823 Advizers
Considering a career in law?
Christopher
Partner
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
UCLA 2005
College of William and Mary School of Law; Juris Doctor
Q1Career path
Networking and Internships
Litigation Experience
Legal Career Path
4:08
"That sort of kickstarted my legal career."
Q2Main responsibilities
Client Relations
Legal Practice
Business Management
1:57
"Help guide them on their career path and help them sort of develop their skills."
Q3Day in the life
Legal Practice
Teamwork
Time Management
2:49
"I make a list for myself about what other responsibilities I have. I check my calendar. I work out."
Q4Most important skills - role
Networking
Project Management
Communication
2:06
"Time and task management, prioritizing, setting expectations, and meeting them."
Q5Favorite parts - role
Mentorship
Relationship Building
Client Development
1:41
"I really enjoy developing younger talent and mentoring young attorneys and helping share the insights that I've gleaned in my 15 year career with them."
Q6Biggest challenge - role
Conflict Resolution
Workplace Challenges
Teamwork
0:58
"Addressing, you know, maybe well-founded issues that are raised by team members that need to be addressed on that sort of HR front."
Q7Favorite parts - industry
Brief Writing
Legal Research
Appellate Law
1:53
"The law has always been sort of one big logic puzzle for me and that's what I really love about it."
Q8Who thrives in industry
Client Relationship Management
Networking
Business Development
3:07
"To thrive in this industry, generating business for your firm is valuable. Having connections and client relationships leads to clients calling you for legal issues."
Q9Wish known before - industry
Business Development
Legal Practice
Client Development
1:34
"The business development and client development side of it is just as important as being a good, smart lawyer."
Q10Entry-level positions
Career Exploration
Entry-Level Jobs
Law Firm Experience
1:52
"There's really no job too small in the law firm where you won't have access to lawyers or to people who are practicing law."
Q11Significant lesson - career
Professionalism
Communication
Networking
2:22
"Being nice you never know where your next case is going to come from and there's a tendency in the legal profession for people to bloviate or be sort of hard-nosed and really try to attack their opposing attorneys."
Q12College ideas for success
Internships
Career Exploration
Passion
2:21
"Finding what I like to do, what I was passionate about and then going and doing that as a career."