The Legal News

Today I got some personal information from an dear friend who went from a very prosperous private practice to being a judge several years back.   This judge told me, other than his retirement funds and accounts, he now has only $20,000 in his savings.  Good thing he doesn’t have kids in college anymore. The says that only the poorly paid government lawyers, the really rich, or someone with a greatly compensated spouse can actually afford to be a judge. Without proper compensation, good people will pass on becoming judges, people who would otherwise be assets to their communities and such. People who might change things for the better. But why take such a drastic pay cut. Most people don’t go into law to be broke.