Law Practice
Mar. 12, 2013
Lawyers must plan for unforeseen end to practice, experts say
With the ranks of senior attorneys growing dramatically, some worry that many lawyers have failed to take proactive steps to plan for their inevitable departure from the practice of law.
By Ameera Butt
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Eight or nine years ago, a sole practitioner suffering from dementia lost track of all the files he had been working on. In the ensuing chaos, a conservator was appointed for the attorney, and other lawyers were asked to take over the cases and try to salvage them. But, "It was just too late," said Marc J. Poster of Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP, who recalled the events in a recent intervie...
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