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 Forecast: “White Hot” Legal Career
Market Cools Slightly in 2008
by Brian Solem,
Classified Advertising Representative
2007 marked a year in which law firms,
staffing firms, and headhunters consistently
reported above-average years, both
financially and in terms of growth, even
amidst economical and ethical turmoil in
the legal field and beyond.
Although 2007 was a banner year for the
legal industry, the field sustained pointed
examinations from top to bottom. Public
debates ignited about the techniques law
schools use to market the profitability of a
JD, the increase in legal outsourcing, and
the effects of 2007’s economic
uncertainties on the legal market.
To begin this review, it is helpful to consult
the fall issue of Stanford Lawyer, the
university’s law school alumni publication,
in which dean Larry Kramer hypothesizes
that the legal profession is caught in an
endless cycle based on an “insidious
pressure to increase profitability,” which
has affected the way we approach careers
in this field today, from law school to
partnerships.
In his review of current trends in law,
Kramer writes, “Students say they want a
better work/life balance, yet invariably
choose the firm that ranks highest in The
American Lawyer’s list of the top 100 law
firms. Having spent their lives learning to
collect gold stars, they apparently find it
impossible to stop—something we (that is,
law schools) make easy by forcing most of
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them to graduate with a mountain of debt.”
The BigLaw dream is one that law schools,
based on fact or fiction, are more than
eager to sell to prospective students. The
backlash against these practices made
headlines this fall, when the Wall Street
Journal led its September 24 edition with
the story “Hard Case: Job Market Wanes
for U.S. Lawyers.”
The report suggested that law schools
were promoting career potentials and
alumni salaries based on misleading or
incomplete data, and that growth in the
legal career field was not projected to
match graduating class sizes from national
law schools.
In the article, UCLA law professor Richard
Sander suggests that prospective law
students are “mesmerized by what's
happening in big firms, but clueless about
what's going on in the bottom half of the
profession.”
Although most participants in this
discussion have sympathized unilaterally
with the plight of newly-minted attorneys,
Ilene Breitbarth takes a more pragmatic
approach. As the Membership & Marketing
Division Manager of Law Student Field
Recruitment for the American Bar
Association, Breitbarth’s unique
perspective makes her suggest that
although “law school career services
offices are trying to help those students by
providing networking opportunities and
different types of programs and resources,”
there is an “unrealistic expectation that the
career services office should find him/her
a job.”
Meanwhile, although major firms report
earnings that consistently trump the
previous years’ figures, the pebble of the
“credit crunch” has sent undulating pulses
through the legal tide pool. The New York
Law Journal’s report on London-based
Clifford Chance laying off six of its tenured
structure finance associates in early
November sent worried murmurs through
US firms, marking what could be the
beginning of long-term effects of lenient
lending practices on the legal field.
Alan Rubenstein, Executive Vice
President of Chicago Legal Search, noted
that “In the subsequent days and weeks
[after economic turbulence became
apparent], we have seen a noticeable
slowdown in precisely the areas that were
the most active, i.e., corporate, finance,
M&A, private equity and real estate.”
To allay fears, however, he remarks, “this
is a slowdown from a white hot market. We
have not seen evidence yet of a slowdown
to the point of widespread layoffs.”
As corporations of all sorts anticipate the
effects of a recessive economy, new cost-
cutting techniques become more
commonplace. In 2007, temporary and
contract attorneys faced some competition
from overseas document review services
prepared to complete comparable work for
a fraction of the cost.
In August, Bloomberg reported a sharp
increase in outsourcing contract work in
major US firms to Indian companies,
including at several national, Chicago-
based firms. In most situations, tasks are
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sent to South Asian legal firms at the
request of a firm’s clients to cut costs by
as much as 75 percent.
Rubenstein estimates that this trend will
continue to gain popularity for tasks that
don’t require the attention an on-site
attorney could offer, “particularly with the
rapid escalation of associate salaries and
the resistance of corporate clients to
continued significant fee increases.”
Amidst the regional, national, and global
fears that materialized in 2007, Chicago’s
legal job market remained unshaken,
according to the region’s top legal staffers
and recruiters.
Sarah Brule, Branch Director for Robert
Half Legal in Chicago, reports an upsurge
in the hiring of contract attorneys in 2007.
Even as some of Chicago’s larger firms
increase their outsourcing tendencies,
“Corporate legal departments and law
firms are utilizing contract attorneys more
often in response to increased e-discovery
requests for litigation matters.” Brule also
noted a striking increase in the number of
legal secretaries she has placed this year.
Curtis Linder, president and founder of
Linder Legal Staffing, stated that in 2007
“the number of direct-hire placements our
firm has made of in-house counsel with
our corporate law department clients is up
fourfold over 2006.” Linder suggests that
this surge can be attributed to “increased
demand by area GC’s for lawyer talent
equal to the level of demand of law firms,
coupled with the fact that the pendulum is
now swinging back in the direction of
corporations deciding to hold on to a larger
portion of the legal work they would
previously have assigned to outside
counsel.”
As the managing principal of LegalQuest
LLC, Ginger Wilson witnessed a shift
toward the recruitment of more specialized
lateral associates. “Headhunters were
used more to fill niche areas for law firms
and corporate law departments,” Wilson
noticed. She suggested that many
litigation positions, in contrast, were filled
without the assistance of headhunters.
Similarly, “as law firms sought to fulfill their
diversity initiatives, they partnered with
headhunting services that specialize in the
recruiting of diversity candidates.”
