September 2022 Bar Bulletin
By Stephanie Andersen
Last month I had lunch with an acquaintance — a female lawyer I have known for the 30 years I have been practicing law in Seattle. We went to lunch to catch up because she’s retired now, and just in Seattle for the summer.
She asked me about my retirement plans. I told her they were fuzzy; I wasn’t sure what I was going to do or when I would retire.
She nodded understandingly and said the days go by — she golfs, cooks, gardens, travels, and visits with friends, and she loves sleeping in — but sometimes she misses not being a lawyer anymore. “The thing is,”...