Tag Archive: Lawyer

I’m really tired, a frequent refrain today

“I am really tired, and want to retire.”  But, retirement is out of reach for many lawyers after their homes and retirement plans took heavy hits over the last few years. “Business purgatory” is how one phrased it.

Delays in retirement are now common, with 38% in one survey saying their retirement will be at least 5 years later than expected. The income stream for many lawyers comes from their law practice. Selling, closing or merging the practice are options, but none are likely to provide the same income stream the lawyer is accustomed to receiving.

Unless the lawyer is willing to adjust one’s life style, he will remain in practice, working to build up the practice further in order to reap the rewards needed to fund retirement.


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Fact checkers are needed

Fact checking should be the backbone of every lawyer. I’m wondering why so many politicians, many of whom are lawyers, fail to fact check, or if they do fact check, fail to tell the full truth in their assertions.

Below is a list of "fact checkers" concerning recent assertions by politicians. Knowing that no political group is immune from "truth" distortions, we’ll see what the Dem list looks like after their convention. We’ll see if the distortions/lies are about the same issues.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/…arter-comments/

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/robert…small-dumb-lies

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-575036…ain;contentBody

http://www.care2.com/causes/top-5-worst-li…-ryan-told.html

http://globalgrind.com/news/paul-ryan-rnc-…ntion-lies-list

Clint Eastwood says lawyers shouldn’t be president in reference to Obama, but Romney is a lawyer as well. And as a profession, lawyers have made the greatest contribution to this country. It’s truly sad when we as voters cannot rely as factual what is being said and then focus on the issues and values of each perspective. Can we get back to what is truly important?


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