Lawyer Career Change Profiles
If you are a lawyer contemplating a career change it can help to know others have walked the career change path already.
Here you will find a collection of our interviews with lawyers from a wide range of legal backgrounds. They have moved in diverse directions and have kindly shared their career change stories with us.
Career Changes Outside of Legal Practice
Emma Mapp (was a commercial property lawyer; now co-runs London Photo Festival)
Eva Voutsaki (was an immigration lawyer; now a photographer)
Alex Wade (media lawyer and author)
Ginny Davis (was a barrister; now a comedy writer and performer)
Tim Kevan (was a barrister; now an author and business owner)
Alex Williams (was a barrister; now in film animation)
Robert Black (was a barrister; now a writer)
Daniel Harris (was trainee solicitor; now an author, freelance journalist and copywriter)
Katie Hutt (was a City lawyer; now in international development)
Nicola Marshall (was a commercial lawyer; now in-house compliance officer)
Anonymous (was a trainee solicitor in criminal & immigration; now in international development)
Jon Khoo (was a pensions lawyer; now in a social enterprise)
Gemma Wayman (was a family solicitor; now a charity project manager)
Alison Naftalin (was a government lawyer; now in overseas development)
Lucy Gregory (was a corporate tax lawyer; now runs own business writing services company)
Sarah Osmond (was an employment lawyer; now runs own interior design business)
Dee Ripoll (was a general practice solicitor; now runs own surf school business)
David Coldrick (was a private client lawyer; now runs a care home)
Emma Mapp (was a commercial property lawyer; now co-runs the London Photo Festival)
Jon Rathbone (was a corporate lawyer; now runs own children's potty business)
Nick Lindsay (was a corporate lawyer; now owns a corporate and company secretarial firm)
Jonny Goldstone (was an M&A lawyer; now owns a car hire business)
Lara Quie (was a European Competition Lawyer; now runs own luxury kitchen business)
Gavin Rosenthal (was a maritime lawyer; now runs an art consultancy business)
Cesca Maurice Williams (was a City lawyer; now owns an online gardening business)
Darab Khan and Chris Lipka (were City lawyers; now have portfolio careers including own business)
Career Changes Within Legal Practice
Nicola Marshall (was a sports/general commercial lawyer; now working in strategy at a charity)
Clinton Genty Nott (was a shipping finance lawyer; now in-house at a bank)
Tom Grant (was a property lawyer; now in-house property and commercial lawyer)
Rob Birkett (was a private practice shipping litigation lawyer; now an in-house shipping lawyer)