The American Bar Association is calling on law firms to abandon their mandatory retirement policies. But while some veteran attorneys agree with the sentiment, many still believe the ultimate decision about senior lawyers is the firms’ to make.
“That’s a matter for each firm to determine for itself,” said Bourke Spellacy, co-founder of Hartford’s Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, who at age 70 would be forced out of many firms. “I’m not criticizing the sentiment, but it’s a firm-by-firm agreement with its lawyers.”
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