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why do so many lawyers work well into their 70s? it's not for money.
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Date: October 30th, 2025 11:22 AM Author: Passionate magenta weed whacker legend they obviously love what they do (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49387684) |
Date: October 30th, 2025 12:37 PM Author: hyperactive people who are hurt public bath Some sage whose name I have forgotten asked why a young lawyer spends so much time at the court. The answer was that he has nothing else to do. Applies to old lawyers too, I guess. After 40 years in law, what else is left? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49387891) |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 12:40 PM Author: Multi-colored sinister kitchen The law has changed me from a young man to a very old very fat man. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49387904) |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:08 PM Author: Excitant Old Irish Cottage I'm actually in pretty good shape, the "law" didn't make you a fat lazy slob (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49388003) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 8:52 AM Author: Salmon Bonkers Corn Cake Trailer Park You've been extremely fat for literal decades at this point (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49389814) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 12:12 PM Author: Irradiated white mad cow disease set (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49390291) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 8:19 AM Author: ultramarine pea-brained trump supporter Young lawyer is not established, has to build a career to set himself up to support his family. I'm 41 and old enough to know that this is work that i don't want to do for 1 minute longer than i absolutely have to.
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Date: October 30th, 2025 12:37 PM Author: Free-loading curious native I love it and will never "retire" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49387896) |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 12:40 PM Author: Multi-colored sinister kitchen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49387901) |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 12:58 PM Author: olive pisswyrm 120. You can't think of anything better to do with your time than write briefs about whether a subcontractor's emails are under the "possession, custody, or control" of the opposing party? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49387959) |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:18 PM Author: Free-loading curious native I can still do the other things I enjoy. But a guy can hardly jack off and surf for 12 hours a day it's not realistic. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49388048) |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:09 PM Author: umber jet-lagged point roast beef Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49388010) |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 6:00 PM Author: Passionate magenta weed whacker legend (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49388797) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 8:52 AM Author: Salmon Bonkers Corn Cake Trailer Park "I love sucking the soul out of the country & economy more than anything on God's green earth" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49389815) |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 12:59 PM Author: fear-inspiring indecent hissy fit church building for one, it's a good way to prevent cognitive decline. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49387965) |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:04 PM Author: Insanely creepy histrionic friendly grandma nursing home What about height decline? That’s way more important. Trump used to be like 6’2+. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49387987) |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:05 PM Author: umber jet-lagged point roast beef I’m friendly with a lawyer, deep in his 70s or even later, who has extreme back issues to the point be walks almost at a 90 degree angle. Mind still sharp though , he walks slowly with a cane (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49387995) |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:09 PM Author: Excitant Old Irish Cottage i dont think luis is that old (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49388008) |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:04 PM Author: umber jet-lagged point roast beef (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49387988) |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:25 PM Author: olive pisswyrm I'm sure it is, but there have to be other, better things to do for that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49388070) |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:32 PM Author: fear-inspiring indecent hissy fit church building like what? crossword puzzles? being on the board of some nonprofit? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49388099) |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:11 PM Author: Razzle-dazzle hospital karate For some of them it's all they have, they never really developed real hobbies or interests and trying to develop a new way to live would make them miserable.
But a lot of them just hate being around their wife. |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 8:20 AM Author: ultramarine pea-brained trump supporter (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49389778) |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:11 PM Author: Poppy parlor pervert My first boss does this and is 70+ (not a lawyer). Spent almost 45 years in leveraged lending and PE so is clearly loaded. I think he literally has nothing else to do with his life and just likes deals. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49388020) |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:24 PM Author: olive pisswyrm Really sad (and sick). My uncle is doing this. He has 4 adorable grandkids who live nearby and who he seems to love spending time with. He only sees them a few times a month, largely because he is still grinding as a ("semi-retired") lawyer. He does not need the money. I think it's something to do, and he feels an obligation to his clients and his colleagues and to the law, though in reality, the'd all be fine without him. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49388068) |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:28 PM Author: judgmental autistic whorehouse Burning thirst for JUSTICE (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49388089) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 8:53 AM Author: spectacular chestnut wrinkle center (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49389816) |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 3:22 PM Author: hyperactive people who are hurt public bath I had an interview once at a biglaw firm in which an elderly partner was a quadriplegic in a wheelchair. Sort of a legal Hawking. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49388386) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 2:14 AM Author: Cheese-eating Kitty Jap (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49389605) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 8:49 AM Author: Federal range (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49389811) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 8:53 AM Author: Salmon Bonkers Corn Cake Trailer Park (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49389819) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 8:57 AM Author: Flirting School Main People A Timely History of Briefs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49389832) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 1:26 PM Author: red theatre incel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49390536) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 3:15 PM Author: hyperactive people who are hurt public bath (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49391015) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 6:30 PM Author: very tactful dilemma mood (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49391516) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 6:31 PM Author: startled contagious dragon market (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49391519) |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 3:39 PM Author: indigo beta abode It takes a really long time to get really good at it and when you are really good at it and it keeps you sharp and out of the house why not. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49388419) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 2:17 AM Author: Electric painfully honest party of the first part they are jewish (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49389608) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 2:21 AM Author: cerise talking stage Last month, many were stunned when Robert M. Morgenthau, who finally retired at 90 after 35 years as Manhattan’s district attorney, announced that he had not only joined the corporate firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, but also had a big office on the 31st floor renovated for him (and his longtime personal assistant, who went with him).
