Jun 7, 2016 12:17:29 GMT -5
I got the call! I am still shaking! Yay! Congratulations and see you in Falls Church!
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Post by funkyodar on Jun 7, 2016 12:27:40 GMT -5
Ok, good run for the board lately Bob. Now don't stop. Gaidin, gary, Ace Midnight, mamaru, Judicially Inclined, Cheesy, luna, marathon, Rusty and more than a few other board folks are all just waiting on you. I guarantee each will answer, say yes and be a great get for the agency.
And, how bout some love for Tupelo? Five empty offices. Mighty lonely around here....
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Post by gary on Jun 7, 2016 12:30:39 GMT -5
Ok, good run for the board lately Bob. Now don't stop. Gaidin, gary, Ace Midnight, mamaru, Judicially Inclined, Cheesy, luna, marathon, Rusty and more than a few other board folks are all just waiting on you. I guarantee each will answer, say yes and be a great get for the agency. And, how bout some love for Tupelo? Five empty offices. Mighty lonely around here.... Thanks Funky. Ever consider knocking down some walls and expanding HQ Funky?
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Post by marathon on Jun 7, 2016 12:34:10 GMT -5
Ok, good run for the board lately Bob. Now don't stop. Gaidin, gary, Ace Midnight, mamaru, Judicially Inclined, Cheesy, luna, marathon, Rusty and more than a few other board folks are all just waiting on you. I guarantee each will answer, say yes and be a great get for the agency. And, how bout some love for Tupelo? Five empty offices. Mighty lonely around here.... Thank you, Judge, for the kind words.
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Post by funkyodar on Jun 7, 2016 12:34:40 GMT -5
Ok, good run for the board lately Bob. Now don't stop. Gaidin, gary, Ace Midnight, mamaru, Judicially Inclined, Cheesy, luna, marathon, Rusty and more than a few other board folks are all just waiting on you. I guarantee each will answer, say yes and be a great get for the agency. And, how bout some love for Tupelo? Five empty offices. Mighty lonely around here.... Thanks Funky. Ever consider knocking down some walls and expanding HQ Funky? I've thought about it...if they don't hurry up and add some bodies I think I may move a sleeper sofa into the office next door and bust a hole in the wall. Both out of a desire for more space and just practicality given the workload.
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Post by luna on Jun 7, 2016 12:35:39 GMT -5
Ok, good run for the board lately Bob. Now don't stop. Gaidin, gary, Ace Midnight, mamaru, Judicially Inclined, Cheesy, luna, marathon, Rusty and more than a few other board folks are all just waiting on you. I guarantee each will answer, say yes and be a great get for the agency. And, how bout some love for Tupelo? Five empty offices. Mighty lonely around here.... Many thanks. Every time my phone rings my heart stops beating.
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Post by funkyodar on Jun 7, 2016 12:37:33 GMT -5
By the way...I just noted that our newest member has the boardname benchslap . Now, I dunno where in the process that person is, but I think I have found a friend for life.
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Post by Synik on Jun 7, 2016 12:50:46 GMT -5
.... And, how bout some love for Tupelo? Five empty offices. Mighty lonely around here.... Yep. Two empty judges' offices in Harlingen, with several writers' offices that could be used to round us up to SIX judges (we have three hearing rooms)!
I got to thinking, though. I imagine that the high scorers generally felt pretty confident in limiting their GALs. Accordingly, if TPTB are, in fact, calling the high scorers first (which I don't see how they can avoid with the Rule of Three), then I would expect the least "desirable" (matter of opinion) locations to be filled last.
So, I should probably quit checking the board so frequently, as it is likely to be the end of the week before anyone yells, "WoooHOOO! I got Harlingen!" Whoever does, though, please PM me!
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Post by ba on Jun 7, 2016 13:41:10 GMT -5
By the way...I just noted that our newest member has the boardname benchslap . Now, I dunno where in the process that person is, but I think I have found a friend for life. Coined by David Lat back in the Article III groupie days...
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Post by Gaidin on Jun 7, 2016 13:58:22 GMT -5
Ok, good run for the board lately Bob. Now don't stop. Gaidin, gary, Ace Midnight, mamaru, Judicially Inclined, Cheesy, luna, marathon, Rusty and more than a few other board folks are all just waiting on you. I guarantee each will answer, say yes and be a great get for the agency. And, how bout some love for Tupelo? Five empty offices. Mighty lonely around here.... As always thanks for the very kind words Your Honor.
