Why would an old lawyer go paperless (scan all documents)?

I worked for an older attorney who wouldn't even put his calandar on the computer. Every one else was on blackberry and i still kept his calendar up with pencil and paper. It worked fine, but it was more of a pain b/c i constantly had to 'merge' his with mine so as not to double book him. He wouldn't get rid of his old boxes of past files either. Wouldn't even send them off to storage in fear of losing them. He cracked me up but I guess his way has worked for years so why change it? I'd let sleeping dogs lie. Let the old man finish his few years the way he wants.

He moving with the times

I'd ask him or her how much they enjoy shredding old documents, or paying staff to shred them. I have to shred everything I print when I'm done with it in my line of work, and I can tell you that gets tedious. I find I print far less than I used to!

i don't fully trust paperless systems but offices are moving more towards them. Maybe the old lawyer just wants the extra room when he gets rid of all the filing cabinets...you should prob ask them.