Legal Search and Placement

Today, more than ever, legal employers recognize that hiring the right staff is the key to capturing a distinct competitive advantage in the market. Special Counsel understands this fact, and has been placing attorneys, paralegals, and legal support and litigation support candidates into law firms and corporate legal departments since 1987. Throughout our long tenure in the direct hire legal search and placement industry, Special Counsel has leveraged the experience of our highly trained and knowledgeable staff to provide legal employers with top-notch talent across all areas of law and experience levels. We have placed thousands of candidates with the skills and experience demanded by our sophisticated clients. This history of success gives us unique insight and a deep understanding of the legal industry in each of the separate markets we serve. Our goal is to enable our clients to implement their competitive business strategies by helping them hire the best legal professionals for their organizations.

Our direct hire legal search services are founded on an executive search model. Under this model, we proactively search for and uncover outstanding passive candidates in the legal marketplace who are not currently seeking jobs. We focus on those specific individuals who can bring immediate value to our clients’ bottom lines when they are hired, as well as years down the road. Adding real value requires more than just sending a resume or setting up an interview and screening a candidate. It involves assessment, exercising discretion and good judgment, and assisting all parties in making an informed employment decision. Our goal is the same as our clients’ – avoiding costly hiring mistakes while placing the best talent in their unique organizational settings.

Special Counsel recruiters enjoy strong relationships with sought-after candidates across the country. As the recognized leader in the legal search industry, Special Counsel routinely receives our strongest candidates due to the strength of our reputation and the service we have delivered to candidates and clients in the past. Our success in capturing referrals gives us unique — and often exclusive — access to high-caliber candidates who come to us through the recommendation of clients and candidates we know and trust. This broad background and participation in the legal community provide Special Counsel access to a caliber of legal talent not readily found with other legal search firms and staffing agencies.

To learn more about Special Counsel’s legal search and placement services, find your local Special Counsel office or contact us today.