One of my client still preferred the old style of web design, he operates a law firm, and would prefer template and design like these: http://www.rahmatlim.com/ http://www.wongpartners.com/ More like a fixed size of frame in a website, but all templates I can find for law firms now are big size and modern, any recommendations on similar templates?
Finding those templates these days would be really hard, i recommend that you just design a simple one from scratch in photoshop, that would be the best idea, and if you need psd to html/css done, theres many people willing to do that (including me).
One of the best and easy way is choose best dynamic wordpress based theme from "www themeforest net" , and the most important thing is choose responsive design (so that people can operate website from any devise). this is the easiest way these days and most of the peoples are following. All the best!!
Not really some do like static web sites. If I only need the functionality of static web site, I certainly won't choose a theme using WP, Drupal etc. All html means that it is far less likely to be hacked if you are not careful in your updating.
Have you introduced him to some more better and more modern designs? Not too sure how having an old template in this day and age could be of any benefit from a branding/marketing standpoint.