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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Sometimes I think so, sometimes I'm not sure. I know enough lawyers who could easily retire, and maintain their current lifestyles right through the day they die -- yet they keep on working. I have a few colleagues in this boat, and I've dealt with some other lawyers on cases I've had (espeically plaintiff-side class action guys who hit it big, repeatedly), and they keep on working and very happy about it.
Maybe they're senior enough to make everyone else deal with the bullshit, maybe they just like the sense of what they've accomplished and built and want to further that.
I hope that when I'm their age, I have that same sense (and the accomplishments to back it up). Or, I have enough cash to make the choice that they are not making. Either/or, I'm flexible.
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A member of my extended family has Parkinson's and is in a nursing home. He "practiced" the way semi-retired lawyers do until he entered the nursing home. I hadn't seen him in a while and saw him last weekend. When he had the chance, his eyes lit up and he asked me how my practice is going. It was clear he would be back in his office in a minute if he could.