Similarly, Law Resources Branch manager
Heidi Gottberg noticed that staffing firms
were most frequently patronized “for the
really difficult positions to fill, and then it
was only after they had exhausted their in-
house recruiting through on-line recruiting
services.”
In terms of the new year’s salary
expectations, Robert Half’s 2008 Salary
Guide predicts that large and mid-size law
firms will see salary increases of 6-8%
from 2007, while smaller firms will see
increases between 3.2 and 3.4%. “Similar
to other major markets, hiring at large to
mid-size firms in Chicago is competitive,
especially for hot practice areas, including
intellectual property, commercial litigation,
commercial real estate and corporate law,”
Brule notes. “Legal professionals with
specialized skills and knowledge in these
areas will see the greatest salary
increases.”
Wilson suggests otherwise. Not only does
she anticipate that salaries for 2008 will
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remain unchanged, she also posits that
“we may see some firms that are willing to
reduce their billable hour requirements for
select associates who are willing to take a
reduction in their salary.”
Rubenstein predicts that 2008 will mark “a
moderation towards a more average year”
in legal hiring, in contrast with what he
labels an “above-average” 2007. He
nevertheless anticipates that the recently
opened Chicago branches of national law
firms will insulate the Midwest from any
significant recession in the legal field.
Jina Hubbard-Boerman agrees; as a legal
recruiter for Spherion, she notes, “Large
national firms typically keep the Chicago
market on an up-swing while trying to be
competitive with each other. Typically there
is modest growth or modest decline...not
large swings in one direction or the other.”
Wilson insists that, for job seekers, these
legal powerhouses will provide a variety of
new opportunities “to join nationally
recognized firms at a time when such firms
are in a strategic growth mode here in
Chicago.”
Larry Kramer, in his eloquent plea for
reform in the legal field, writes, “For now,
we must wake up to what is happening
and muster our will to secure the future of
our profession, preserving the qualities that
attracted so many of us to the study of law
in the first place.” The start of another year
serves as an ideal platform for contributing
dialogue to these and other debates in the
legal community, all while continuing
successful techniques and rethinking
approaches to this field.
 PARTNERING WITH YOUR
RECRUITER
By: Joyce M. Hitt
President, Preferred Legal Staffing, Inc.
In this article I will address the ways in which
clients may want to consider further utilizing
their recruiters, thus capitalizing on improved
and rapid results from their recruiters. Clients
will spend less time engaging recruiters,
reviewing resumes, interviewing candidates,
and will fill their openings sooner rather than
later.
The days of “exclusives” are gone; today it is
not unusual for clients to engage three, four
or even five recruiters on the same search.
There is a reason for this and it is, for the
most part, today’s recruiters differ in few
ways. They all offer competitive fees and
guarantees; they provide testing, and, in
some cases, personality tests, background
searches, criminal background checks and
drug testing. These are excellent and
necessary services, but they are generic and
constant in the industry. The one thing that is
not constant is the client and the law firm.
Therefore, it is critical for a successful
placement to present a candidate who not
only meets the required skills, experience and
knowledge of the position but also fits in with
the firm’s culture, philosophy, environment
and personality. To do this, a recruiter must
become very familiar with their client and their
client’s employer: they should be “plugged
into” the firm. This can only be accomplished
with the cooperation and support of the client.
I have been fortunate enough to have first-
hand experience as a Legal Administrator for
many years. During those years, I worked
with a few wonderful, talented and highly
successful recruiters. Today, as a recruiter, I
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consider what it was that made those effective
recruiters stand out in my mind. It always
comes back to the quality of their recruiting
services. They became familiar with my firm
and they presented candidates who “fit in.”
They had knowledge of everything from the
layout of our office space to our benefits
package. It goes without saying that their
information came from me, the Administrator
and it required an initial investment of my time
and cooperation. It required that I go beyond
the scope of the job description and salary of
the open position; it required me to “partner”
with my recruiter.
Occasionally, you will pick up the phone and it
will be a recruiter who says something which
causes you to consider working with them and
you may even give them a job order right
then. This is where a recruiter should take
advantage of the opportunity and ask to meet
with you for 15 to 20 minutes. A recruiter who
takes the time to personally introduce herself
will, almost certainly, have taken the time to
visit your firm’s website and become familiar
with the firm’s law practice, areas of expertise,
size, history, location(s) and the firm’s
philosophy and/or mission statement. This is
critical information as one should know as
much as possible about their client. I’ll tell you
why in a moment. In addition to getting up to
speed with readily available information, the
recruiter should be prepared to ask you
questions about your firm’s benefits, shifts,
turnover, attrition, structure, policies,
technology and processes. If time permits, the
recruiter should also ask for a tour of your
office or, at the very least, the location where
the candidate will work. More specifically, this
is a time when the recruiter can “get inside” of
the job for which they are seeking a candidate.
This information is important as it
differentiates you from clients. It is what helps
in determining which candidate would be the
best “fit” for the client.
