Law Practice
Mar. 24, 2009
The Only Thing to Fear ...
In a distressing economy, lawyers should walk a line between groundless optimism and paralyzing fear.
There is an elephant in the room. It has been with us for well over a year. A few weeks ago, I was a last minute "fill in" speaker at a lawyers' meeting and I named the elephant. Like the other elephant, death, that is always in the room, when I suggested that our economy's turmoil had led to rampant fear within our profession, I evoked a strong denial reaction. Interestingly, the most vehement deniers were those most senior. Maybe their denial was intended to protect the younger lawyers f...
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