It's not who you are, who you were, or who you know. Post popping of the legal-services bubble, survival comes with: what's your practice area. One of those which is growing is animals law where the assignments range from estate planning to custody disputes in divorces.
As for the latter, Rachel M. Zahorsky reports in the ABA JOURNAL that a divorced couple in Baltimore, Maryland have been awarded joint custody of their Lhasa apso. Every six months "ownership" will rotate. Unfortunately, according to most animal law in states, animal companions are still classified as property.
