Bloomberg Law
Jan. 17, 2017, 10:47 PM UTC

No Retirement: 71-Year-Old Lawyer Leaving Weil, Wants More Trials

Gabe Friedman
Freelancer

James Quinn, who spent more than 40 years at Weil Gotshal & Manges, trying some of its biggest cases, serving on its executive committee and acting as the head of its litigation department, announced on Tuesday he is leaving to join a small Houston-based plaintiff’s firm.

Quinn, 71, will remain in New York but work as an of counsel at Berg & Androphy, the firm started by his old friend, David Berg, who is 74.

Earlier in his career, Quinn said he helped create a mandatory retirement age of 68 at Weil Gotshal as a way to ensure a younger generation ...

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