Dec. 9, 2016
What's a president to do after office?
President Obama shares much in common with that other tall lanky lawyer from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln, who after serving as president expected to "go on practicing law as if nothing happened."
James Attridge
Law Ofc of James Attridge
270 Divisadero St #3
San Francisco , CA 94117
Phone: (415) 552-3088
Email: jattridge@attridgelaw.com
U Denver School of Law
James is an attorney and mediator in San Francisco. He is writing a book about presidential legal careers.
President Barack Obama shares much in common with that other lanky lawyer from Illinois, former President Abraham Lincoln. Like Lincoln, Obama relocated to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and never sold his house on Cottonwood Drive in Chicago. Lincoln fully expected to return to his home at 8th and Jackson Street in Springfield and "go on practicing law as if nothing happened." The day before he left for Washington he stopped by the office to reminisce with his young partner, Billy Herndon, and ...
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