Fifty & Furthermore

With the growing financial

crisis, Americans are experiencing heightened stress. I see the effects of heightened stress daily in my

practice and even when I talk to friends and people I don

With the current economic climate, it is important to quote some really harsh and little known statistics. A quarter of the more than 1 million Americans who filed for personal bankruptcy in 2007 are 55 and over. They are the fastest group of bankruptcy filers in America.

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Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, AIG,

Washington Mutual and now Wachovia

What times we are enduring! I have been

practicing law for over thirty years, and I have never seen people as worried about the economy as they

are right now. My estate planning practice volume is way down, and my asset protection business is

skyrocketing. Today, people aren’t worried about how much they can leave their kids or how much in taxes

they may have to pay.
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Forty may be the new fifty but not if you are job searching.

We have laws to protect us from age discrimination in the workplace but in reality discrimination occurs

daily. Don

Are you always coming up with an excuse as to why you can

The issue of money causes more fights among couples than sex,

children or even illicit affairs. Therefore,

Where are all the Americans who create gridlock inside the Louvre?

Where are the busloads of tourists saying,

Tax season is one again upon us. For those of us over 50, our financial future is probably uppermost in

our minds. So what resolutions should we be thinking of to help us secure that financial future in

2008?
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At age 61, Susan left her comfortable day job to pursue her passion of

being a freelance journalist. Despite setbacks and pay cuts, she looks at this decision as the best one

she has ever made