Mordie Rochlin celebrated his 107th birthday with friends, colleagues and family members at the Toledo Restaurant in New York on Dec. 5. Photo: Russ DeSantis.
Mordie Rochlin has been with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison for 83 years and joined the New York State Bar Association on Jan. 1, 1939, eight months before the outbreak of World War II.
December 12, 2019 at 01:48 PM
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The original version of this story was published on New York Law Journal
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison partner Mordie Rochlin, one of the oldest men in the United States, is convinced that the only reason he made it to the age of 107 is that he never left the firm that he retired from decades ago.
“Without the firm, I would have probably shriveled up somewhere in a nursing home and have long been put away,” he said as chairman Brad Karp and other guests listened intently.
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