Re: Re Parler and its very underprepared attorney

["Anne P. Mitchell, Esq." <amitchell () isipp com>]

> Per reporting by Katherine Long of the Seattle Times, during
> that hearing Parler's attorney:
>
>       - forgot the name of Parler's CEO
>
>       - stated that he's unfamiliar with some of the terminology
>       because he's not on social media
>
>       - admitted that he filed a day late because he needed to
>       update his PACER account

This is because, if reports can be believed, Parler's own lawyers abandoned ship a few days ago.

> I am not an attorney but my general understanding is that if you wish
> to file a civil complaint against multiple defendants that you should
> actually go through the trouble of naming them all as defendants on the
> complaint (and serving them).

It's actually not uncommon to include unnamed defendants  - however, in order to do so, and in order to reserve the 
ability, one needs to include in the list of defendants something  like "And Does 1-10', or such (or request leave to 
amend the complaint).

Given everything everything, I'd say it's pretty clear that this attorney took the case at the 11th hour.  He is a 
patent and other IP issues attorney - which this case is not.

Anne

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