"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." - Barack Obama

Much has been written about the extraordinarily high percentage of dissatisfied lawyers; i.e., the California survey found that 73% of lawyers would not suggest a law career to their children and in the ABA YLD survey, 66% of all lawyers said they would change jobs within 2 years if they had a “reasonable alternative option”. In addition, the steep decline in the economy has resulted in the laying off of an unprecedented number of lawyers and a reduction in the number of job openings.

For over twenty-five years I have had the privilege of advising and guiding dissatisfied and unemployed lawyers as they assume control over, and take responsibility for, all important decisions relating to their careers.

Many of my clients have practiced commercial litigation for years in a large law firm and have changed firms at least once with the assistance of a headhunter. They refer to that process as “rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic”. Others have lost their jobs or have reason to believe that may happen in the near future.

Once the dissatisfied lawyers learn they are not trapped and the others recognize that they have options, clients begin to regain the sense of self-confidence and self-worth lost through years spent in law schools and law firms. With a positive outlook, they are prepared to fully engage in the career planning process: reviewing their personal paths; examining their goals and values; considering their options; and searching for and finding satisfying situations.

As you plan the next stage of your career, I invite you to wander through the website. Read the articles, follow the links and post a comment on the Blog and keep in mind,

"Your professional life holds the possibility of autonomy, satisfaction, integrity, self-respect, and, most meaningful of all, the prospect of sleeping well after a long day on the job and waking up looking forward to going to work. And all you have to do is take control." p.1, Lawful Pursuit, Ronald W. Fox, 1995