The partners and staff express deep sorrow at the death of our retired senior partner and friend.

He was a retired partner of Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett.

Arthur Field, a retired partner at the Shearman & Sterling law firm, was concerned.

Her father is a retired partner in Heineman & Company, a textile brokerage.

Her father is a retired partner of Boasberg & Norton, a former Washington law firm.

Nunn also is a retired partner in the law firm of King & Spalding.

Again, prior planning under the partnership deed may provide for purchase of a deceased or retired partner's share by valuation.

Her father is a retired partner in the New York law firm of Shore & Reich.

But the firm also provides retired partners with a stipend, now $3,500 a month, as a safety net should their own investments go awry.

The retired partners may have viewed their monthly pension payment much like their Social Security benefits, as a sure thing.