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The owner is a full-time trial lawyer at his own firm in Portland and appears to be pursuing this "on the side". I hope it succeeds, but on first reading, the Linn's story reminded me of those lawyers and doctors I know in Silicon Valley who achieved success as professionals and then headed up to Napa to make wine. Several of them ended up with a small fortune from that business ... after starting with a large fortune.
I didn't read the article, but I know he has done some stamp shows, and he is not some small time collector who decided to become a dealer - he has had some big collections (we're talking 7 figures).