We all know that it would be unproductive,
costly and time consuming for you, the client,
to take on the task of engaging every
recruiter to the extent suggested in this
article. The recruiting industry is one where
people move around quite a bit and it is
highly competitive – everyone wants your
business. I’m sure you all had days when it
seemed every call was from a recruiter
asking for your business. By the same token
you most likely have experienced successful
relationships with a couple of recruiters who
consistently “hit the mark” when presenting a
candidate for your consideration. Often this
occurs because a strong relationship, bond or
attachment has developed between you and
the recruiter, and the recruiter has taken an
interest in what your firm is all about. You
most likely will have welcomed them to visit
your offices and openly shared information
about your firm’s benefits, structure, culture,
support staff successes and other information
germane to your mutual objective of finding
the right candidate. You will have discussed,
to the extent possible, the personalities of the
attorneys and or paralegals in your firm as
well as those for whom the candidate will be
working. Your recruiter is now “plugged in”
and will naturally keep up on what’s new with
your firm in terms of expansion, mergers,
acquisitions and relocations. They will be
more likely to give you a heads up when they
meet a candidate who would be a good fit,
even when you don’t have a position listed
with them.
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Recruiters have particular and specific
strengths. These may include the placement
of secretaries and paralegals; or attorneys
and legal managers; or IT and word
processors; as this is often the case; clients
have a need for the services of several
recruiters. I believe an Administrator’s time is
well spent meeting with those recruiters who
connect with them on the phone and show an
interest in visiting and getting to know their
firm. Recruiters who are looking to develop a
relationship with you rather than just wanting
and asking for a job listing are those who will
serve you best. Personally, I have developed
tremendous loyalty to my clients as they have
given me the opportunity to get to know them
and their firm. That is not to say it was easy or
happened in short order. Administrators must
be pursued professionally and consistently
and timing is everything.
A recruiter may present 5 resumes of
candidates who have similar experience and
skills set. After interviewing the five
candidates, you will have connected with one
or maybe two because they strike you as
being a good fit for the firm and assignment.
The reason being: no matter the candidate’s
experience, skill level or employment history, if
you don’t think they are going to fit in then you
will not extend an offer of employment.
A recruiter who is “plugged in” will present
only those candidates they believe are the
right fit. Of course, like any strong
relationship, it takes trial and error to succeed
on a consistent basis, but it is time well spent.
Partnering with your recruiter will only
strengthen your professional relationship and
will result in success for everyone involved in
the business transaction.
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Interviewing Consultants Inc.
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Keith Ross & Associates
490 E. Roosevelt Road, Suite 203
West Chicago, IL 60185
TEL: 630.293.4000
FAX: 630.293.9800
lawyers@keithross.com
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875 N. Michigan Ave., Ste. 3520
Chicago, Illinois 60611
TEL: (312) 943-4321
FAX: (312) 223-1242
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Kelly Law Registry
111 West Washington Ave., Suite 711
Chicago, Illinois 60602
TEL: (1-800) 248-4LAW
LawyerLink LLC
Sears Tower
233 S. Wacker Dr., Suite 5025
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(312) 962-5750
www.lawyerlinksolutions.com
LawyerLink LLC, a nationally certi-
fied Womens Business Enterprise,
helps corporations and law firms
successfully integrate contract legal
staffing and project management
solutions into their work processes.
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Specializing in the
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Linder Legal Staffing Inc.
39 South LaSalle Street, Suite 907
Chicago, Illinois 60603
TEL: (312) 236-6400
FAX: (312) 236-6446
curtis@linder.jobs
www.linder.jobs
Contact Names: Curtis A. Linder,
President and Nancy Roberts
Linder, CFO
Linder Legal Staffing hires lawyers,
paralegals, law clerks, law school
students and graduates, and any
other legal support staff. Our con-
tractors work on a contract or tem-
porary basis for projects at Chicago-
area law firms and corporate legal
departments. Direct-hire placements
and “temp-to-hire” conversion
assignments also offered.
Lucas Group
230 West Monroe Street, Suite 850
Chicago, IL 60606
TEL: (312) 357-1160,
www.lucasgroup.com/legal
Major Lindsey & Africa
Two offices serving the Midwest:
Chicago
1 South Wacker Drive
Suite 1750
Chicago, IL 60606
Tel: (312) 372-1010
Fax: (312) 372-1696
Chicago@mlaglobal.com
www.mlaglobal.com
Milwaukee
205 East Wisconsin Ave.
Suite 205
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Tel: (414) 272-1010
Fax: (414) 272-1015
Milwaukee@mlaglobal.com
www.mlaglobal.com
Founded in 1982, Major, Lindsey &
Africa is the world’s largest and most
experienced legal search firm.
Combining local market knowledge
and a global recruiting network, MLA
has earned recognition for its track
record of successful General
Counsel, Corporate Counsel, Partner
and Associate placements. With
offices throughout the U.S., Hong
Kong and London, MLA recruiters
are dedicated to understanding and
meeting clients’ and candidates’
needs while maintaining the highest
degree of professionalism and confi-
dentiality. At MLA, we consider every
search a diversity search, and have
been committed to diversity in the
law since our inception. For these
reasons, MLA was voted “Best Legal
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McCormack Schreiber
™L E G A L S E A R C H ™
303 West Madison Street, Suite 2150
Chicago, IL 60606
Tel: 312-377-2000
Toll Free: 1-866-819-4091
Fax: 312-377-2001
E-mail: info@thelawrecruiters.com
www.thelawrecruiters.com
Principal Contacts: Amy L. McCormack
Gay R. Schreiber
McCormack Schreiber Legal Search Inc. is
Chicago’s largest all attorney search firm. At
McCormack Schreiber, we place attorneys of all
practice areas at large, midsize and boutique law
firms, and at local and national corporations.
