Not ONE.SINGLE.DOCTOR (specialist) that I see (out of 8, depending on year/need) is under the age of 70. Two of them are frequent “expert witnesses” here in SD. And they are ALL SO BUSY they can’t even “retire.” One is “trying to retire” by limiting his office hours to 8:30 – 12:30, 4 days per week but he still has his hand in too many pots, lol…
Why would I (or anybody else who has a choice, for that matter) see an inexperienced “newbie” specialist when I can have the best in town??
How about surgery (major or minor)? If given the choice, who would the Piggs choose to perform it, a dr who has “observed and/or assisted with it” a handful of times and performed it a handful of times or a dr who has performed it hundreds (or thousands) of times and possibly taught interns and residents to perform it as well??
And I have never, ever hired an attorney in this town (or in any other jurisdiction) who wasn’t at least 65 years old … and I’ve hired a few in my lifetime. I didn’t have an “age requirement” when choosing them but I SURE wanted them to have a lot of credibility with local judges and with their (specialty) bar. It helps GREATLY if they have their names (figuratively) placed on a favorite chair in front of the judges benches they most frequent. And that the bailiffs in those departments greet them by name before they even sign in. You’re damned straight that all this matters … much more than one would think!
