Moving on Up
One of my former partners checked out my profile on LinkedIn the other day. Since he is a litigator, my paranoid streak honed to perfection… Read More »Moving on Up
Retirement
Retirement For Young and Old Lawyers: Part Eight – The Final Chapter
I’m not sure I can say there is a clean line between me as an individual and me as a lawyer. ~ Anita Hill Retiring… Read More »Retirement For Young and Old Lawyers: Part Eight – The Final Chapter
Retirement For Young and Old Lawyers: Part Seven
In Part Four I wrote about the dread that some of us experience when we contemplate the fantasy Number that we think that we have… Read More »Retirement For Young and Old Lawyers: Part Seven
Retirement For Young and Old Lawyers: Part Six
Husband: “Green Acres is the place to be…keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside.” Wife: “New York is where I’d rather stay. I get allergic… Read More »Retirement For Young and Old Lawyers: Part Six
Retirement For Young and Old Lawyers: Part Five
Way back in 1997, my firm had an existential crisis when our three largest rainmakers decided to ditch private practice to chase the really big… Read More »Retirement For Young and Old Lawyers: Part Five
Retirement For Young and Old Lawyers: Part Four
This is Part Four of my series on retiring from the legal profession. In the first three parts, I did not even mention “the Number.”… Read More »Retirement For Young and Old Lawyers: Part Four
Retirement for Young and Old Lawyers: Part Three
In Part One, I told you to figure out what you want your retirement to look like. In Part Two I advised you to get… Read More »Retirement for Young and Old Lawyers: Part Three
Retirement For Young and Old Lawyers: Part Two
In Part One of my series on retirement, I defined retirement as being “when you are doing exactly what you want to be doing,” and… Read More »Retirement For Young and Old Lawyers: Part Two
Retirement For Young and Old Lawyers: Part One
“I look in the mirror and wonder who the little old lady staring back at me is.” Doris Gottheil, age 95 What a strange title.… Read More »Retirement For Young and Old Lawyers: Part One
Reap What You Sow
Hey law firms! Have you given much thought to your partners approaching retirement, and calculated what their retirement may cost you?