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Post by dcasea on Jun 7, 2016 14:21:08 GMT -5
I got to thinking, though. I imagine that the high scorers generally felt pretty confident in limiting their GALs. Accordingly, if TPTB are, in fact, calling the high scorers first (which I don't see how they can avoid with the Rule of Three), then I would expect the least "desirable" (matter of opinion) locations to be filled last. I agree with this analysis. Friends and family are excited, but I've been telling them "there's a process and even if it happens it's not likely to happen right away. End of the week, or August, maybe."
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Post by rusty on Jun 7, 2016 14:28:05 GMT -5
I got to thinking, though. I imagine that the high scorers generally felt pretty confident in limiting their GALs. Accordingly, if TPTB are, in fact, calling the high scorers first (which I don't see how they can avoid with the Rule of Three), then I would expect the least "desirable" (matter of opinion) locations to be filled last. I agree with this analysis. Friends and family are excited, but I've been telling them "there's a process and even if it happens it's not likely to happen right away. End of the week, or August, maybe." A few people close to me know about this process, but not too many. Some I have requested prayers from. Some have recently asked about the process. My stock answer is that "they are now hiring; I could get a call today, tomorrow, any day between now and September, or not at all." Most get a kind of vacant look at that point as they take 3 seconds to imagine what that would be like to go through.
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Post by ba on Jun 7, 2016 14:30:32 GMT -5
I agree with this analysis. Friends and family are excited, but I've been telling them "there's a process and even if it happens it's not likely to happen right away. End of the week, or August, maybe." A few people close to me know about this process, but not too many. Some I have requested prayers from. Some have recently asked about the process. My stock answer is that "they are now hiring; I could get a call today, tomorrow, any day between now and September, or not at all." Most get a kind of vacant look at that point as they take 3 seconds to imagine what that would be like to go through. Like almost all things federal, a lot of hurry up and wait.
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Post by luna on Jun 7, 2016 14:38:58 GMT -5
I agree with this analysis. Friends and family are excited, but I've been telling them "there's a process and even if it happens it's not likely to happen right away. End of the week, or August, maybe." A few people close to me know about this process, but not too many. Some I have requested prayers from. Some have recently asked about the process. My stock answer is that "they are now hiring; I could get a call today, tomorrow, any day between now and September, or not at all." Most get a kind of vacant look at that point as they take 3 seconds to imagine what that would be like to go through. Feel you rusty. My law partner just came into my office and asked if I would be here in July to cover something while he is on vacation. I had to say, I don't know when I will know if I will be here in July or not.
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Post by privateatty on Jun 7, 2016 15:04:31 GMT -5
I agree with this analysis. Friends and family are excited, but I've been telling them "there's a process and even if it happens it's not likely to happen right away. End of the week, or August, maybe." A few people close to me know about this process, but not too many. Some I have requested prayers from. Some have recently asked about the process. My stock answer is that "they are now hiring; I could get a call today, tomorrow, any day between now and September, or not at all." Most get a kind of vacant look at that point as they take 3 seconds to imagine what that would be like to go through. Until you go through it, no one knows. No one knows whats it like to wonder indefinitely if you did your Application right. If you are able to get to the next step--then when you do you try not to get ahead of yourself and start roasting chickens that have yet to hatch. You have no idea what its like to step off the Merry Go Round of endless anxiety known as private practice so you dream of it, like being on the beach at a SI photo shoot. Then lo and behold you get the email for an interview and then when you think that the anxiety couldn't possibly get any worse, it does. You don't want to look at the seat you just vacated for fear of seeing something. Will they ever reach me? And then when you can't believe that you must wait any longer you do and it just goes on and on and on. And of course I am just short handing this process which has at this point so many stops and starts. IMHO, nothing prepares you to be a Federal ALJ like this process. Lesser folks have had their guts turned to garbage disposal detritus... Congratulations to all that have been hired. You earned it. Make that your own.
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Post by rogo49 on Jun 7, 2016 15:05:36 GMT -5
My eyes are still bleeding from reading all the posts....they will only stop bleeding when I get that call!!!!
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Post by gary on Jun 7, 2016 15:09:36 GMT -5
It's hard for many people to believe that you are still truly in the running for the job when you interviewed a year and a half ago and haven't yet been hired. They seem to think you are deceiving yourself or them out of embarrassment that you weren't hired.
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