Jerry McDevitt has represented WWE for 35 years, but he does ave retirement on his mind.
McDevitt has been with Vince McMahon and company through major legal battles, including the famous steroid trials, and is currently representing WWE in their lawsuit against MLW.
The longstanding relationship has kept McDevitt in the game, but he has said he's told Vince that he wants to retire. He just isn't sure when that will happen.
"WWE is a major client, but I have other clients. I also represented Dr. Cyril Wecht. I’ll be 72 in January, so I’ve been trying to turn it down a little bit as I’m headed into retirement. But because of my longstanding relationship with WWE, I continue to represent them, although I keep telling Vince I do want to retire," McDevitt told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "Most relationships nowadays with lawyers and publicly traded companies are at the general counsel level. Outside lawyers work with the general counsel of the company and never with the CEO or chairman of the board. But my contact and my relationship is directly with and to Vince. It always has been. It always will be. That’s kind of a unique relationship in the landscape of the law these days for the outside counsel to have that sort of direct relationship."
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