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Employer Name
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Law Office of
Kim M. Pettit |
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Job Title
|
Attorney
(boss, gopher and everything in between) |
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Major and Class
Year |
BS Business
Administration-1977 |
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Additional
education |
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Briefly
describe what you do |
Solve people's
problems or try to prevent them from happening. |
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What other jobs
have you had? |
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Real estate
agent for the commercial brokerage firm known as Grieshaber &
Roberts in San Antonio, Texas (1985-1988)
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Special
Agent with Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Agency in San Antonio,
Texas (approximately 1991-1992)
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What are the
key skills, abilities, and personal qualities necessary to succeed
in this type of work? |
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Ability to
work with people
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Ability to
analyze situations and consider possible solutions
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Attention
to detail
|
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What do you
enjoy most about your current position?
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The flexibility
of being my own boss and being able to select the cases I want and
set my own hours. |
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Most
important/valuable lesson or activity in college that impacted your
career |
The ability to
read something and hone it to the issues involved. |
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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. |
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Questions? |
Email
askalumni@trinity.edu
Put the name of the alumni you wish to
contact in the subject line, then type your question. |