Now, seven years later, I am in a unique position to offer an expertise evolved over years. I have spent every day of the past seven years tracking current legal needs and trends, while developing an intimate understanding of each law firm's distinct personality and culture. Having walked hundreds of friends and colleagues through their job searches, I have spent years establishing personal contacts and relationships with associates, partners and the recruiting staff of almost every downtown lawfirm as well as with attorneys throughout the DC and Bay Area legal communities. I understand what it is like to be a young associate and appreciate the importance of your lateral move. Unlike other professionals, young lawyers make a limited number of moves during their careers.
Associates differ and each associate job search is individual and different than the next.
I will advise, but I will also listen. Principals in other search firms have found it more profitable to hire a team of young recruiters to assist them. While the principal may have a breadth of experience, the associate ends up working with a recruiter who lacks the requisite experience and who has limited knowledge of the market. A freedom only granted by owning and operating your own search firm. Although DC based, I have spent the past seven years working in both the Bay Area and DC legal markets.