> > Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 18:39:20 -0500 > From: Marc James Small <msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [rollei_list] Re: My Personal Future > > At 05:53 PM 3/25/06 -0500, Dan Kalish wrote: > >AFAIK, Marc is not leaving the legal profession. He will maintain his > >membership in the Virginia bar. Risht, Marc? You can continue to make fun > >of lawyers. I'm not practicing law, but I, too, am a lawyer.. > > > Good heavens! My final court appearance is currently scheduled for 4 MAY. > It is my intention to leave the Poff Federal Building, walk to the downtown > Post Office, mail my license back to the State Bar, and then to go to the > house to meet the movers. > > I have escaped this stew of confusion and despair and have not the > slightest interest in continuing as a lawyer. I am making a grand tour > now, visiting various courtrooms and bidding clerks, judges, and > prosecutors fairwell, and doing so most willingly. > > Whatever I do in Richmond, it will NOT be in the legal community! I am > fortunate in that selling off my Roanoke assets and my final set of rather > hefty bills which fortuitously come due late this spring -- some from > criminal defense work, some from DOT condemnation work, and some from > miscellaneous services -- will give me a gap of four or five months to > figure out what I will be doing next. I only have to fill some 44 moinths > or so until my Army Reserve retirement kicks in. > > Life has many opportunities. I am looking forward to living in a house > where I can have all of my books together in one place and where I can set > up a darkroom again. The rest will fall into place in due course. > > We might be buying a house in Chester, Virginia. Chester is the site for > the North American branch of Zeiss Sports Optics. So, at least, I will > only have to travel a mile or so to have my binoculars repaired! > > Marc > > msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx=20 > Cha robh b=E0s fir gun ghr=E0s fir! > > NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505 So, Marc, what is the attraction of Richmond? In my 8 years in Virginia, I visited Richmond once or twice. Once as a delegate to the Democrat state convention. It seemed pleasant and funky enough but why Richmond instead of thousands of other places? Dan Former Imperial Stud of Foochow --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list