The principals and recruiters at McCormack
Schreiber have over 100 years of combined
experience as practicing attorneys and as legal
recruiters. We have graduated from top law
schools, including Harvard Law School, the
University of Virginia School of Law and
Northwestern University School of Law, and have
practiced at such law firms as Winston & Strawn
LLP, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, and Jones
Day.
We welcome the opportunity to assist you with
your search and placement needs.
McCormack Schreiber Legal Search is a member of the
National Association of Legal Search Consultants.
All inquires to McCormack Schreiber are kept strictly
confidential.
Mestel & Company
150 N. Michigan Ave., Ste 1800
Chicago, IL 60606
TEL: (312) 624-7660
FAX: (312) 624-7702
infochicago@mestel.com
www.mestel.com
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Preferred Legal Staffing
540 North State St.
Suite 4004
Chicago, Illinois 60610-7241
www.PLS-Call.com
Contact Name: Joyce M. Hitt
President
TEL: 312-296-6510
FAX: 312-276-8181
jhitt@PLS-Call.com
Preferred Legal Staffing, Inc. is a
woman owned business servicing the
legal community. We provide excep-
tional assistance in the placement of
legal professionals within law firms
and corporations.
PCHS Staffing Solutions.
111 W. Washington Street
Chicago, IL 60602
TEL: (312) 553-0851
Providus
230 W. Monroe, Suite 2210
Chicago, Illinois 60606
TEL: (312) 726-9775
FAX: (312) 726-9774
www.providusgroup.com
The members of Providus pioneered
the concept of contract legal staffing
in 1988, making us the most experi-
enced in the industry. Our staff at
Providus is comprised of many of the
same people with whom you may
have previously worked. Thus, you
can expect the same degree of com-
mitment, dedication and expertise
that you have known from us for the
past 19 years.
Providus is the preferred resource to
assist clients in managing fluctuating
workloads while maintaining high stan-
dards and a competitive edge. Through
times of economic prosperity or
decline, Providus is your resource. We
have earned the reputation as the peo-
ple to call for substantive, high-quality
contract and permanent placement
opportunities. We will match the right
lawyer or paralegal to your assignment
every time.
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River West Consultants, Ltd.
200 W. Monroe
Suite 2110
Chicago, IL 60606
TEL: 312/332-8300
FAX: 312/332-8303
info@RiverWestConsultants.com
Robert Half Legal
205 N. Michigan Ave #3301
Chicago, IL 60601
TEL: 312-616-0220
FAX: 312-616-8560
chicago@roberthalflegal.com
www.roberthalflegal.com
Robert Half Legal is the premier
provider of experienced project and
full-time professionals for law firms
and corporate legal departments.
Schulman Professional
Search, Ltd.
150 N Wacker Drive
Suite 1760
Chicago, IL 60606
TEL: 312-251-8600
FAX: 312-251-8408
www.spsearch.com
Special Counsel
150 North Michigan Avenue,
Suite 2115
Chicago, Illinois 60601
TEL: (312) 814-0240
FAX: (312) 814-0241
chicago@specialcounsel.com
www.specialcounsel.com
Special Counsel is the single most
comprehensive source of legal work-
force solutions across the nation and
overseas. We specialize in temporary
and direct hire staffing, as well as
project management and trial con-
sulting services. Today, more than
ever, our clients appreciate the bene-
fits of Special Counsel because we
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offer superior, world-class solutions.
We provide immediate to long-term
staffing, project consulting, litigation
support, trial preparation, courtroom
automation and electronic trial pre-
sentation to leading law firms and
Fortune 1000 companies. Special
Counsel is committed to the highest
standards of excellence, and our ser-
vices are distinguished by uncompro-
mising quality at every level.
Spherion
11 S. LaSalle St., Ste 2115
Chicago, Illinois 60603
TEL: (312) 499-4300
www.spherion.com
SpherionLegalChi@Spherion.com
Staffwise Legal Inc.
77 West Washington Street,
Suite 500
Chicago, Illinois 60602
TEL: (312) 782-8800
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Staffing Now, Inc.
200 W. Adams Street, Suite 1001
Chicago, IL 60606
TEL: (312) 263-3900
aepstein@snilegal.com
www.staffingnow.com
Contact: Ari Epstein
Strategic Workforce Solutions
208 South LaSalle Street,
Ste. 1250
Chicago, IL 60604
TEL: (312) 541-9000
Todays Legal Staffing
122 South Michigan Avenue,
Ste. 100
Chicago, Illinois 60603
TEL: (312) 566-0420
FAX: (312) 566-0427
Update Legal
55 West Monroe Street, Ste. 1130
Chicago, Illinois 60603
www.updatelegal.com
chicago@updatelegal.com
Wexler Siegel Group LLC
900 N. North Branch, Suite 722
Chicago, IL 60622
TEL: (312). 640-1860
jwexler@wexlersiegelgroup.com
Winston & Green
111 W Washington Street, Suite 841
Chicago, IL 60602
TEL: (312) 201·9777
FAX: (312) 201·9781
lgreen@winstonandgreen.com
dgwinston@winstonandgreen.com
www.winstonandgreen.com
Zenner Consulting
400 North Michigan Avenue,
Ste. 1220
Chicago, Illinois 60603
TEL: (312) 645-0400
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INDIANA
Bindley Associates
320 North Meridian Street, Suite 612
Special Counsel
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
50 W. Big Beaver Rd., Ste. 475
TEL: (317) 464-8144
Troy, Michigan 48084
FAX: (317) 464-8145
TEL: (248) 524-9131
Contract Counsel FAX: (248) 524-9136
3815 River Crossing Pkwy, www.specialcounsel.com
Suite 100 detroit@specialcounsel.com
Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 Special Counsel is the single most
Contact Name: Amanda Vernon comprehensive source of legal work-
TEL: (317) 566-2155 force solutions across the nation and
FAX: (317) 566-2065 overseas. We specialize in tempo-
rary and direct hire staffing, as well
IOWA as project management and trial
consulting services. Today, more than
Kaplan & Jass, Inc. ever, our clients appreciate the bene-
3737 Woodland Avenue, Suite 630 fits of Special Counsel because we
West Des Moines, Iowa 50266 offer superior, world-class solutions.
