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Lawyers

Represent clients in criminal and civil litigation and other legal proceedings, draw up legal documents, or manage or advise clients on legal transactions. May specialize in a single area or may practice broadly in many areas of law.

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  • Skills
  • WorkKeys®
  • Abilities
  • Knowledge
  • Career Video
  • Pay
  • Ohio Employment Trends
  • Typical Education
  • Personality
  • Tools
  • Technology
  • Gather evidence to formulate defense or to initiate legal actions by such means as interviewing clients and witnesses to ascertain the facts of a case.
  • Select jurors, argue motions, meet with judges, and question witnesses during the course of a trial.
  • Help develop federal and state programs, draft and interpret laws and legislation, and establish enforcement procedures.
  • Search for and examine public and other legal records to write opinions or establish ownership.
  • Present evidence to defend clients or prosecute defendants in criminal or civil litigation.
  • Negotiate contractual agreements.
  • Present and summarize cases to judges and juries.
  • Represent clients in court or before government agencies.
  • Act as agent, trustee, guardian, or executor for businesses or individuals.
  • Negotiate settlements of civil disputes.
  • Probate wills and represent and advise executors and administrators of estates.
  • Probate wills and represent and advise executors and administrators of estates.
  • Interpret laws, rulings and regulations for individuals and businesses.
  • Supervise legal assistants.
  • Prepare legal briefs and opinions, and file appeals in state and federal courts of appeal.
  • Select jurors, argue motions, meet with judges, and question witnesses during the course of a trial.
  • Analyze the probable outcomes of cases, using knowledge of legal precedents.
  • Examine legal data to determine advisability of defending or prosecuting lawsuit.
  • Study Constitution, statutes, decisions, regulations, and ordinances of quasi-judicial bodies to determine ramifications for cases.
  • Examine legal data to determine advisability of defending or prosecuting lawsuit.
  • Advise clients concerning business transactions, claim liability, advisability of prosecuting or defending lawsuits, or legal rights and obligations.
  • Evaluate findings and develop strategies and arguments in preparation for presentation of cases.
  • Negotiate contractual agreements.
  • Prepare legal briefs and opinions, and file appeals in state and federal courts of appeal.
  • Study Constitution, statutes, decisions, regulations, and ordinances of quasi-judicial bodies to determine ramifications for cases.
  • Prepare, draft, and review legal documents, such as wills, deeds, patent applications, mortgages, leases, and contracts.
  • Select jurors, argue motions, meet with judges, and question witnesses during the course of a trial.

Work Activities

Work Activities

  • Gather evidence to formulate defense or to initiate legal actions by such means as interviewing clients and witnesses to ascertain the facts of a case.
  • Select jurors, argue motions, meet with judges, and question witnesses during the course of a trial.
  • Help develop federal and state programs, draft and interpret laws and legislation, and establish enforcement procedures.
  • Search for and examine public and other legal records to write opinions or establish ownership.
  • Present evidence to defend clients or prosecute defendants in criminal or civil litigation.
  • Negotiate contractual agreements.
  • Present and summarize cases to judges and juries.
  • Represent clients in court or before government agencies.
  • Act as agent, trustee, guardian, or executor for businesses or individuals.
  • Negotiate settlements of civil disputes.
  • Probate wills and represent and advise executors and administrators of estates.
  • Probate wills and represent and advise executors and administrators of estates.
  • Interpret laws, rulings and regulations for individuals and businesses.
  • Supervise legal assistants.
  • Prepare legal briefs and opinions, and file appeals in state and federal courts of appeal.
  • Select jurors, argue motions, meet with judges, and question witnesses during the course of a trial.
  • Analyze the probable outcomes of cases, using knowledge of legal precedents.
  • Examine legal data to determine advisability of defending or prosecuting lawsuit.
  • Study Constitution, statutes, decisions, regulations, and ordinances of quasi-judicial bodies to determine ramifications for cases.
  • Examine legal data to determine advisability of defending or prosecuting lawsuit.
  • Advise clients concerning business transactions, claim liability, advisability of prosecuting or defending lawsuits, or legal rights and obligations.
  • Evaluate findings and develop strategies and arguments in preparation for presentation of cases.
  • Negotiate contractual agreements.
  • Prepare legal briefs and opinions, and file appeals in state and federal courts of appeal.
  • Study Constitution, statutes, decisions, regulations, and ordinances of quasi-judicial bodies to determine ramifications for cases.
  • Prepare, draft, and review legal documents, such as wills, deeds, patent applications, mortgages, leases, and contracts.
  • Select jurors, argue motions, meet with judges, and question witnesses during the course of a trial.

