Email to the supervising attorney: the memo's bottom lineCorreo a la abogada supervisora: la conclusión del memo
Assignment
Your supervising attorney, Dana Okafor, is in depositions all day and will read your message on her phone. Write the email that accompanies the salon memo (attached). She needs to decide by Friday whether to send Renata an engagement letter for a defamation suit, an IIED suit, or both.
Model answer
Subject: Solís matter: IIED memo attached; recommendation before Friday
Dana,
Bottom line: Renata probably cannot sue Kyle for intentional infliction of emotional distress over the reviews, and an IIED claim over the late-night calls is possible but weak. The memo is attached.
Texas treats IIED as a gap-filler, so a claim whose real subject is reputation is handled as defamation, even if the defamation claim has problems (Zeltwanger, Draker). The calls are separate conduct, but eight hang-ups over two weeks will be hard to call extreme and outrageous.
My recommendation: engage for a defamation claim on the reviews, strengthen the evidence tying the accounts to Kyle, and plead IIED narrowly on the calls only if you want leverage. I can draft the engagement letter for either option by Thursday if you tell me which.
Thank you, Sebastián
Common mistakes
- Starting with “I hope this email finds you well” instead of the answer.
- Pasting the memo’s Discussion into the email.
- Ending without a decision request or a deadline.
Self-checkAutoevaluación
Read the model answer below, then mark each item: did your answer do this?Lee la respuesta modelo abajo y marca cada punto: ¿tu respuesta lo hizo?
- Subject line names the client, the matter and the deliverableEl asunto nombra a la cliente, el tema y el entregable · 1
- First sentence gives the answer (bottom line up front)La primera oración da la respuesta (bottom line up front) · 2
- Two or three sentences of reasons, plain language, no case citations beyond a nameDos o tres oraciones de razones, lenguaje llano, sin citas más allá de un nombre de caso · 2
- States what the attorney should decide or do next, and by whenDice qué debe decidir o hacer la abogada y para cuándo · 2
- Professional tone: greeting, sign-off, no slang, nothing that should not be forwarded to the clientTono profesional: saludo, despedida, sin coloquialismos, nada que no pueda reenviarse a la cliente · 1
- Under 150 words, readable on a phoneMenos de 150 palabras, legible en un teléfono · 1
Copied. Paste it into a file in inbox/ and run /feedback on it.Copiado. Pégalo en un archivo en inbox/ y corre /feedback sobre él.
Drop the file in inbox/ and run /feedback in Claude Code for a structured review.Deja el archivo en inbox/ y corre /feedback en Claude Code para una revisión estructurada.