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Access wealth-management roles and related nonlegal opportunities vetted for JD-friendliness, with filters that help attorneys identify business, advisory, and client-facing positions outside traditional legal practice.
Move from legal practice into wealth management with a platform built specifically for JDs. Ex Judicata helps transitioning attorneys understand where their legal judgment, fiduciary fluency, client-trust orientation, and estate-planning exposure fit inside wealth firms, RIAs, and advisory teams—then supports the move with vetted roles, targeted webinars, coaching, community, and business-skill preparation.
Focused resources for JDs pursuing wealth management roles, from discovery through interview preparation and placement support.
Access wealth-management roles and related nonlegal opportunities vetted for JD-friendliness, with filters that help attorneys identify business, advisory, and client-facing positions outside traditional legal practice.
Learn what wealth management hiring looks like for lawyers through a dedicated webinar featuring JD panelists and wealth-industry hiring managers who explain real transition paths.
Work with vetted Career Corner experts on positioning, interview preparation, and transition strategy tailored to lawyers pursuing wealth advisory, RIA, fiduciary, or client relationship roles.
Translate a legal CV and LinkedIn profile into business language that highlights client trust, fiduciary judgment, commercial awareness, and relationship value for wealth-management hiring teams.
Build confidence with financial statements, business numbers, and corporate finance concepts through a CLE-eligible course designed for JDs preparing for business and advisory interviews.
Connect with non-practicing lawyers and transitioning JDs who understand the identity, compensation, and credibility challenges of leaving legal practice for business careers.
Wealth management rewards the same qualities many strong attorneys already use: discretion, judgment, complex analysis, fiduciary sensitivity, and the ability to earn client trust. Ex Judicata helps you translate those strengths into a credible business profile, learn the industry’s relationship-driven hiring model, and prepare for roles where a JD can become a strategic advantage rather than a career-history footnote.
See how JDs move from legal practice into business, advisory, finance, and leadership paths.
Ex Judicata gives transitioning lawyers a purpose-built path into wealth management.
The only comprehensive platform devoted exclusively to JDs seeking careers beyond legal practice.
Wealth-management resources address relationship-driven hiring, fiduciary fluency, and attorney-to-advisor translation.
Courses, coaching, community, webinars, job board, and search support work together.
Founders bring 75+ years across legal recruiting, executive education, publishing, and JD careers.
Built by leaders who understand legal career transitions.
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.
Ex Judicata focuses on nonlegal roles where JD experience translates into business value, including wealth advisor, private wealth associate, relationship management, fiduciary administration, trust and estate planning support, client advisory, and RIA business-development roles. The platform helps attorneys understand which paths fit their background, then supports the transition with webinars, coaching, community connections, and a JD-friendly job board.
Get direction on roles, preparation, coaching, and next steps.
Large national audience of transitioning JDs.
First peer network for non-practicing lawyers.
75+ years combined founder industry experience.
Tell Ex Judicata where you are in your transition, and the team will help point you toward the right wealth-management resources, roles, coaching, or community support.
You can also send us a quick email at [email protected].
You can also send us a quick email at [email protected].