Skills

  • Operation and Control

    Using equipment or systems.

  • Technology Design

    Making equipment and technology useful for customers.

  • Operations Analysis

    Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.

  • Installation

    Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs.

  • Management of Financial Resources

    Making spending decisions and keeping track of what is spent.

  • Negotiation

    Bringing people together to solve differences.

  • Reading Comprehension

    Reading work-related information.

  • Monitoring

    Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.

  • Time Management

    Managing your time and the time of other people.

  • Coordination

    Changing what is done based on other people's actions.

  • Science

    Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.

  • Operations Monitoring

    Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working.

  • Complex Problem Solving

    Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

  • Quality Control Analysis

    Testing how well a product or service works.

  • Judgment and Decision Making

    Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.

  • Management of Material Resources

    Managing equipment and materials.

  • Speaking

    Talking to others.

  • Mathematics

    Using math to solve problems.

  • Equipment Maintenance

    Planning and doing the basic maintenance on equipment.

  • Equipment Selection

    Deciding what kind of tools and equipment are needed to do a job.

  • Writing

    Writing things for co-workers or customers.

  • Management of Personnel Resources

    Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.

  • Learning Strategies

    Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.

  • Active Listening

    Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

  • Programming

    Writing computer programs.

  • Troubleshooting

    Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work.

  • Service Orientation

    Looking for ways to help people.

  • Persuasion

    Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.

  • Social Perceptiveness

    Understanding people's reactions.

  • Repairing

    Repairing machines or systems using the right tools.

  • Systems Analysis

    Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

  • Systems Evaluation

    Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.

  • Active Learning

    Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.

  • Critical Thinking

    Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

  • Instructing

    Teaching people how to do something.

WorkKeys®

Applied Math
4
Workplace Documents
7
Graphic Literacy
5

Abilities

  • Written Expression

    Communicating by writing.

  • Visual Color Discrimination

    Noticing the difference between colors, including shades and brightness.

  • Rate Control

    Changing when and how fast you move based on how something else is moving.

  • Arm-Hand Steadiness

    Keeping your arm or hand steady.

  • Deductive Reasoning

    Using rules to solve problems.

  • Problem Sensitivity

    Noticing when problems happen.

  • Category Flexibility

    Grouping things in different ways.

  • Speech Recognition

    Recognizing spoken words.

  • Peripheral Vision

    Seeing something to your side when your are looking ahead.

  • Mathematical Reasoning

    Choosing the right type of math to solve a problem.

  • Multilimb Coordination

    Using your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down.

  • Number Facility

    Adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing.

  • Oral Comprehension

    Listening and understanding what people say.

  • Oral Expression

    Communicating by speaking.

  • Flexibility of Closure

    Seeing hidden patterns.

  • Speech Clarity

    Speaking clearly.

  • Dynamic Flexibility

    Quickly and repeatedly bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching out with your body, arms, and/or legs.

  • Trunk Strength

    Using your lower back and stomach.

  • Finger Dexterity

    Putting together small parts with your fingers.

  • Depth Perception

    Deciding which thing is closer or farther away from you, or deciding how far away it is from you.

  • Extent Flexibility

    Bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching with your body, arms, and/or legs.

  • Visualization

    Imagining how something will look after it is moved around or changed.

  • Perceptual Speed

    Quickly comparing groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.

  • Speed of Closure

    Quickly knowing what you are looking at.

  • Dynamic Strength

    Exercising for a long time without your muscles getting tired.

  • Memorization

    Remembering words, numbers, pictures, or steps.

  • Originality

    Creating new and original ideas.

  • Static Strength

    Lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying.

