Law & Policy

Hi Casters. I have worked with a lot of former lawyers in my career and they have always been terrific business partners. I wrote a bit about that today https://avc.xyz/former-lawyers

Cross casting @fredwilson.eth’s take on former lawyers - which apply to all crypto lawyers IMO

Love this!

As a former in-house counsel at Amex, I transitioned to the business side (corp strategy) 2 years ago to push crypto, and fully agree my experience helped immensely.  Tho, we’re still not doing anything in crypto ha.

Anyways, law school is all about getting good at issue spotting.  And then applying the relevant rules/laws (IRAC, anyone?).  I think that’s one of the main skills that translates to many facets of business…figuring out quickly what the main issue is and solving for that.  I see many of my colleagues get bogged down with irrelevant facts/concerns that don’t drive to the heart of the matter. 

But, I also worked with many lawyers who were too far along in their careers, and too hard-headed, loved to argue way too much, and seemingly didn’t have any empathy for our customers, to make the transition to the biz.   

So ur spot on with lawyers making the transition early/mid career.  Before their minds cement into arrogance.

Adding another great perspective from @psd

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Adding another great perspective from @psd 

https://warpcast.com/psd/0x081babbf