FAX: (515) 457-7272 We provide immediate to long-term
staffing, project consulting, litigation
support, trial preparation, courtroom
KANSAS
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Overland Park, Kansas 66210 standards of excellence, and our ser-
vices are distinguished by uncompro-
mising quality at every level.
MICHIGAN
Brookside Consulting Group, MINNESOTA
LLC Adams & Martin Group
27600 Farmington Rd. 100 S. Fifth Street, Suite 1250
Farmington, MI 48334 Minneapolis, MN 55402
Contract Counsel TEL: (612) 659-0110
30801 Barrington Avenue, Suite 100 FAX: (612) 659-0121
Madison Heights, Michigan www.adamsmartingroup.com
48071-5134
TEL: (248) 597-0400 Ajilon Legal
FAX: (248) 597-0410 100 South Fifth Street
Suite 420
F-O-R-T-U-N-E Personnel Minneapolis, MN 55402
Consultants of Detroit, Inc. TEL: (612) 339 7717
17515 West Nine Mile Road, Suite 770 FAX: (612) 341-3284
Southfield, Michigan 48075 minneapolis@ajilonlegal.com
TEL: (248) 557-7250 www.ajilonlegal.com
Kelly Law Registry
Kelly Law Registry
50 West Big Beaver Rd., Suite 136
Troy, Michigan 48084 AT&T Tower
901 Marquette Avenue, Suite 2880
TEL: (248) 526-3002
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Newman Hawkins TEL: (612) 339-9595
31017 Westwood FAX: (612) 339-2286
Farmington Hills, Michigan 48331
TEL: (248) 661-8900 Larson Allen Search
info@newmanhawkins.com 220 South 6th Street, #300
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-4850
TEL: (612) 376-4500
FAX: (612) 376-4850
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LawCorps
701 4th Avenue South, Suite 500
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415
TEL: (612) 337-9517
FAX: (612) 337-9518
24 Hour: (612) 589-0427
minneapolis@lawcorps.com
Legal Liaisons, Ltd.
Citadel Building, Suite 303
1516 West Lake Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55408
TEL: (612) 827-5165
FAX: (612) 823-1280
welcome@LegalLiaison.com
www.LegalLiaisons.com
Contact Names: Jodi Standke and
Thomas Stephan
Lieberman-Nelson, Inc.
311 First Avenue North, Suite 503
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401
Robert Half Legal
800 Nicollet Mall #2700
Minneapolis, MN 55402
TEL: 612-349-2810
FAX: 612-349-3614
minneapolis@roberthalflegal.com
www.roberthalflegal.com
Robert Half Legal is the premier
provider of experienced project and
full-time professionals for law firms
and corporate legal departments.
RSM McGladrey, Inc.
227 W. 1st St., Suite 700
Duluth, Minnesota 55802
TEL: (218) 727-8253
robert_riskin@rsmi.com
rsmmcgladrey.com
Contact Name: Robert Riskin
Spherion
80 South Eight Street, Suite 3918
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
TEL: (612) 313-7997
www.spherion.com
BarbaraQuick@Spherion.com
Temporary and full-time placement of
attorneys, paralegals and their legal
support staff.
MISSOURI
Aaron Consulting, Inc.
P.O. Box 4757
Special Counsel St. Louis, MO 63108
The 15 Building TEL: (314) 367-2627
15 South Fifth Street, Suite 1000 FAX: (312) 367-2919
Minneapolis, MN 55402
www.specialcounsel.com Adams & Martin Group
minneapolis@specialcounsel.com One City Place
Suite 120
Special Counsel is the single most
Creve Coeur , MO 63141
comprehensive source of legal solu-
TEL: (314) 432-1119
tions across the nation and overseas.
FAX: (314) 432-4075
We specialize in temporary and
www.adamsmartingroup.com
direct hire staffing, as well as project
management and trial consulting ser-
JurisTemps
vices. Today more than ever, our
8000 Maryland, Ste. 650
clients appreciate the benefits of
Special Counsel because we offer Saint Louis, MO 63105
TEL: (314) 862-5554
superior, world-class solutions. We
FAX: (314) 862-5654
provide immediate to long-term
juristemps@juristemps.com
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support, trial preparation, courtroom www.juristemps.com
automation and electronic trial pre-
sentation to leading law firms and Kelly Law Registry
Fortune 1000 companies. Special 1 Metropolitan Sq.
Counsel is committed to the highest St. Louis, MO 63102-2711
standards of excellence, and our ser-
vices are distinguished by uncompro-
mising quality at every level.
