Career Coaching
Work with vetted Career Corner specialists who understand the JD-to-business transition, including career direction, leadership confidence, personal positioning, decision-making, and confidential planning while still practicing.
Executive Coaching for Lawyers from Ex Judicata helps JDs translate legal expertise into business leadership, board readiness, nonlegal career moves, and stronger executive presence. Through vetted Career Corner specialists, targeted diagnostics, interview preparation, personal branding, and practical business education, lawyers gain confidential support for navigating pivotal career decisions with clarity, credibility, and momentum.
Confidential coaching, branding, interview, diagnostic, and business-readiness support built specifically for JDs.
Work with vetted Career Corner specialists who understand the JD-to-business transition, including career direction, leadership confidence, personal positioning, decision-making, and confidential planning while still practicing.
Reframe your lawyer CV, LinkedIn profile, executive bio, and achievement statements so business hiring managers understand your strategic value beyond legal practice.
Prepare for behavioral, competency, case-style, panel, executive-search, board, nonprofit, government, and business interviews with JD-specific coaching and practical response frameworks.
Use the EXJ Career Diagnostic to map your personality traits against 25 business careers and clarify which paths fit your strengths before committing time and energy.
Strengthen executive presence, onboarding readiness, business communication, decision-making, and performance habits for lawyers moving into management, advisory, compliance, risk, or strategy roles.
Prepare for corporate, nonprofit, or public-company board opportunities through board-focused coaching, certification pathways, interview preparation, and director positioning tailored to JD strengths.
Start by identifying what you want next: a senior nonlegal role, board service, business leadership, a legal-adjacent move, or a full career pivot. Coaching helps separate real fit from reactive escape planning.
Explore real examples of lawyers building careers in business, compliance, risk, advisory, and leadership.
Ex Judicata is built exclusively for lawyers considering careers beyond traditional practice.
Every resource is designed around the specific challenges lawyers face when repositioning professionally.
Career Corner includes carefully selected coaches for CV, branding, interviews, and leadership development.
The platform crossed 500,000 unique users and supports a growing JD transition ecosystem.
Coaching and platform resources are structured for discretion, especially for still-practicing lawyers.
Experienced leaders helping JDs build careers beyond law.
Co-Founder
Neil Handwerker is the Co-Founder of Ex Judicata, the world's only comprehensive employment platform dedicated to helping lawyers transition from legal practice to fulfilling nonlegal careers. After earning his JD, Neil briefly practiced law before recognizing it wasn't the right fit and pivoting to a career in business. That firsthand experience became the foundation of his mission. He co-founded Fulcrum Information Services, which grew into a market leader in management education for outside counsel, in-house lawyers, and C-suite executives. Neil later became a seasoned legal recruiter before launching Ex Judicata in 2022 alongside his long-time business partner Kimberly Fine. With over 75 years of combined industry experience between the two founders, Neil brings deep expertise in legal recruiting, career transitions, and platform building to every aspect of the company.
Co-Founder
Kimberly Fine is the Co-Founder of Ex Judicata and a seasoned business leader with an MBA and decades of experience at the intersection of legal services and publishing. As the long-time business partner of Neil Handwerker, Kim helped build Fulcrum Information Services into a market leader in management education for outside counsel, in-house lawyers, and C-suite executives. She subsequently held prominent roles at several leading legal publications, deepening her expertise in the legal industry and the career challenges facing JDs. In 2022, Kim co-founded Ex Judicata to create a first-of-its-kind platform connecting lawyers seeking nonlegal career paths with organizations eager to hire JD talent. Her business acumen and media savvy have been instrumental in growing the platform to over 500,000 unique users and launching the groundbreaking EXJ Community.
Executive coaching for lawyers helps attorneys clarify career direction, strengthen leadership presence, translate legal experience into business value, and prepare for senior conversations outside traditional practice. For JDs exploring nonlegal roles, coaching may include career strategy, CV and LinkedIn repositioning, interview preparation, board readiness, onboarding planning, and confidence-building during a confidential transition.
Connect with Ex Judicata to explore the right next step.
Major platform reach among JD career changers.
Specialists selected for lawyer transitions.
Built exclusively for lawyer career pivots.
Reach out to Ex Judicata to discuss executive coaching, Career Corner specialists, platform access, or the best resources for your career transition.
You can also send us a quick email at kfine@exjudicata.com.
You can also send us a quick email at kfine@exjudicata.com.