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Attorney
By
Attorney
Career Profiles of the Profession
Who?
Name:
Stewart Levine
Stewart@ResolutionWorks.org
What?
Primary Practice Area & Subspecialty Fields:
I am a consultant, mediator and trainer. I teach individuals and organizations communication skills; how to resolve conflict and how to collaborate effectively.
When?
Years in Practice Area:
Since 1975.
Years in the Legal Profession:
Since 1972.
Where?
Employer:
ResolutionWorks
http://www.ResolutionWorks.org
Size/Sector:
Private Company
City/State:
Bethesda, MD
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Law School:
Rutgers with honors, law review.
Other Post-Graduate Education:
A great deal of self-study and non-academic learning.
Undergraduate School/Degree:
Syracuse University, B.A. Economics.
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Why?
Pluses/Challenges of Practice Area:
Pluses: Personal satisfaction; uses all of you; you can be yourself; uses legal knowledge. Challenges: Personal involvement; resistance; implementing new ideas and ways of being.
Core Skills/Key Knowledge Needed in Your Practice Area:
Psychology; interpersonal skills; understanding people; deep caring and a desire to take care of people; compassion.
Advice to Lawyers and Law Students Interested in Your Practice Area:
Learn about what makes you and other people tick; kill your own ego - your career is about helping and taking care of others.
How?
Career Path to Current Position:
10 years of varied legal experience; 6 years in the marketing dept. of AT&T; 5 years of work for an international training organization; all of the above done while being a seeker of wisdom.
Suggested Reading About Your Practice Area:
Getting To Resolution: Turning Conflict Into Collaboration, by Stewart Levine.
Job Search Techniques Used in Finding Your Position(s):
I made up my own job and I periodically redesign it.
Bar Affiliations and Activities:
ABA Law Practice Management Section
Chair, Visioning Task Force;
Chair, Law Practice Division;
Member, New Media & Internet Board;
Section Council.
Recent Professional Publications:
Getting to Resolution (4 Law Firm Governance No. 2, p. 34 Winter 1999);
Resolutionary View (American Bar Association Law Practice Management Magazine, October 1999);
Getting To Resolution: Turning Conflict Into Collaboration (San Francisco, Berrett-Koehler, 1998);
Silver Foxes: The Art of Resolution (American Bar Association Law Practice Management Magazine, April 1995).
Recent Professional Presentations:
ABA Law Practice Management Section Diversity Town Hall Meeting,
May 2000;
Society of Human Resource Managers (SHRM), December 2000;
Simon Fraser University Center for Management Innovation,
November 2000;
United States Department of Agriculture Conflict Resolution and Prevention Center Symposium, September 2000;
University of Massachusetts Spirituality in Business Conference,
June 2000;
University of San Francisco Executive MBA Alumni Symposium,
March 2000;
Society of Healthcare Professionals, March 2000;
Support Center for Nonprofit Management, 1999;
University of San Francisco 1999;
Society for Professionals In Dispute Resolution, September 1999;
Arizona State Bar Association, June 1999.
Memorable Career Moment:
Developed method of establishing collaboration and resolving conflict endorsed by the House Judiciary Committee and placed in the Congressional Record.
Worked with many Fortune 500 Companies like American Express, Genentic, and Oracle.
Featured in an article about "Trend Setters" in the legal profession.
Book "Getting to Resolution: Turning Conflict into Collaboration" (Berrett- Koehler 1998) was an Executive Book Club Selection, named one of the 30 Best Business Books of 1998, endorsed by Dr. Stephen Covey and featured in "The Futurist" magazine.
Intriguing Interests:
Cooking; writing poetry; writing a great novel; improving the resolution of conflict; and helping lawyers establish a new public identity.
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