If retiring U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman wants to find work with a private law firm, as he recently suggested he might, there are many that will welcome him with open arms.

During a farewell tour of speaking engagements last week, the four-term Senator fielded the perfunctory question, “What’s next?” At one stop, Lieberman announced that he and his wife would sell their Washington, D.C., home and move back to Stamford to be closer to children and grandchildren.