01/26/2015    

LIFE AFTER PODIATRY

PA Podiatrist-Turned-Lawyer Says He Still Wants to Help People

 

Dr. Lawrence Kansky wasn't interested in the law as a young man. He studied medicine instead, hanging a shingle as a podiatrist in Hazleton, Mountain Top and Blakeslee. After 24 years, an encounter with the state Attorney General's office changed his life. Kansky decided to retire from his practice in November 2007, five months after being charged with obtaining a controlled substance by fraud or misrepresentation. "My heart wasn't in it," he said.

 

Dr. Lawrence Kansky (Photo: Mark Moran)

 

Rather than settle quietly into retirement, the then-50-year-old Mountain Top man decided to go to law school to help people trapped in similar situations. "I made the decision to go to law school to help people," Kansky said. "I also had to go to law school to understand what happened to me. I just had to do it." He would have liked to say thank you to his podiatry patients for having the privilege to serve them for more than two decades, but never had the chance. "I miss my practice but I'm still serving people," he said.

 

Source: Kelly Monitz, Standard-Speaker [1/26/15]