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Law Practice

Aug. 15, 2007

Age-Based Retirement Condemned

SAN FRANCISCO - When it comes to practicing law, senior partners should be judged on their ability, not their age - at least in the eyes of the American Bar Association.

By Amy Yarbrough
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - When it comes to practicing law, senior partners should be judged on their ability, not their age - at least in the eyes of the American Bar Association.
      Following heated debate Monday morning, the House of Delegates - the ABA's policy-making body - voted to adopt a resolution urging law firms to abandon policies that fo...

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