Aligned Podcast—From Government Lawyer to Legacy Builder: Sarah Horowitz on Pivoting Into Estate Planning

In this episode of Aligned, Jessie sits down with Sarah Horowitz — lawyer, mom of four, and founder of the Sarah Horowitz Law Group, Adulting Docs, and the Legacy Collective — to talk about what it really takes to build a law practice around your life instead of the other way around.

Sarah shares how a missed school event while sitting idle at her government desk became the turning point that pushed her to leave a stable job at the FDA and start her own estate planning and adoption practice.

She and Jessie talk about the fear that comes with giving up a steady paycheck, why estate planning is one of the most learnable and accessible practice areas in law, and how Sarah has built three interconnected ventures — her law firm, Adulting Docs (documents for young adults turning 18), and the Legacy Collective (a mentorship program for women building estate planning practices) — all rooted in her strengths as a connector and a mentor.

They also get into something more personal: what it means to think through legacy, values, and how we want to be remembered, and why having these conversations with the people we love is one of the greatest gifts we can give them.

• How a government law job led Sarah to start her own law practice
• Facing the fear of leaving a secure paycheck to go out on her own
• Creating a career you enjoy that works for your whole life as a lawyer-mom
• The power of female mentoring in law
• Why estate planning is one of the most learnable, in-demand practice areas in law
• Building Adulting Docs to help young adults (and their parents) get essential legal documents in place
• Launching the Legacy Collective, a mentorship community for women growing estate planning practices

• Why there’s an abundance of clients — and no need to see other estate planning attorneys as competition

• Sarah Horowitz Law Group: https://www.sarahhorowitzlawgroup.com/
• Adulting Docs: https://adultingdocs.com/
• The Legacy Collective mentorship program (next cohort starts in September!) — linked from the Sarah Horowitz Law Group site above
• Email Sarah directly: sarah@sarahhorowitzlaw.com

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