MatterValue Placement · Confidential candidate intake

You know why you're reading this. It's probably one of these.

Your firm doesn't have a plan for you.
You are not being valued.
Your firm doesn't have a vision.
You want a bigger platform.
You want a smaller platform.
You want to explore a different practice area, but you can't.
You have lifestyle constraints and need a more flexible place.

Whatever your reason, it does you no good when a recruiter throws your resume into a smile-and-dial process, promises everyone roses, walks off with the cash... and you are stuck, having wasted two years of your life.

Move. But do it right.

I developed the Sovereign Reasoning System over 30 years of coaching lawyers and advising law firms on strategy. Thirty years. Now I blend that experience with state-of-the-art AI mapping to increase the likelihood that your next two years are the best of your career.

Help me help you. :)

Paul Ward

Fill out the form below confidentially, or email me directly at paul@mattervalue.ai.

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Who you are

Name

Personal email (not your firm address)

Cell (optional)

Market(s) you'd consider

Where you are now

Current title & firm

Practice area

Years of practice

What you're open to

Portable business, if any (optional; a range is fine)

The Sovereign three

These map to the three dimensions we match on. Short answers are fine. We go deeper in conversation. Curious about the framework? See Sovereign Reasoning.

The Innovator: what do you actually want to build in the next chapter?

The Executor: how do you work best, and what kind of platform lets you do it?

The Legacy Builder: ten years out, what does this move need to have made possible?

Anything else

Timing, constraints, firms to avoid, or anything we should know (optional)

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