DISC+ PROFILE
Senior Attorney
Senior Attorney
Job Summary
A senior attorney is an upper-level legal professional that provides counsel and legal services and takes a leadership role in mentoring lower-level attorneys. They offer legal advice, prepare and draft the appropriate documentation, create effective legal strategies, and represent their clients in trials, mediations, and arbitration hearings. They are responsible for communicating effectively to explain legal issues and options to their clients while maintaining high standards of confidentiality handling personal information, as well as staying apprised of changes in the law. A senior attorney typically works at a law firm full-time, in a corporation’s legal department, a non-profit, or government agency.
See Full Job DescriptionPersonality types of a Senior Attorney
Each letter of DISC represents polar personality types with correlating behaviors and characteristics. Learn more about their strengths and weaknesses, how they communicate, and
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D
high D - Problem Solver
Likes to make decisions
I
high I - Influencer
Likes to meet new people
S
low S - Voyager
Likes new adventures
C
high C - Rule Follower
Likes to follow procedures
Behavioral Qualities for a Senior Attorney
Behavioral qualities make people naturally act in a certain way. Utilize people's natural behaviors and strengths at work.
- Decisive. Quickly deciding on a specific action.
- Social/Outgoing. Extroverted and people oriented.
- Flexible. Open to different ways of trying things.
- Detail oriented. Attentive to all levels of detail.
Motivators for a Senior Attorney
Motivators are values that drive people. To retain passionate employees, place people in a role that utilizes their values
- Economic: A utilitarian drive for results and maximal returns. To tend to the economic drive, assign tasks that directly relate to the bottom line.
- Political: A drive for authority, to take command. To tend to the political drive, give them opportunities to develop their skills and grow their legal career.
- Regulatory: A drive to maintain order and the status quo. To tend to the regulatory drive, provide plenty of structure for them to follow.
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