Litigation vs Transactional Law [What Does a Corporate Attorney Do | What Do Litigators Do]

Wondering what does a corporate attorney do? What do litigators do? What it’s like to be a young lawyer practicing as one or the other? You’ve come to the right place! As you may have already experienced yourself, lawyers are traditionally divided into two major categories: (1) corporate (or transactional) lawyers and (2) litigators. There are tons of sub-specialties in each category, but which one you fit into (or aspire to fit into) will be the question you are asked most often once you declare that you want to be a lawyer!

P.S. Deciding your career path in law school and beyond graduation is not easy, and law schools do a terrible job of explaining the difference. SO, to get the ins and outs of the realities of litigation vs transactional law -- what each means, what the job looks like, and how you can expect your career to develop -- check out this video!

A huge thank you to Angela Vorpahl for having Brett on as a guest. Check out her channel, which is focused on helping aspiring lawyers and practicing attorneys build an exciting and fulfilling career:    / @angelavorpahl  

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Brett A. Cenkus has 20+ years of experience in business law, finance, and entrepreneurship. Through Cenkus Law, PC, he provides advice and services for mergers & acquisitions (M&A), securities offerings, founders’ agreements, and other general business law issues.

Through Braaten Woods, LLC, Brett helps business owners in the lower middle market ($2MM - $25MM) position themselves for sale, find buyers, negotiate, and close M&A deals.

Brett also maintains merger-resources.com, a site packed with free articles, videos, checklists, deal diagrams, template contracts, and other tools to help pass M&A knowledge to others.

Brett regularly consults with entrepreneurs and invests his own capital as an angel investor.

From 2010-2013, Brett served as Chief Legal Counsel of a publicly-traded international oilfield services company. From 2001 to 2006, he and a partner founded and built Paragon Residential Mortgage. Bridge Investments acquired Paragon in 2006.

Brett holds a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania.

Brett lives in Austin with his wife, Cathryn, and two children. He enjoys reading, squash, classic movies, great food and wine, and the New England Patriots.

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