Silicon ValleyPast: Lawyer in Silicon Valley Retired (mostly....) at age 60 in 2003 after 35 years of law practice and now serve as Chairman of the Silicon Valley NACD (www.svnacd.org) as well as... Retired (mostly....) at age 60 in 2003 after 35 years of law practice and now serve as Chairman of the Silicon Valley NACD (www.svnacd.org) as well as continuing to sit on for-profit and non-profit boards and lecturing in the corporate governance field.