Today, the average life expectancy is 78.6 years for men and
81. 1 years for women. Yet while longevity increases, services that cater to
older Americans have not – or at least not yet. However, as Fast
Company reports, the business of growing old is a 15 trillion dollar
industry.
For lawyers, aging populations
McCaskill was familiar with hustling to make ends meet, so when
she was laid off in the 2009 economy, she knew she could take the
initiative to start her own firm, the Law
Office of Jennifer J. McCaskill, LLC. That way, she could be flexible in
the way that her growing family needed. While she
As owner of Obiorah Fields,
LLC, Obiorah has found that money flow can be inconsistent and hard to plan
for. Yet, she’s also able to enjoy control over her time by choosing the areas
of law she wants to focus on, and scheduling her availability around major
events with her children, instead of having to
In recent years, the conversation over equality in the work place has shifted from a simple discussion of policy such as mandatory family leave or subsidized daycare to the root cause for gender inequality: the fact that in most cases, women are more likely to take the career hit and cut back or leave
As a family law lawyer, Paris has
found that her background as a mother informs her work with clients who are
struggling to start their families. Starting her own firm, Gyemant Paris Law, has also given her the flexibility she needed
to both balance raising her family with being able to work in her
After graduating law
school, Paulter was in a quandary on how to jump-start her legal career with a
husband who traveled extensively, and a daughter in daycare. Her solution was
to start her own firm, Paulter Law Firm,
PLLC. Though starting her own firm has had its scary moments, it has been
an invaluable
When you think about influencers in the solo, small firm and law firm startup space, David Lat — who yesterday announced his departure from Above the Law, a biglaw-focused publication to take on a director’s position at Lateral Link, a biglaw focused recruiting firm — is hardly the first or even last name
Back when my next-in-age sister and I were very little, we’d hop off the school bus and careen into the house where we’d plop down at the kitchen table to inhale the after school snack that our mom set out. As we munched our Ritz crackers or ShopRite brand oreos, we’d joke around, trying to
Last week, I gifted my 81-year old mom an Alexa
Echo and set up the app for her
before returning home. My mom is not what you’d call a tech-savvy octogenarian:
to the contrary, she calls me several times a week to check the weather on my
computer or look up a doctor online because
According to this recent
post by Bob Ambrogi, Michigan is poised to potentially join 36 other states in adopting some version of ABA
Model Rule 1.1 (Comment 8) which
instructs lawyers to “keep abreast of changes in the law and its practice
including the benefits and risks associated with the technology relevant to the
lawyer’s