[Xenalyte]

>>My guess - and this is just a guess - is that they didn’t keep up with continuing educatiopn requirements and therefore are no longer on the list of “active” attorneys.<<

That’s my guess as well.

When I worked for lawyers, certain repeat offenders were constantly hounding me about finding them continuing education opportunities.

Hel-LO! I’m a marketer. I am not a lawyer. How on earth would I know where to find what YOU need? (Which sort of explains why I no longer work for lawyers. That, and as a group they tend to suck.)

And at least in Texas, you can get CLE credit for reading American Lawyer and other such fluff. I mean, really, it’s not THAT hard.

[cvq3842]

Yup. I have spent time among lawyers as well (”some of my best friends are lawyers!”) and the common “personality” traits can be somewhat difficult to deal with.

[peyton randolph]

And at least in Texas, you can get CLE credit for reading American Lawyer and other such fluff. I mean, really, it’s not THAT hard.

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For only about 1/3 of required CLE. The rest you've got to pay for...through the nose.

[Sooth2222]

It would be my guess too, *except* that Illinois requires 20 hours of CLE plus 4 in ethics per two year period.

I'm a physician/MBA. I'm not involved in patient care but I do keep my medical licenses active *because* it might be difficult to reactivate them if I don't. I need 100 hours of CME per two year period. My point is -- how much trouble can it possibly be for a lawyer to spend less than 15 minutes weekly pursuing continuing education????

There might not be any fire, but there's at least the faint smell of smoke.