Todays Legal Staffing
Robert Half Legal
120 South 6th Street, Suite 1160
One Metropolitan Sq #1250
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
TEL: (612) 339-2772 St. Louis, MO 63102-2733
FAX: (612) 339-9868 TEL: 314-621-2223
FAX: 314-621-4621
Whitbeck & Associates Inc. st.louis@roberthalflegal.com
P.O. Box 873 www.roberthalflegal.com
Stillwater, Minnesota 55082 Robert Half Legal is the premier
provider of experienced project and
full-time professionals for law firms
and corporate legal departments.
Your best sources
for filling a staff
opening:
Spherion
Chicago Daily Law 4435 Main Street, Suite 845
Kansas City, Missouri 64111
Bulletin TEL: (816) 753-4644
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Spherion
12647 Olive Blvd., Ste. 590
St. Louis, Missouri 63141
TEL: (314) 514-0202
www.spherion.com
LynnAnnWhaley@Spherion.com
StaffWise
7700 Bonhomme Avenue, Suite 620
St. Louis, Missouri 63105
TEL: (314) 863-8900
FAX: (314) 863-8969
www.Staffwise.com
Contact Name: Taka Yanagimoto, Esq.
OHIO
Beckman & Associates
Legal Search
Rivercenter
P.O. Box 75142
Cincinnati, Ohio 45275
TEL: (513) 654-2992
FAX: (513) 657-2240
Counsel Search Co.
124 North Summit, Suite 305
Toledo, Ohio 43604
Major Legal Services
Erieview Tower, Ste. 1414
1301 E. 9th St.
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
TEL: (216) 579-9782
FAX: (216) 579-1662
Contract Counsel
470 Olde Worthington Rd., Suite 200
Columbus, Ohio 43082
TEL: (614) 410-6740
FAX: (614) 410-6616
columbus@contractcounsel.com
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Robert Half Legal
277 W. Nationwide Blvd #200
Columbus, OH 43215
TEL: 614-221-1544
FAX: 614-629-0096
columbus@roberthalflegal.com
www.roberthalflegal.com
Robert Half Legal is the premier
provider of experienced project and
full-time professionals for law firms
and corporate legal departments.
Special Counsel
PNC Center
201 East Fifth Street, Suite 1400
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
TEL: (513) 721-4400
FAX: (513) 721-4401
www.specialcounsel.com
cincinnati@specialcounsel.com
Special Counsel is the single most
comprehensive source of legal work-
force solutions across the nation and
overseas. We specialize in temporary
and direct hire staffing, as well as pro-
ject management and trial consulting
services. Today, more than ever, our
clients appreciate the benefits of
Special Counsel because we offer
superior, world-class solutions. We pro-
vide immediate to long-term staffing,
project consulting, litigation support,
trial preparation, courtroom automation
and electronic trial presentation to
leading law firms and Fortune 1000
companies. Special Counsel is commit-
ted to the highest standards of excel-
lence, and our services are distin-
guished by uncompromising quality at
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Special Counsel
50 Public Square
1707 Terminal Tower
Cleveland, OH 44113
TEL: (216) 622-2100
FAX: (216) 622-2110
www.specialcounsel.com
cleveland@specialcounsel.com
Special Counsel is the single most
comprehensive source of legal work-
force solutions across the nation and
overseas. We specialize in temporary
and direct hire staffing, as well as pro-
ject management and trial consulting
services. Today, more than ever, our
clients appreciate the benefits of
Special Counsel because we offer
superior, world-class solutions. We pro-
vide immediate to long-term staffing,
project consulting, litigation support,
trial preparation, courtroom automation
and electronic trial presentation to
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ted to the highest standards of excel-
lence, and our services are distin-
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Adams & Martin Group
333 W. Wacker Drive
Suite 1840
Chicago , IL 60606
TEL: (312) 346-0001
FAX: (312) 346-5368
www.adamsmartingroup.com
Ajilon Legal
10 South LaSalle Street
Suite 1310
Chicago, IL 60603
TEL: (312) 201-8020
FAX: (312) 201-8028
chicago@ajilonlegal.com
www.ajilonlegal.com
Avanti Staffing, Inc.
104 South Michigan Avenue
Suite 820
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Blackman Kallick
10 South Riverside Plaza, 9th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
TEL: (312) 980-2997
FAX: (312) 756-3997
Jrorem@BlackmanKallick.com
Contact: Jill Elden Rorem
Career Services, Inc.
18430 South Halsted, Suite 208
Glenwood, Illinois 60425
CLS Legal Staffing
180 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 3525
Chicago, IL 60601
TEL: (312) 251-2588
FAX: (312) 251-0816
www.clslegalstaffiing.com
legal@clslegalstaffing.com
Founded in 2001, CLS Legal
Staffing, a division of Chicago Legal
Search, Ltd., is a results-oriented
company that specializes in recruit-
ing and placing highly qualified para-
legals, legal secretaries, administra-
tors and support staff. We recruit for
Chicago’s premier large, mid-size
and small law firms, boutiques and
branch offices, Fortune 500 compa-
nies, real estate developers, financial
institutions and consulting compa-
nies. We have created the most
comprehensive database in Chicago,
which consists of over 9,000 highly
qualified candidates. Whether your
need is in litigation, real estate, cor-
porate, IP, securities, employee ben-
efits, trusts & estates or any other
practice area, CLS Legal Staffing is
committed to recruiting the best tal-
ent for your organization.
Counsel On Call
30 South Wacker Drive
Suite 2200
Chicago, IL 60606
TEL: (312) 466-5741
FAX: (312) 466-7608
www.counseloncall.com
Darlington Professional
Resources, Inc.
