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Life After Lawyer

I recently likened myself to the elf from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.  He doesn't want to be an elf.  He wants to be a dentist.  And, that's OK.

I'm not the only lawyer turned something else.  Here are some of the notable residents of the Island of Misfit Lawyers ~

Today, I am grateful ~

1/ That I'm not alone.

2/ That I can always go back to making toys.

3/ And still write about it.

Follow me and my yearlong project, Stop and Blog the Roses, on Twitter @fernronay and on Facebook here.

Studs Terkel, author, historian, actor, broadcaster, Chicagoan! (1912 - 2008)
Graduated from the University of Chicago Law School; The Studs Terkel Program aired on 98.7 WFMT between 1952 and 1997.
Jess Stonestreet Jackson, Jr., started Kendall-Jackson wine empire
Graduated from Boalt Hall Law School; converted a pear and walnut orchard in California into a vineyard.
John Grisham, author
Graduated from University of Mississippi School of Law; his first book, A Time to Kill, was rejected by 28 publishers before Wynwood Press published it.
Ben Stein, tv personality
Graduated from Yale Law School; taught at Pepperdine University Law School; wants 'Bueller, Bueller' on his tombstone.
Bob Woodruff, tv journalist
Graduated from the University of Michigan Law School; while teaching law in Beijing, he was hired by CBS news as an on-air interpreter after the Tiananmen Square incident.
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Geraldo Rivera, news personality
Graduated from Brooklyn Law School; while representing a Puerto Rican activist group, Rivera caught the attention of news producer Al Primo who offered him a job as a reporter.
Warren Brown, pastry chef
Graduated from George Washinton University Law School; founder and owner of CakeLove bakery; host of Food Network show, Sugar Rush. Check out www.CakeLove.com
David E. Kelley, tv writer and producer
Creator of Ally MacBeal and Boston Legal, among others; married to Michelle Pfeiffer; graduated from Boston University School of Law.
Tim and Nina Zagat, restaurant guide creators
Husband and wife, both graduates of Yale Law School; were successful lawyers who, while in Paris, took notes on restaurants, planting the seed for the Zagat Survey.
Howard Cosell, sportscaster  (1918 - 1995)
Graduated from NYU Law School; practiced law in Manhattan where the Little League of New York was one of his clients; was asked to do a show on ABC radio about the Little League and the rest is history.
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Gerard Butler, actor
Studied law at the University of Glasgow, was president of the Law Society and, after graduation, worked as a trainee lawyer... until he was fired.
Andrea Bocelli, Italian tenor
Studied law at the University of Pisa and was a court-appointed lawyer for one year, where he met his first wife Enrica.
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  • You are in some good company!

  • In reply to jtithof:

    haha! i'll say!

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