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Name – Beverly K. Bracker, JD
Title – Career counselor/coach
Location – San Diego
Services – Specializes in individual career coaching and
counseling with an emphasis on helping lawyers evaluate possible job or
career changes. Works with clients to identify and pursue their career
goals through guided self-assessment, evaluation of options and resources,
and development of job search strategies. Close attention given to
identifying and translating transferable skills. Provides assistance
with marketing tools including resumes and business proposals, and
with interviewing preparation and targeted networking.
Background – A former practicing attorney for more than
eight years, Ms. Bracker has six years of career coaching and counseling
experience, primarily with lawyers and law students. She graduated with
distinction from the University of Iowa with a double major in Psychology
and English, and earned her JD from the University of Iowa College of Law,
where she was an Associate Editor for the Iowa Law Review. While
transitioning out of the practice of law, Ms. Bracker tutored law students
and recent graduates in legal writing and bar examination preparation, and
earned a Professional Certificate in Career Counseling from UC San Diego
Extension.
Contact – bbracker@gmail.com
Name – Richard Gottfried, JD, MBA, MFT
Title – Counselor for lawyers and their families
Location – West Los Angeles
Services – Helping lawyers to deal with problems resulting
from job, career or family situations. Gottfried works to identify
ways to immediately handle frustrations and anger, and to develop
a practical approach for the future. He assists lawyers in uncovering
actual causes of problems, and offers new approaches and support
in realizing change and ongoing improvements.
Background – Stanford BA, UCLA MBA, UCD JD, Pacifica
MA.. Gottfried formerly worked as a corporate lawyer with law firms,
in sole practice
and as in-house counsel to a Fortune 500 company. During his transition
to psychotherapist and counselor (licensed Marriage & Family
Therapist), Gottfried worked as a mediator, and was active in holistic
and collaborative lawyers groups. He has been honored by the state
counseling association as outstanding chapter leader in Los Angeles.
He also serves as a counselor for the State Bar Lawyers Assistance
Program.
Contact – rg@richardgottfried.net; (310) 207-5177
Name – Leslie Hom, JD
Title – Career coach for lawyers
Location – San Francisco; coaches nationally and internationally by phone.
Services – Executive coaching for lawyers.
Ms. Hom's clients are high-achieving attorneys seeking transition to a new
position in a legal or non-legal field. She coaches lawyers on strategic career
planning, professional communication, and job transitions.
Background – A former Assistant Attorney General in
Washington State focused on litigation, Ms. Hom is an active law career
counselor at a Bay Area law school. She is trained in Creativity in Business
from Stanford's Business School Professor Micheal Ray, and certified with
Coaches Training Institute, which is accredited by the International
Coaching Federation.
Contact – leslie@lesliehom.com for a free consultation, or call
(415) 568-8608.
Name – Dorene Lehavi, Ph.D.
Title – Career consultant and executive coach
Location – Los Angeles; coaches internationally by phone
Services – Coaches lawyers, judges, and
high-level executives to clarify and implement the next level of their career: to
find their life purpose within or out of the law.
Background – Dr. Lehavi, author of Stop Doing What You Hate,
Start Doing What You Love, was graduated with an MSW from New York’s Hunter College,
and a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. She has helped many lawyers
create the life they want by moving within the practice of law ... or leaving it
for their dream career.
Contact – www.coachingforyournextlevel.com,
dl@coachingforyournextlevel.com; (323) 931-7204.
Name – Susan W. Miller
Title – Career Counselor
Location – Los Angeles
Services – Assists
attorneys and others with identifying career options, exploring options
and job search, providing information and support for action. Provides
individualized and group career counseling services and is a provider
of services for the Lawyer Assistance Program offered by the California
State Bar.
Background – Susan is a National Certified
Career Counselor (NCCC), and a Certified Vocational Evaluation
Specialist who holds Diplomate Status on the American Board of
Vocational Experts. She received her Master's degree at U.C.
Berkeley in Counseling Psychology.
Contact – www.californiacareerservices.com
Name – Johnson O’Connor Research
Foundation
Title – Aptitude testing center
Locations – Los Angeles, San Francisco
Services – Helps professionals identify their natural strengths,
and directs them to careers that will use those abilities. Through
testing, lawyers unhappy in their work can find a new direction,
whether by switching practice areas, using their JD in a different
capacity, or by switching fields altogether. It can also identify
why their current job is not a good fit.
Background – Nation’s oldest center for the study of
human aptitudes. The organization believes that true job satisfaction
depends upon using those aptitudes (or natural talents and skills)
with which you were born. Testing at one of 11 US locations (see
below for others) takes a day and a half and yields a useful and
individualized job profile and post-test consulting. Fee includes
free follow-up for the first year.
Contact – www.jocrf.org
Name – Stephanie West
Allen, JD
Title – Professional development coach, consultant
and trainer.
Location – Denver (in person), national and international
(e-mail, phone).
