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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He's sexist and stupid, and his age does have something to do with it, unfortunately.

Don't pick up. Your time and mental health are your priority. You can respond by email and write in the email that you prefer to communicate via this method.

Please do whatever it takes to not use him again for another project. [/quote]

Yes, unfortunately age is part of it. He likely grew up at a time when there were no women lawyers at firms. Women were secretaries only. I'm sure he has come a long way, but it does affect one's perception, unintended or not.[/quote]

That just is impossible for any Boomer lawyer.  We have retired female partners from my firm who are in their 70s -- it's not like there weren't women at law firms in the 1980s and 1990s!  This is not a new thing.  It's also very, very rare for even older lawyers not to understand how email works.  I have literally only one opposing counsel that is this way, and it's not due to his age -- it's becasue he's incompetent and also a little shady, so doesn't want things in writing.
Do you review the bills, or is that your inhouse GC?  If it's your inhouse GC, let him or her know that this is going on, and that you don't think you should be paying for all these unnecessary and lengthy calls.  But generally speaking, I don't see how he can force you to do this.  Just don't answer his calls and send an email.  Or set a quick 15 minute call for updates bimonthly, and then tell him "I'm sorry -- I need to run to my next meeting."   Or just say "Thanks for the update, Bill,  This call is running long and I'll need to jump off now, but please email me if there's anything I need to know."

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If he's close to 80- which he probably is- then he probably went to law school in the early 70s, and no, there were not many (if any) women partners or really many women lawyers at all. Even when I started practicing in the 2000s, there were still far more many male partners than women partners. [/quote]

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