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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]OP here. I'm a lawyer involved in litigation and am trying to get documents from her. I'm not saying a PhD is worthless by any stretch. [/quote]

If that's the case, I don't think it is as bad as you do.  First of all, that suggests you are not someone who works with her closely or regularly.  Second, clients often feel annoyed or harassed by having to give over documents for discovery etc. so her response was probably reflecting that annoyance.[/quote]

We regularly work with experts who have PhDs, and they are always addressed, at least initially and until invited to use a first name, as Dr. So-and-So.  Anyone with whom we do not have a personal relationship and have not been invited to call by a first name is Mr./Ms./Dr. So-and-So, particularly when asking them to turn materials over for discovery.  No one likes discovery, and one of the first things we teach the associates is that these people have other job responsibilities with which your request is interfering - be polite, be clear about what you need so you don't have to go back and ask again, and have a contact within the organization who can walk down the hall and talk someone down (or has the authority to sit on them), if needed[/quote]

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