Former Vice President Walter Mondale belongs with seven other “2011 Lifetime Achievers,” according to the
American Lawyer.
At the age of 32, Mondale became Minnesota’s attorney general, it states. In 1964, he replaced Hubert Humphrey in the Senate.
When he stepped into the role of vice president to Jimmy Carter in 1977, "Mondale really transformed the vice presidency from a job that didn't amount to much to the job it is today, which is a very consequential part of the government," the piece quotes Saint Louis University School of Law professor Joel Goldstein as saying.
Goldstein authored
The Modern American Vice Presidency: The Transformation of a Political Institution.
During the Clinton administration, Mondale was the U.S. ambassador to Japan.
Today, Mondale works as senior counsel at Dorsey & Whitney, where he contributes international affairs expertise.
A summer associate at the firm, Nadia Aboussir, is quoted as saying, "He engages with us about everything from life in the White House to his favorite hot dog stand at the state fair," adding, "It's astounding that someone who was the vice president, an ambassador, and a senator will look at us as peers."