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BigLaw: Lawyer-Turned-Therapist Will Meyerhofer Heals the Walking Wounded

By Christa Avampato

Originally published on August 16, 2010 in our free BigLaw newsletter. Will Meyerhofer's agent coined the title "the people's therapist" when Meyerhofer, a former biglaw lawyer, explained his sliding fee scale for his therapy practice. When his clients first visit him, he asks them to name the fee they can afford. He runs his practice from his living room with comfortable furniture and tasteful art adorning the walls. Simon, a wire-haired mini dachshund, playfully lounges nearby. "The sliding scales causes my salary to behave like a roller coaster, but I believe in the ideal of 'to each according to his means, from each according to his ability,'" he tells me. "I always, always put a person in front of money. My mistake when I was a lawyer was that I was too focused on the money...continue to full post

Full post as published by TechnoLawyer Blog on August 16, 2010 (boomark / email).