Services – Works with lawyers to identify individual aptitude
and trait profiles to make career decisions. Certified to administer and interpret
the Highlands Ability Battery (a later version of the Johnson O'Connor Aptitude
battery). Helps lawyers to determine optimal work environments that match their
pattern of abilities. Knowing their unique profile enables lawyers to enhance
their problem-solving ability, communication, job satisfaction, and business
development.
Background – Practiced law for several years;
was active in the bar, including president of the Santa Clara County
(CA) Barristers. Wrote chapters for CA's Continuing Legal Education.
Taught Negotiation and Settlement at Hastings College of the Law.
After leaving law, Ms. Allen developed a stress reduction program
for lawyers. She writes articles on professional development, and
has taught the Psychology of Conflict, Psychology of Prejudice, and
Law and Psychology at University of Colorado (Denver). Ms. Allen
is a former training director for a large Denver law firm, where
her position included outplacement, performance evaluation, and coaching.
Contact – Stephanie@westallen.com. Go to www.idealawg.com to read Ms. Allen's blog.
Name – Anne Gottlieb Angerman, MSW
Title – Career strategist, coach and counselor; president of Career Matters.
Location – Denver-based; national and international
Services – Works with lawyers to help them market themselves, be more effective
in their firms, to change careers, or deal with life transition issues including retirement from
the law. Ms. Angerman also works with the families of lawyers. She uses the Myers Briggs assessment,
the Strong Interest Inventory, the Highlands Ability Battery, and other online assessments,
to identify a lawyer’s natural aptitudes, skills, values, interests, ideal work situations,
and work roles.
Background – Ms. Angerman, who received her MSW from the University of Wisconsin,
conducts workshops and CLE’s for lawyers and, as a clinical social worker, has worked extensively
with adults in career transition.
Contact – anne@anneangerman.com, or go to www.icareermatters.com. (720) 489-9409<
Name – Leslie Hilton, JD
Title – Career and executive coach for
lawyers and firms
Location – Denver
Services – Coaches attorneys through career and professional
issues, including career transition (job change, career alternatives,
outplacement), practice development, performance and motivation,
work-life balance and alignment, and leadership. Full suite of assessment
and planning tools. Works in person, groups, and by phone and email.
Background – A trained career and executive coach. Has 15 years
experience as a practicing attorney (private practice and in-house)
and is founder of a coaching firm with over 12 years coaching attorneys.
Holds national Master Certified Coach (MCC) designation. Has published
on career topics in LA Times syndicated “Career Builders”;
is a speaker and author on career-related topics for lawyers, law
student and CLE groups. Former president, Colorado Lawyers Health
Program; active member of ABA Law Practice Management Section, and
founder of Career Transitions support group. JD and BA with distinction
(Sociology).
Contact – Leslie@SuccessPartner.com
Name – Suzanne Holmes, EdD
Title – Psychotherapist, licensed professional counselor
Location – Boulder
Services – Helps lawyers with issues associated with life/career transition,
career decision-making, and personal empowerment. Also assist individuals
and couples with concerns that relate to interpersonal stress and
conflict; catastrophic and early childhood trauma; mood disorders
such as depression, anxiety and panic.
Background – Ed.D. in counselor education/counseling psychology. Worked
as director and/or associate director of career services at two nationally
ranked law schools, and served as career consultant at a third law
school, and acted as mental health consultant in each of these settings.
Simultaneously maintained a private counseling practice assisting
attorneys who were experiencing dissatisfaction with their career
situations. Has authored several articles and presented numerous
seminars on career satisfaction for attorneys and on attorney counseling.
Currently, an affiliate faculty member at a Denver university, and
active member of the American Counseling Association.
Contact – Suzaholmes@aol.com
Name – Johnson O’Connor
Research Foundation
Title – Aptitude testing center
Location – Denver
Services – See California listing for details.
Contact – www.jocrf.org
Name – Paul H. Burton, JD
Title – Professional development consultant
Location – Portland
Services– Professional development consulting to lawyers and law firms. Uses a collaborative approach to get clients where they want to be.
Background – Practiced law for 12 years in large-firm and corporate counsel capacities. After leaving the practice, Burton co-founded a successful online retailer of outdoor equipment. He has consulted with numerous lawyers in their own efforts to sharpen their non-legal skills, to increase their productivity and, in some cases, to leave the practice of law. He has successfully achieved professional satisfaction for himself and many others.
Contact – paul@visionmechanix.com
Name – Linda Carpenter, PhD
Title – Career consultant and executive coach
Location – Portland
Services– Helping lawyers create excellence and meaning in
their lives, in their work and in the workplace.
Background – A clinical psychologist with expertise in understanding
human nature and helping clients clarify who they are and what they
need to do to act on their own behalf in creating a life that is
rich and satisfying. Over 15 years experience working with law firms
and law firms wishing to integrate performance excellence and personal
meaning.
