By Holly Barker, Legal Reporter
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We don’t expect to have to determine if our lawyers are in cognitive decline when we are looking for representation. However, in many states the bar associations lag behind the need to have or require annual health certificates, especially after age 60.
This article explains that in an older demographic, dementia and Alzheimer’s rates increase accordingly – even in the legal profession. While we all want the attorneys with the most experience, the best and the brightest sometimes fail at a slow and undetectable rate.
- More and more lawyers practicing past 65 years old
- Colleagues struggle to intervene in face of dementia
Robert Fritzshall had to be pushing 80, Bethany McLean thought, so she was a little surprised to hear him talk about expanding his law practice.
His office was a bit dusty and cluttered with papers. There were files on the floor. She was concerned that he didn’t see the need to carry malpractice insurance. But she doesn’t remember anything being a red flag.
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