But Mr. Morgenthau is hardly alone. The legal profession, more than many other fields, seems to carry a work-until-death ethic. At Wachtell, where he is “of counsel,” Mr. Morgenthau so far has been putting in the same long hours he did as a prosecutor, though much of his time has been taken up with public appearances and award ceremonies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/nyregion/21lawyers.html |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 8:54 AM Author: Salmon Bonkers Corn Cake Trailer Park The greatest part about this schtick is sometimes the links are real (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49389821) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 12:09 PM Author: Passionate magenta weed whacker legend nice to see you still poasting, Evan! tytyty for this story (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49390284) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 6:15 AM Author: Nubile Motley Office Boistinker Can’t think of a better excuse to cover enjoying a dignified lunch and spending afternoon with mistress. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49389700) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 8:53 AM Author: spectacular chestnut wrinkle center (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49389820) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 6:24 AM Author: Shivering locale Their Jewish wives are the boss at home. Thats why. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49389702) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 6:56 AM Author: comical theater stage toilet seat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49389728) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 7:51 AM Author: Insanely creepy histrionic friendly grandma nursing home Is Open Concept to blame iyo? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49389752) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 8:36 AM Author: ultramarine pea-brained trump supporter There's a certain breed of man who defines himself entirely by his profession. i think this is likely more prevalent in boomers than gen X and millenials. They don't cultivate interests or relationships and thus depend on being a lawyer for their identity and to give their days meaning or purpose.
Were they to stop working entirely, what would they do? There's only so many lunches you can have and places to travel. Their children are grown and no one else needs them or has any reason to interact with them. Working gives them purpose, and I think everyone needs that.
It's a reminder for me to pursue interests outside of work so that I don't find myself putting on a suit and going into an office in my 70s. |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 8:55 AM Author: spectacular chestnut wrinkle center "Their children are grown and no one else needs them or has any reason to interact with them."
This is a sad, but true point. It certainly isn't for the money anymore since they don't have a family to maintain anymore.
Nobody is rushing to Dad to solve their issues anymore. All they have left is the relevancy from their practice.
Without that, they're just an old man that the world has passed by. |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 12:24 PM Author: ultramarine pea-brained trump supporter It took me a while to understand. Like the retired judges on recall making like $100/day. Why on earth would anyone do that?
I've spent the last 11 years being needed by little people who depend on me to keep them safe and guide them through life. Thinking about them growing up, becoming independent and leaving me behind is truly the definition of bittersweet with the bitter being enough for me to choke up just thinking about.
So I get needing purpose and feeling useful to the world. I just dont want to fill that void with litigation. |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 4:00 PM Author: spectacular chestnut wrinkle center So what's the solution?
You can't killself, because then your family won't get your life insurance policy. |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 4:43 PM Author: ultramarine pea-brained trump supporter Be involved in shit outside of work. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49391279) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 8:53 AM Author: Impressive water buffalo spot Lawyers are terrible at creating wealth, they need the cash flow. It is about the money for many. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49389818) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 8:56 AM Author: spectacular chestnut wrinkle center Who needs money when the mortgage is paid off and the kids are out the house? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49389828) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 9:03 AM Author: Flirting School Main People Can you think of other things high earning boomer retards spend money on (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49389844) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 1:24 PM Author: Impressive water buffalo spot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49390525) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 8:55 AM Author: Impressive water buffalo spot It’s one of the jobs where your skills never go completely out of style. You can just fight with your HOA until you die.
This is why Florida won’t let lawyers waive in. |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 9:25 AM Author: Federal range Titcr. One of the few professions that actually kind of favors the old timers. Older attorneys can also work part time, not do the stuff or take the cases they don’t want. It’s easy money. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49389910) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 4:05 PM Author: spectacular chestnut wrinkle center Nobody really gives you any shit because you're an older lawyer so you MUST know wtf you're doing.
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Date: October 31st, 2025 12:11 PM Author: cracking crotch I think it's not as simple as "they love what they do." I think a lot of them just don't know what they'd do if they didn't work because they've devoted so much of their life to work. Like it gives it structure. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49390289) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 12:16 PM Author: Irradiated white mad cow disease set attorneys are risk averse pussies who aren't good at math, but are good at boring details it's hard to justify life at the hourly rate attorneys make and then you die
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Date: October 31st, 2025 1:30 PM Author: Costumed embarrassed to the bone plaza I'll be lucky if I make it to 60. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49390568) |
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Date: October 31st, 2025 3:19 PM Author: harsh elite lodge pocket flask you gotta have something else and most people don't. plenty of retirees are depressed as fuck layabouts. if that's the alternative, i'd keep practicing, too. and like the guy above says law is basically age-proof. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791640&forum_id=2Ã#49391039) |