134 North LaSalle Street,
Suite 1502
Chicago, Illinois 60602
TEL: (312) 357-4010
FAX: (312) 357-0105
www.darlingtonresources.com
Darlington Professionals Resources
is a full-service legal placement and
staffing firm, providing some
Chicago’s finest law firms and corpo-
rate law departments with Direct
Placement, Temp to Hire, and
Temporary employees.
As former legal professionals, we
understand how law firms operate
and how differences in “cultures”
can make all the difference in your
employees happiness and productivi-
ty. Call Carol or Eric to learn more
about our services (312) 357-4010.
Esquire Staffing Group
One South Wacker Drive
Suite 1616
Chicago IL 60606
TEL: 312-795-4300
FAX: 312-795-4329
www.esquirestaffing.com
Evers Legal Search
1910 South Federal St., Suite B
Chicago, Illinois 60616
www.everslegalsearch.com
First Attorney Consultants,
Ltd.
3356 West 95th Street
Evergreen Park, Illinois 60805
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First Associates
28 East Jackson Blvd., 3rd Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60604
TEL: (312) 939-7544
www.firstassoc.com
Furst Legal Staffing
8410 W. Bryn Mawr, Ste. 1000
Chicago, Illinois 60631
Hire Counsel
150 North Michigan Avenue,
Suite 2800
Chicago, IL 60601-1226
TEL: (312) 624-7668
www.hirecounsel.com
Chicago@hirecounsel.com
Hobart West Solutions
311 W. Monroe St., Ste. 1200
Chicago, IL 60606
Hudson
10 South Wacker, Suite 2600
Chicago, Illinois 60606
TEL: (312) 795-4200
FAX: (312) 795-4288
www.hudson.com
Hudson’s Legal group delivers a com-
prehensive portfolio of placement
services to private practice, corpo-
rate and non-profit entities. We place
accomplished attorneys at all levels
of experience as well as paralegals,
litigation support, managing clerks,
and support staff. As the world’s
largest legal recruiting firm, we pro-
vide significant insight into the mar-
ket for legal employment.
Interviewing Consultants Inc.
20 North Clark St, Suite 2620
Chicago, Illinois 60602
www.ici-staffing.com
Jean Kripton, Inc.
221 N. LaSalle St., Suite 1450
Chicago, Illinois 60601
www.jki-inc.com
JurisTemps
8000 Maryland, Ste/ 650
Saint Louis, MO 63105
TEL: (314) 862-5554
FAX: (314) 862-5654
juristemps@juristemps.com
www.juristemps.com
Kelly Law Registry
111 West Washington Ave., Suite 711
Chicago, Illinois 60602
TEL: (1-800) 248-4LAW
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Klingmangroup
875 N. Michigan Ave., Ste. 3520
Chicago, Illinois 60611
TEL: (312) 943-4321
FAX: (312) 223-1242
aklingman@klingmangroup.com
www.klingmangroup.com
Temporary and Permanent
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227 W. Monroe
Suite 2000
Chicago, IL 60606
Tel: 312/372-0390
Fax: 312/372-0235
Contact Name: Heidi Gottberg,
Senior Managing Director
resumeschicago@lawresources.com
Specializing in the
temporary and permanent
placement of paralegals
and attorneys since 1986.
www.lawresources.com
LawyerLink LLC
Sears Tower
233 S. Wacker Dr., Suite 5025
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(312) 962-5750
www.lawyerlinksolutions.com
LawyerLink LLC, a nationally certi-
fied Womens Business Enterprise,
helps corporations and law firms suc-
cessfully integrate contract legal
staffing and project management
solutions into their work processes.
Our End-to-End Legal Staffing and
Project Management services
remove the burden of routine but
critical activities that surround docu-
ment reviews and other projects. To
further streamline legal staffing pro-
jects, our LawyerLink Project Center
provides hosting, training, facilities
and equipment for up to 100 attor-
neys in our private, secure, state-of-
the-art Sears Tower office facility
geared to maximize eReviewerTM
speed, efficiency and accuracy.
Legal Edge, Inc.
155 North Michigan Ave., Suite 500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Legalpeople
311 W. Superior St., Suite 402
Chicago, Illinois 60610
TEL: (312) 644-5100
FAX: (312) 644-5300
Contact Names: William D. Colman,
Esq., Heather Downs Russell, Esq.,
Carrie L. Groskopf, Esq. and
James F. Kosciolek, Esq.
www.legalpeoplegroup.com
Legalpeople matches outstanding
lawyers and paralegals with top law
firms and corporate law depart-
ments. Based in Chicago, our staff is
comprised of experienced legal pro-
fessionals who have the expertise,
focus and knowledge to effectively
place lawyers and paralegals in both
temporary and permanent positions
in the legal industry.
Legal Placements, Inc.
Chicago (312) 523-2185
DC (202) 682-1661
VA (703) 917-1829
New York (212) 651-8275
Boston (617) 459-5640
amy@legalplacements.com
www.legalplacements.com
Principal Contact: Lori DiCesare
Legal Placements, Inc. provides per-
manent, temporary and contract-to-
direct hire staffing needs for law
firms in Chicago, Washington, DC,
Northern VA, New York and Boston.
Our ability to provide quality service
has made LPI a trusted resource for
our clients. We specialize in perma-
nent attorney placements, contract
attorneys, legal assistants, legal sec-
retaries, accounting and IT profes-
sionals to hundreds of law firms and
corporate legal departments.
