The Graying Tsunami: As Baby Boom Lawyers Reach 65, More Choose to Work Into the Sunset
"I'm not ready to hang it up and go off into the sunset," said Jimmy Brill, 82. Working past retirement age is a new trend. In the past 10 years, the state's over-65 lawyer population has grown from 8 to 15 percent.
May 10, 2015 at 07:14 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Texas Lawyer
Jimmy Brill is 82. Each weekday, he wakes up at 4:15 a.m. for a 45-minute workout. He's at his law office before 9 a.m. Brill said that if his wife didn't want him home by 5:30 p.m., he'd probably work an extra hour.
“I still like practicing, and I'm not ready to hang it up and go off into the sunset,” said Brill, a Houston solo who practices probate, estate planning and real estate law.
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