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When it comes to ensuring a comfortable retirement, your 401(k) is one of the best weapons in your arsenal. Year after year, you’ve been diligently socking away your hard-earned dollars into this savings vehicle…but what happens to this money if you switch to a new job? The average working adult changes jobs 12 times during their career. (1) This means the days of sticking with one company for an … [Read more...]

You gave 7 years to law school, at least 25 years to building your law firm, and now the payoff is on the horizon. You can smell the salt from your favorite beach in the air, and you hope in the next 5 to 10 years to be spending your days lazily sipping something with a tiny umbrella in it. However, if you are like most attorneys, you still need a plan to help get you from being a successful … [Read more...]

As 2020 nears its end, you’re likely more eager to retire now than ever before! During this tumultuous year, you’ve still been working, day in and day out, just as you have for decades. Often what keeps you going is the knowledge that one day you’ll finally pack up your office (or home office) for good. But rather than eagerly anticipating the golden years of retirement, almost half of all … [Read more...]

TV law shows are filled with beautiful people, melodramatic dialogue, and a montage of attorneys jumping out of their seats yelling, “Objection!” Cut to reality, and you’ll find long hours, payroll, and clients that haven’t paid. Having your own practice has its challenges but is just as rewarding. Getting caught up in the day-to-day of running a firm is easy, and you can lose sight of your own … [Read more...]

One of the unique challenges that attorneys face, particularly contingency-fee attorneys and law firm owners, is irregular income. If your income is irregular, life can feel like a constant cycle of “feast or famine.” You may go weeks or months without seeing much money come in, then, when you do win a big case, you experience a sudden cash windfall. This cycle is difficult to manage … [Read more...]

When you enter retirement, you close one chapter of your life and begin another. You go from having a structured, busy schedule to having almost limitless free time. But just because you have an empty schedule doesn’t mean you have to slow down. Here are 6 ways to stay healthy in retirement. 1. Find A New Purpose For most of us, our jobs are our identity. Take that away, and it’s difficult to … [Read more...]