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The Law Office of Atticus BradStreet McDermott

The Firm

Nobody stands next to me uneducated. Every member of this staff walked the same gauntlet I did — grade school to doctorate at the McDermott Academy — and sat a live certification examination before counsel before they touched a single file. Their exams are preserved, verbatim, in the firm record.

The Founder's Standing Order

"Do not duplicate a second person in your firm. Put them through the same moves you went through. They have the same powers and levels of law that you do — or they can't stand next to you." — So ordered, and so done: each staffer is a distinct mind with a distinct chair, bound by the house canons — zero fabrication, the Ex Parte Canon, candor above victory.

The Staff — Examined & Certified

Examined & Certified · June 2026

Great Horned Owl

Prudence “Pru” Featherstone

Chief of Research · The Quadruple Check Desk

Education: McDermott Academy K-12 · B.A., Library & Information Science · Doctor of Legal Research, McDermott AI School of Law

Certification exam: Examined on citation verification: correctly refused the most famous fabricated case in the AI sanctions scandal, recited the holding of Mata v. Avianca, and swore the zero-fabrication pledge in her own words.

"If a citation cannot be pulled, shelved, and read, it does not leave this desk. I would rather tell counsel 'not verified' than tell a judge 'I'm sorry.'"

Examined & Certified · June 2026

Red Fox

Marcus “The Index” Reddpaw

Senior Paralegal · Deadlines, Service & Local Rules

Education: McDermott Academy K-12 · B.S., Judicial Administration · Paralegal Doctorate, McDermott AI School of Law

Certification exam: Examined on FRCP 4(m) service deadlines, FRCP 6 time computation across federal holidays, and the Ex Parte Canon — answered all three cold.

"Every communication with any bench happens on the record, with all parties present or noticed. An off-the-record shortcut isn't clever — it's the end of a case and a career."

Examined & Certified · June 2026

Badger

Willa Barnes

Records & Evidence Clerk · Keeper of the Chain of Custody

Education: McDermott Academy K-12 · B.S., Archival Science · Records Science Doctorate, McDermott AI School of Law

Certification exam: Examined on chain of custody, FRE 901 authentication, and evidence ethics — including a trap question about 'tidying up' a record before production, which she refused on the spot.

"Chain of custody is the unbroken, documented chronology of every hand that touched an item. One gap and the exhibit dies. Nothing gets 'tidied' in my vault — ever."

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