  • Glare Sensitivity

    Seeing something even if there is a glare or very bright light.

  • Wrist-Finger Speed

    Making fast, simple, repeated movements of your fingers, hands, and wrists.

  • Inductive Reasoning

    Making general rules or coming up with answers from lots of detailed information.

  • Fluency of Ideas

    Coming up with lots of ideas.

  • Response Orientation

    Quickly deciding if you should move your hand, foot, or other body part.

  • Near Vision

    Seeing details up close.

  • Gross Body Coordination

    Moving your arms, legs, and mid-section together while your whole body is moving.

  • Auditory Attention

    Paying attention to one sound while there are other distracting sounds.

  • Written Comprehension

    Reading and understanding what is written.

  • Control Precision

    Quickly changing the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.

  • Selective Attention

    Paying attention to something without being distracted.

  • Night Vision

    Seeing at night or under low light.

  • Gross Body Equilibrium

    Keeping your balance or staying upright.

  • Speed of Limb Movement

    Quickly moving your arms and legs.

  • Manual Dexterity

    Holding or moving items with your hands.

  • Reaction Time

    Quickly moving your hand, finger, or foot based on a sound, light, picture or other command.

  • Explosive Strength

    Jumping, sprinting, or throwing something.

  • Information Ordering

    Ordering or arranging things.

  • Time Sharing

    Doing two or more things at the same time.

  • Stamina

    Exercising for a long time without getting out of breath.

  • Spatial Orientation

    Knowing where things are around you.

  • Sound Localization

    Noticing the direction that a sound came from.

  • Hearing Sensitivity

    Telling the difference between sounds.

  • Far Vision

    Seeing details that are far away.

Knowledge

  • English Language

    Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

  • Building and Construction

    Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.

  • Chemistry

    Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.

  • Mathematics

    Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

  • Administration and Management

    Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

  • Medicine and Dentistry

    Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.

  • Law and Government

    Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

  • Education and Training

    Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

  • Customer and Personal Service

    Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

  • Foreign Language

    Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.

  • Sales and Marketing

    Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

  • Engineering and Technology

    Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

  • Personnel and Human Resources

    Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

  • Public Safety and Security

    Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

  • Communications and Media

    Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.

  • Production and Processing

    Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

  • Geography

    Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.

  • Psychology

    Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

  • Physics

    Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes.

  • Sociology and Anthropology

    Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.

  • Food Production

    Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.

  • Fine Arts

    Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.

  • History and Archeology

    Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.

  • Philosophy and Theology

    Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.

  • Telecommunications

    Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

  • Biology

    Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.

  • Administrative

    Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.

  • Economics and Accounting

    Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

  • Transportation

    Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.

  • Computers and Electronics

    Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

  • Therapy and Counseling

    Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.

  • Design

    Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

  • Mechanical

    Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

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Pay

  • Typical Salary
  • $228,400
    $125,450
    $63,190
    Ohio
    US
    $208,000
    $151,160
    $72,780
  • Typical Hourly Wage
  • $110
    $60
    $30
    Ohio
    US
    $100
    $73
    $35

Ohio Employment Trends

  • Currently Employed 21,690
  • Yearly Projected Openings 880

Typical Education

Personality

Enterprising: People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.They do well at jobs that need:
  • Integrity
  • Attention to Detail
  • Dependability
  • Achievement/Effort
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Analytical Thinking

Tools

  • Compact disk players or recorders
  • Desktop computers
  • Digital video disk players or recorders
  • High capacity removable media drives
  • Liquid crystal display projector
  • Notebook computers
  • Optical character recognition systems
  • Overhead projectors
  • Personal computers
  • Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers
  • Photocopiers
  • Scanners

Technology

  • Accounting software
  • Analytical or scientific software
  • Calendar and scheduling software
  • Content workflow software
  • Data base user interface and query software
  • Data mining software
  • Desktop publishing software
  • Document management software
  • Electronic mail software
  • Enterprise resource planning ERP software
  • Information retrieval or search software
  • Internet browser software
  • Office suite software
  • Presentation software
  • Project management software
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Tax preparation software
  • Time accounting software
  • Video conferencing software
  • Word processing software
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