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They enjoy bringing order out of chaos, and are best at organizing information, data and task. They are precise, disciplined, dependable and accurate in their approach to tasks. They have a follow-through capacity essential in organizational life, and are comfortable with the operation and necessity of hierarchy, structure and rules. They value productivity, economic success and financial security for themselves and those they serve. Professional theme – “I orchestrate.”

Characteristics – Organizer, self-reliant, accurate, moral, ethical, risk-averse, formal, structured, productive, loyal, follower, appreciates structure, routine, rules and predictability.

Challenges – Over-reliance on authority, routines and habits; overly conforming, perfectionism, intolerance, prideful, analysis paralysis, skeptical, slow to trust.

Core motivation – To be safe and secure.

Vocational qualities – A natural ability to organize people and processes in right relationship to one another, and manage it all toward the accomplishment of defined goals. A precision and commitment to quality resulting in a strong work ethic.

Career Options

    Advertising-compliance lawyer
    Appellate lawyer
    Banking lawyer
    Contract (freelance) lawyer
    Consulting lawyer
      computing (training, systems purchase)
      document assembly systems
      expert witness on legal ethics
      improving quality/cost-effectiveness of inside counsel
      increasing law firm profitability
      law firm management
      law firm systems
      outsourcing legal services
      network design
      pension and profit-sharing programs
      time management
      trial management
    Corporate staff lawyer
    Corporate compliance officer
    General counsel of public company
    General counsel for bar association
    Government agency lawyer
    In-house counsel for accounting firm
    Insurance defense
    Insurance company lawyer
    Law firm practice:
      administrative
      banking
      bankruptcy
      general corporate
      complex civil litigation
      disciplinary action by licensing boards
      employee benefits
      employment
      employment relations
      public contracts
      due diligence specialist

    Legal assistant or paralegal
    Legal research and writing specialist
    Legislator
    Litigation management
    Managing partner
    Pro bono director for law firm
    Regulatory lawyer
    Researcher
    Risk management specialist
    Securities lawyer
    Staff lawyer for foundations/nonprofits

Angelique Electra, JD/MBA – Ms. Electra is a Denver-based career coach who created the JurisDoctor Profiles™, a self-assessment instrument designed to help lawyers identify and actualize individual strengths in their personal and professional lives. Contact – www.TheJurisDoctor.com.

 
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