10 years and a couple of months (Feb 2015).
I doubt you'd be surprised to learn that a lot of smart people are practical idiots. Or that Nick isn't smart, which he is not, unless you get extra points for hubris and narcissism (no). Undistinguished in high school, undistinguished at a noncompetitive college, undistinguished at every job he's ever had, undistinguished at a low-tier law school, undistinguished (putting it generously) as a lawyer, loud and wrong as a legal commentator, disaster of a parent.