Contact – ljcpdx@msn.com
Name – Kenton R. Hill, EdD, CMC
Title - Performance coach for leaders and professionals
Services – Assisting lawyers and law firm leaders in the development
of skills and application of talents on the people side of the business.
Promoting job satisfaction and professional success through strengthening
intrapersonal and interpersonal competencies. Providing assessment,
feedback, and coaching in the non-technical, yet critical aspects
of success in the legal profession.
Background – EdD with post-doctoral work in Executive Leadership.
Masters Degree with emphasis on psychological and career assessment.
Certified Management Consultant through IMC USA, a member of the
International Council of Management Consulting Institutes. Former
senior consultant for an international outplacement firm, and in
15th year as coach to leaders and service professionals.
Contact – www.KenHillKRH.com
Name – Minda Redburn, MA
Title – Career Development Counselor
Location – Portland
Services – Counsels and coaches lawyers who want to accomplish
a career redesign or change. Helps clients identify and implement
career options that fit who they are, and that will bring them joy.
Offers psychological and personal growth counseling to support clients
with the challenges involved in rethinking their professional identity
and with accomplishing a career transition. Customizes the process
to the goals and needs of each client.
Background – A Masters Degree in counseling psychology. Extensive
experience with lawyers in career transition on referral from Oregon
Attorney Assistance Program. Workshop presenter for the OAAP and
other organizations on career-related topics. Studied organizational
behavior and interpersonal dynamics in the workplace, and has 15
years in HR development and management training in corporate settings,
of which 10 years were spent working with lawyers in a private career
development counseling practice.
Contact – mindaredburn@macforcego.com
Name – Jane Faulkner, JD, ACC, CPCC
LMHC
Title – Professional coach & consultant
Location – Seattle
Services – Helping women attorneys align life purpose and career, and achieve
work/life balance. Works primarily by phone. In-person coaching also available.
Background – Ms. Faulkner, a mother of two, practiced law for 12 years
before transitioning into public project consulting and non-profit leadership. She received her
JD from Ohio State Law School in 1978. Her primary area of practice was commercial litigation.
As a coach, she is certified by both the Coaches Training Institute and International Coaching
Federation, and is an officer with the Puget Sound Coaches Association. In addition she has been
an active participant of Leadership Tomorrow in Seattle and Tacoma.
Contact – www.embodiedliving.com
Name – David Goodenough, MS
LMHC
Title – Career counselor & law firm
consultant
Location – Seattle
Services – Career counseling for lawyers focusing on career development/promotions,
career transitions, practice selection, and coaching for the solo
practice start-ups. Also leadership coaching, troubled employee counseling,
and outplacement counseling for lawyers. Works in person and by phone.
Background – Licensed Mental Health Counselor, 20 years career counseling,
outplacement counseling and leadership coaching with a heavy focus
on lawyers and law firms. Twelve years of social services administration
and mental health counseling prior to private practice. Extensive
knowledge of law firms and in-house legal work via years of consulting.
Contact – David@GoodenoughCompany.com
Name – Irene Leonard, JD
Title – Business development coach
Location – Seattle
Services – Helping lawyers create the practice
they want by improving their focus and direction, their practice
and marketing
skills, and helping them grow their practice with an emphasis on
overall satisfaction. Offers telephone consulting and coaching,
as well as periodic tele-classes.
Background – Member of the Washington State
Bar Association and the Law Society of British Columbia. Certified
by the International
Coach Federation. Has 20 years experience in both the US and Canada
as a lawyer, business owner, in-house counsel, real estate executive,
and investor relations manager.
Contact – www.CoachingforChange.com
Name – Janet Scarborough, Ph.D., M.C.C.
Title – Consulting psychologist, career counselor/coach
Location – Seattle (Mercer Island)
Services – Provides career-change and leadership coaching for
lawyers in private practice, in corporate, law firm and small business start-up
settings, and helps individuals evaluate career options outside of the law.
Background – 15+ years assisting professionals achieve
greater success and satisfaction in their careers.
Contact – js@bridgewaycareer.com. Go to www.bridgewaycareer.com.
Name – Karen Summerville, JD
Title – Career counselor for lawyers
Location – Seattle
Services – Helps attorneys find success and satisfaction by
assessing career options and targeting appropriate markets effectively,
even in challenging times. Works with experienced and less experienced
attorneys who are seeking a change within the profession, as well
as those seeking to leave the profession. Also offers outplacement
services.
Background – Extensive experience in the Seattle legal community,
including 10 years as career counselor and over 10 years as a practicing
attorney. Former law firm partner, VP of an international outplacement
firm, and interim career services director at the University of Washington
School of Law. A frequent speaker at CLEs and seminars. Her advice
column appears regularly in the King County Bar Bulletin.
Contact – www.LegalCareerManagement.com
Name – Johnson O’Connor
Research Foundation
Title – Aptitude testing center
Location – Seattle
Services – See California listing above for
details.
Contact – www.jocrf.org
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