Kat Johnston spent over a decade between BigLaw litigation and being in-house at a Silicon Valley company. The intensity of working in those environments and the stress took their toll. So, Kat started to prioritize taking better care of herself. Ultimately, as her focus and priorities shifted, Kat decided to leave practice and has taken the past 2 years off to give herself time to reset, explore, and find the next right step for her career journey.
In this episode, we discuss:
Lawyer’s Escape Plan Quiz: http://bit.ly/lawyersescaperoutequiz
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megansmileyesq/
Kat’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildkatwandering/
Jan Newman leaves Big Law to earn her PhD and become a licensed clinical psychologist and executive coach
Heather Hubbard leaves law firm partnership to start a personal and professional development company
Summer Challenge: Take Action
Alex Su leaves big law litigation for legal technology sales
Mary Cobb tells about how she took a break from law to learn to paint in Italy, and now combines her careers in law and art
Alexis Robertson talks leaving litigation to run diversity and inclusion programs in Big Law, and what really needs to happen to achieve progress
Annie Little talks about shifts in law practice and career searches in the Covid-19 era
Chris Gillett leaves litigation to become a headshot photographer
Josh Ferguson leaves legislative practice to be a stay-at-home dad
Angela Han tells us how she built a dual career in law and health coaching
Travis Hornsby tells us how to break free from the student loan albatross
Clara Jung leans into her impulsivity and leaves litigation to build her own interior design firm
Annie Little helps rid us of lawyer-brain and get on the path to a happier career
Year-End Wrap-Up and Top 6 Lessons (I know it should be 5 or 10, but 6 is what I’ve got)
Adam Oliver tries multiple law firms and practice areas before leaving practice to run his own legal recruiting company
Jonathan Laubinger has no regrets about leaving practice before he even started for a career as an actuary
Jonathan Liu leaves employment law to become a real estate agent and investor
Rachel Solomon leaves litigation to pursue storytelling: first as a freelance writer, then as a novelist, and ultimately through brand creation at her own firm
Adam Friedl tells us how he transitioned from public interest law to software engineering
Melissa Lorenzo-Herve tells us how she ditched big law for a dual career in legal publishing and fashion
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