Fwd: Danielle... I love you... I did not send this... But this is a toned down version of how I feel right now. I had some real pricks that held power over me during my professional development. If you have to acknowledge your relationship with Mr Farbstein when applying for future employment, do you think that this will help? The more I think of it ... when asked about this employment you can just respond... "It just did not work out." Any prospective employer could look at his record and perhaps view your departure as a positive.

Stuart 

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From: Danielle Levy <danimlevy@gmail.com>
Date: July 19, 2011 10:49:42 PM EDT
To: Stuart levy <bigstu52@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Danielle... I love you... I did not send this... But this is a toned down version of how I feel right now.  I had some real pricks that held power over me during my professional development.  If you have to acknowledge your relationship with Mr Farbstein when applying for future employment, do you think that this will help?  The more I think of it ... when asked about this employment you can just respond... "It just did not work out."  Any prospective employer  could look at his record and perhaps view your departure as a positive.

Thank you so much. I can't express to you how thankful and lucky I am to have such grounded and supportive parents. Your email was very heartfelt but I agree that it's not appropriate or worth sending to Farbstein. He wouldn't receive it how you intend. I don't want him to have a negative impact on anyone else that I care about.

I sent out my resume to two other places this afternoon and have two specific attorneys I am going to contact tomorrow.

Part of me is embarrassed and ashamed that I couldn't make it work out. No one wanted it more than I did. Having worked with Keith and other attorneys I know that there are better mentors out there. I want to go back to the days of loving my professional field.

Tonight I'm going to enjoy the first real night's sleep in a long while. Look forward to talking to you tomorrow about my progress.


Love you,

Danielle

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On Jul 19, 2011, at 10:11 PM, Stuart levy <bigstu52@gmail.com> wrote:

Danielle... I love you... I did not send this... But this is a toned down version of how I feel right now.  I had some real pricks that held power over me during my professional development.   If you have to acknowledge your relationship with Mr Farbstein when applying for future employment, do you think that this will help?  The more I think of it ... when asked about this employment you can just respond... "It just did not work out."  Any prospective employer  could look at his record and perhaps view your departure as a positive.

Love,

Dad

Dear Mr Farbstein,

Even though we have never met,  we share one thing in common.  Both of us are fathers of young women who worked in your law firm.

I want you to know that throughout my daughter's brief employment with you, I encouraged her to work hard and have a tough skin.  I told her that she would have much to learn from an experienced attorney who kept the lights on for 25 years.   When she ventilated her frustrations to me, I told her that it was good training from an attorney whose tactic is to frustrate the opposition.  Please confirm to me that I was not wrong.  

It would be very sad if  Danielle's first legal experience out of law school should end on a bad note.  As an OBGYN for 29 years in private practice I had the privledge of assisting in the development of scores of young women, nurses and doctors.  Even though I am retired now, I am so happy to bump into one of the young professionals that I helped develop.  Danielle will become an outstanding attorney.  Her employment in your law firm, while short lived, has been an important part of her professional developement.   As a fellow father of a young attorney I ask you to consider her career, future and self esteem.  

Danielle worked hard for you.  Please reassure her and me that you won't undermine her efforts to become the outstanding attorney that we both know she can be.

Sincerely,

Stuart Don Levy MD

Stuart