tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post3119932002604276384..comments2024-02-23T04:59:26.907-05:00Comments on But I Did Everything Right!: Never Too Old to Practice LawAngelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07820446523257638689noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-41149409500704641852010-07-22T22:25:57.733-04:002010-07-22T22:25:57.733-04:00OK, people, I guess it's time to defend me and...OK, people, I guess it's time to defend me and mine. I'm a Boomer, albeit a back-ender. We came along way too late to get the 50s and 60s perks the front-enders got, the ones who are normally identified as Boomers. By the time we came of age, the Oil Crisis had happened and the wheels had fallen off the American Economic Miracle. Those of us with any wits figured there was no retirement waiting for us in our golden years, so we looked for fields where we could keep chugging along. Law looked good because they let you keep doing it until you keel over. My age group hasn't been trying to make it impossible for the elderly to practice; we've been counting on it from day one.Knute Rifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02345893660115107054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-62832659048164085002010-07-22T16:51:46.478-04:002010-07-22T16:51:46.478-04:00Baby Boomers are the most selfish assholes ever.Baby Boomers are the most selfish assholes ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-12648280806662681842010-07-22T14:52:51.654-04:002010-07-22T14:52:51.654-04:00@ 10:16: Yep.@ 10:16: Yep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-68299899970423499452010-07-22T10:16:27.364-04:002010-07-22T10:16:27.364-04:00Baby Boomers - the most selfish, self-absorbed gen...Baby Boomers - the most selfish, self-absorbed generation to ever grace Planet Earth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-21763964644891720162010-07-22T07:58:08.325-04:002010-07-22T07:58:08.325-04:00Jadz nailed it! These old bastards forced out the...Jadz nailed it! These old bastards forced out the prior generation, and now want to extend their careers at the expense of the younger associates and partners. <br /><br />The fact remains that Baby Boomers are completely selfish pigs. They instilled in the rest of us the idea of abject materialism and the idea that "greed is good." This has CERTAINLY been harmful to the nation as a whole, and to millions of individual families. (I agree that it is also up to the person not to fall for such filth, but this was an intense movement.)<br /><br />I have also noted several times on these blogs that old attorneys cannot get enough of the courthouse. I have literally seen old fossil lawyers who COULD NOT SO MUCH AS STAND WHEN THE JUDGE ENTERED THE COURTROOM. I have seen this, and had to stifle laughter. I saw one man who damn nearly collapsed in such an effort. It is embarrassing.Nandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06423524039657355134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-71522599449125519022010-07-22T01:31:01.143-04:002010-07-22T01:31:01.143-04:00I think I wrote about this when I was doing the 50...I think I wrote about this when I was doing the 50 Reasons Not to Go to Law school.<br /><br />Most people want to retire at some point, and they see lawyer salaries as a ticket to retiring early. Unfortunately, lawyers don't ever get to enjoy their golden years, they just keep working.<br /><br />I think the reason is that succeeding in law means letting it take over your entire life, you don't have an identity outside of it. Just look at the really successful lawyers who, after being downsized by their firms, committed suicide. I can only imagine this was because losing their job meant losing their identity.<br /><br />I think this is related to how old people often die within months of their spouse dying. They've lost the most meaningful thing to them, so why keep on? Same thing is common with coaches, who often die shortly after retiring.BL1Yhttp://bl1y.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-80362800316675227872010-07-21T23:31:20.693-04:002010-07-21T23:31:20.693-04:00I don't have a problem with the oldies practic...I don't have a problem with the oldies practicing law. Many of them can rattle things off the top of their head and probably dealt with a lot of crap early in their careers so they should be allowed to enjoy the ability to bask in the glow of their accomplishments.<br /><br />But at the same time, I don't have a use for people who act like hags or who can't keep up with the times. Hey, Grandpa and Grandma, it's 2010. Women attorneys aren't your "girls," Mexicans aren't "wetbacks," I've already answered the same nosy personal questions you've asked but have no memory of asking at least 5 times already, and that computer you've been using since 1998 should be replaced. I don't care if it still works. It takes 10 minutes to boot up and the screen isn't wide enough.Chief Constable for the Areahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08824938329626712343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-58462832366459960432010-07-21T23:25:06.427-04:002010-07-21T23:25:06.427-04:00That's the damn truth. Chances are that these...That's the damn truth. Chances are that these guys voted the forced retirement policies in place. Most of these firms aren't *that* old. Now, it no longer serves their purposes and they want out. Hypocrisy at its finest.Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07820446523257638689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-78414793147280404462010-07-21T23:05:17.614-04:002010-07-21T23:05:17.614-04:00I'm a classic bitter Gen-X type and I firmly b...I'm a classic bitter Gen-X type and I firmly believe that the Boomers will not retire until they have sucked every last dollar out of their firms and rolled up the red carpet behind them.<br /><br />That said, I don't see the age discrimination claim here -- these dudes (and they are all dudes) are partners, not employees. There is some case law supporting the proposition that at these megafirms, one can be an "employee" for the purposes of anti-discrimination laws notwithstanding a partner title, but when you are talking about really senior partners who probably did participate substantially in firm governance, that argument is not as compelling as it would be for, say, a first year non-equity service partner at Gigafirm LLP.<br /><br />Also: how many of the gentlemen profiled in this piece kicked THEIR elders' asses out the door at age 70? What goes around comes around.Jadzhttp://toddlerism.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com