Top Walmart Trial Lawyer, 47, Retires for ‘Second Shot at Life’

Sept. 8, 2023, 9:00 AM UTC

After four professionally satisfying yet exhausting years running the litigation group at Walmart Inc during a global pandemic, Kerri Ruttenberg called it quits in July. At 47, she retired, content to put the practice of law behind her.

The decision surprised many, even those who barely knew the former trial lawyer. A post announcing her decision on LinkedIn got 46,000 impressions, according to Ruttenberg.

“I don’t know that many people,” she said.

What Ruttenberg does know is that she planned and saved for this moment.

Her husband, Ed Gold, is a decade older and the couple want to spend their ...

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