Wake Up Call: Aging Attorneys Reluctant to Step Away From Firms

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• Aging attorneys often can’t bring themselves to leave their jobs and retire, including Big Law partners who try to find ways around their firms’ mandatory retirement ages. “Intellectually, they may know they need to let go, but emotionally, they can’t bring themselves to do it,” said one consultant. “That’s when the firm must intervene.” (ABA Journal)
• Dinsmore & Shohl is launching a new office in Houston with a team plucked from rival Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith. ...