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LegalQuest LLC
161 N. Clark St., Suite 4700
Chicago, Illinois 60601
TEL: (312) 523-2077
FAX: (312) 523-2076
ginger.wilson@legalquest.com
www.legalquestllc.com
Legal Solutions, Inc.
2001 Butterfield Road, Suite 1040
Downers Grove, IL 60515
TEL: (630) 968-0504
www.legalsolutions.com
Linder Legal Staffing Inc.
39 South LaSalle Street, Suite 907
Chicago, Illinois 60603
TEL: (312) 236-6400
FAX: (312) 236-6446
curtis@linderlegalstaffing.com
www.linderlegalstaffing.com
Contact Names: Curtis A. Linder,
President and Nancy Roberts
Linder, CFO
Linder Legal Staffing hires lawyers,
paralegals, law clerks, law school
students and graduates, and any
other legal support staff. Our con-
tractors work on a contract or tem-
porary basis for projects at Chicago-
area law firms and corporate legal
departments. Direct-hire placements
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100 North LaSalle Street
Suite #2110
Chicago, Illinois 60602
TEL: 312-368-0677
FAX: 312-368-1868
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Millennium Personnel Services
223 W. Jackson Blvd. Suite 1100
Chicago, IL 60606
TEL: 312-935-3402
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Preferred Legal Staffing
540 North State St.
Suite 4004
Chicago, Illinois 60610-7241
www.PLS-Call.com
Contact Name: Joyce M. Hitt
President
TEL: 312-296-6510
FAX: 312-276-8181
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230 W. Monroe, Ste. 2210
Chicago, Illinois 60606
TEL: (312) 726-9775
FAX: (312) 726-9774
www.providusgroup.com
The members of Providus pioneered
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Chicago, IL 60601 Chicago, Illinois 60606
TEL: 312-616-0220 TEL: (312) 499-4300
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TEL: (312) 212-4444 Chicago, IL 60604
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200 W. Adams Street, Suite 1001
Chicago, IL 60606
TEL: (312) 263-3900
aepstein@snilegal.com
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Chicago, Illinois 60601
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INDIANA
Contract Counsel
3815 River Crossing, Suite 100
Indianapolis, Indiana 46268
MICHIGAN
Brookside Consulting Group,
LLC
6689 Orchard Lake Road
Suite PMB 358
West Bloomfield, Michigan
48322-3409
Contract Counsel
30801 Barrington Avenue, Suite 100
Madison Heights, Michigan
48071-5134
TEL: (248) 597-0400
FAX: (248) 597-0410
F-O-R-T-U-N-E Personnel
Consultants of Detroit, Inc.
17515 West Nine Mile Road,
Suite 770
Southfield, Michigan 48075
Kelly Law Registry
3155 West Big Beaver Rd., Suite 114
Troy, Michigan 48084
TEL: (246) 649-1001
FAX: (246) 649-2912
Newman Hawkins
31017 Westwood
Farmington Hills, Michigan 48331
Special Counsel
50 W. Big Beaver Rd., Ste. 475
Troy, Michigan 48084
TEL: (248) 524-9131
FAX: (248) 524-9136
detroit@specialcounsel.com
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Special Counsel is the single most
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Adams & Martin Group
100 S. Fifth Street
Suite 1250
Minneapolis , MN 55402
TEL: (612) 659-0110
FAX: (612) 659-0121
www.adamsmartingroup.com
Ajilon Legal
100 South Fifth Street
Suite 420
Minneapolis, MN 55402
TEL: (612) 339 7717
FAX: (612) 341-3284
minneapolis@ajilonlegal.com
www.ajilonlegal.com
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333 North Washington Avenue
Suite 311 Union Plaza
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401
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333 Washington Avenue North
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Foshay Tower
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800 Nicollet Mall #2700
Minneapolis, MN 55402
TEL: 612-349-2810
FAX: 612-349-3614
minneapolis@roberthalflegal.com
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Special Counsel
The 15 Building
15 South Fifth Street, Suite 1000
Minneapolis, MN 55402
minneapolis@specialcounsel.com
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Special Counsel is the single most
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Spherion
80 S. Eight Street, Suite 3918
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
TEL: (612) 313-7997
BarbaraQuick@Spherion.com
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MISSOURI
Adams & Martin Group
One City Place
Suite 120
Creve Coeur, MO 63141
TEL: (314) 432-1119
FAX: (314) 432-4075
www.adamsmartingroup.com
Robert Half Legal
One Metropolitan Sq #1250
St. Louis, MO 63102-2733
TEL: (314) 621-2223
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4435 Main Street, Suite 845
Kansas City, Missouri 64111
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8860 Ladue Road, Suite 120
St. Louis, Missouri 63124
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P.O. Box 75142
Cincinnati, Ohio 45275
Contract Counsel
9435 Waterstone Blvd., Suite 140
Cincinnati, Ohio 45241
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580 South High Street, Suite 210
Columbus, Ohio 43215-5644
Counsel Search Co.
124 North Summit, Suite 305
Toledo, Ohio 43604
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510 Park Plaza
1111 Chester Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
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2400 Corporate Exchange Drive
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Columbus, Ohio 43231
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277 W. Nationwide Blvd #200
Columbus, OH 43215
TEL: (614) 221-1544
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PNC Center
201 East Fifth Street, Suite 1400
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
TEL: (513) 721-4400
FAX: (513) 721-4401
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50 Public Square
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Cleveland, OH 44113
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