Samantha Mears: Attorney for Business and Real Estate Transactions: On Law School, Taking the Bar, and Overcoming Imposter Syndrom

A real life Rachel Zane! Samantha is a transactional attorney focusing on business and real estate cases in Delaware (but is from a town near Alix Earle’s hometown!).Her career path started in college when she chose her major in political science in her undergrad. Then she went back to school to get her Masters to pursue a career in the FBI! She talks about what it is like to be “bad” at standardized testing but wanted to pursue going to Law School so she shows us that it is possible to overcome the thoughts we tell ourselves of being “bad at testing.”  It can sometimes just take creativity! Samantha talks about the imposter syndrome in the law field and during law school. We talk about what her day looks like as an attorney and we learn that a large part of her job is networking so she can get more clients.She shares the difference between transactional attorney vs a litigation attorney. Surrounding yourself with successful people can help you understand that everyone is just people at the end of the day. Women are becoming partners and CEOs more and more in the Law Space and the demand for a female attorneys are increasing at large. Her goal is to one day be her own boss and this field allows for multiple entrepreneurial pathways!  Pop Culture moment:Megan Fox episode on Call Her DaddyQuiet on Set Contact her below:https://www.wolfe-associates.com/the-teamhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-l-mears-681397ab/