“I am here to help you land your dream career.”

I am the founder of Leave Law Behind, a career coaching program to help attorneys transition out of the law and land “non-law”, alternative careers.

Leave Law Behind grew out of the reality that not every lawyer should continue to practice law … and that an attorney’s skill set can be applied to other industries to add value. Leave Law Behind helps attorneys who want to leave the law to showcase how their “legal” skills are actually transferable to alternative, non-law job in which they can add value and create a new life for themselves.

I graduated University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1999 and after a few years in the legal field left law behind to create a number of different enterprises.

The Hastings career services office asked me to speak about my professional experience in branching out from the law in July 2009 during its summer speaking series. After speaking to a packed room of lawyers and law students, I saw their pain and hatched another business idea – Leave Law Behind.

I’ll give you some color on my background, as I’ve done a lot since I’ve left the law, and this comes in handy when helping Leave Law Behind members on their path out.

I used to work with Slalom, a global strategy consulting firm, where I helped Fortune 500 companies with research, corporate strategy and executive storytelling. Previously, I worked with Schireson Associates, a boutique market research and strategy consultancy with a special focus on enterprise leaders in technology, consumer products and media.

Prior to that, I was Chief Communications Officer of File Right, a technology company that empowers its users to securely, affordably and confidently file their immigration applications (Green Card, Citizenship) on their own with the U.S. Government. I led FileRight’s corporate planning, spearheaded its business development approach and helped steer its overall brand strategy.

In addition, I served for three and half years as Vice President of Operations and In-House Counsel at Workshare, a document comparison, collaboration and security software company where I focused primarily on software licensing.

From 2000 to 2001, I served as Business Development Associate and Legal Affairs Manager for I-Impact, an Israeli data-warehousing and predictive analytics start-up.

I am also the Managing Director of the boutique family run San Francisco investment bank, Berman Capital.

In December of 2006, I sold my first company, Gytha Mander, a high fashion men’s clothing line, to Revel Industries.

I have a BA in Rhetoric from the University of California at Berkeley and a JD from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. I am licensed by the State Bar of California and hold the Series 7 and 63 security licenses.

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