Alumni Career Snapshots

Kim Pettit
 

Employer Name  

Law Office of Kim M. Pettit

Job Title  

Attorney (boss, gopher and everything in between)

Major and Class Year

BS Business Administration-1977

Additional education

  • St. Mary's School of Law (1977- 1980)

  • Continuing legal education (30 hours per year)

Briefly describe what you do   

Solve people's problems or try to prevent them from happening.

What other jobs have you had?

  • Real estate agent for the commercial brokerage firm known as Grieshaber & Roberts in San Antonio, Texas (1985-1988)

  • Special Agent with Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Agency in San Antonio, Texas (approximately 1991-1992)

What are the key skills, abilities, and personal qualities necessary to succeed in this type of work?  

  1. Ability to work with people

  2. Ability to analyze situations and consider possible solutions

  3. Attention to detail

What do you enjoy most about your current position?  

 

The flexibility of being my own boss and being able to select the cases I want and set my own hours.

Most important/valuable lesson or activity in college that impacted your career  

The ability to read something and hone it to the issues involved.

What advice for someone entering this field?

 

Be flexible.  Having a law degree opens lots of door to different kinds of work.  It doesn't mean you have to go to court, although going to court is great training.

Questions?

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