After lengthy careers in courtrooms, older litigators often are well-accustomed to addressing tough lines of questioning. However, they might be less prepared when the interrogatories are suddenly spotlighted on whether they will continue their practice. Law.com spoke with lawyers who have worked for decades on some of the biggest cases to get a behind-the-scenes look at how they view their role in the profession as they age.
Wilmer’s Lee says the work was taxing. “It requires a degree of mental and physical stamina that, at least for me as I’m in my 70s, was not something that I could look myself in the mirror and claim that I was sure that I had.”
“But I’m an old dinosaur,” Adam Seiden said, “and I’ve been doing things a certain way, and I realize I’ve had to adapt to the new way of practicing law. And I’ve adapted to the extent I can and I keep trying to learn.”