December 2004 Archives

I'm leaving my job in two weeks. It was entirely my decision. I concluded that it is my turn to walk through a revolving door that someone installed years ago. I don't have anything else completely lined up yet, though I have a few good leads. It's a little nerveracking, but my gut tells me it was the right decision. I could make a long story out of the decision, but I don't quite feel like doing so in this not entirely anonymous forum.

Now, the question that everyone's asking: what next? I'm not sure what the answer is. Within law, I'm looking at transactional work, in which I have a little experience but not much beyond "entry level." For example, I've worked on budgets, elections, and property matters for a few special districts, and I enjoyed preparing documents for a severance agreement for a banking executive (who ultimately didn't quit after all). I've always been interested in real estate, too, and I've worked on some minor real estate transactions that were usually part of bigger development schemes. I am hoping to avoid staying in trial work, although I've learned a lot about people and business from my time in litigation.

Of course, there's a world of other possibilities out there, some that involve the law and some that don't, and I've got a broad (some might say "unmanageable") set of interests and a good set of aptitudes as well. I need some way to navigate that world of possibilities.

I also need a new blog subtitle, since Legal Affairs uses a variant on it so much better than I do.