Legal Staffing: Attorney and Paralegal Recruiting

Partner and Practice Group Level

We assist leading law firms in attracting lateral partners who strengthen a specific practice group, and we work with experienced partners ready to bring a portable book of business to a firm where it will grow. Partner-level searches are handled with discretion from the first conversation forward.

Associate and Counsel Level

We match law firms with associates and counsel from top-tier programs and leading firms across litigation, corporate, real estate, employment, intellectual property, regulatory, tax and other practice areas. A strong education matters, but our selection criteria weigh practice area experience, working style and work ethic just as heavily.

In-House and Corporate Legal

Our recruiters help attorneys make lateral moves between firms and transitions from law firm to in-house roles, placing counsel at every level of a corporate legal department up to and including General Counsel.

Contract and Temporary Attorneys

For litigation surges, leave coverage and short-term matters, we place contract attorneys and temporary attorneys who can step in with minimal ramp-up.

For Employers

How a Search Actually Runs

Every engagement starts with a consultative conversation. Our recruiters spend time understanding the role, the team, the pace of the practice and the expectations on both sides. That upfront investment is what separates a placement that lasts from one that doesn’t.

From there, we work from a candidate database built over years of active recruiting in the legal market, combined with relationships with some of the nation’s most respected law firms and corporations. We do not send a stack of resumes and hope something sticks. We refer candidates only after we understand your firm culture, the specific demands of the role and the standard by which you operate.

For contract and consulting engagements, Friedman Williams takes on the administrative burden: human resource issues, payroll and accounting, federal, state and local taxation, workers’ compensation liability, medical benefits and unemployment insurance, so your internal teams stay focused on their own work.

For Candidates

For Attorneys and Paralegals Considering a Move

If you are weighing your next step, here is what working with us looks like. We start by listening. No job pitches, no links to a job board. Just a conversation about your practice, your interests and where you want to go next. Those conversations happen by phone or video as easily as in person, wherever you are in the country.

From there, our team stays with you through the entire process, from interview preparation through your first day. Temporary assignments, contract positions and full-time direct hire are all on the table, and we will help you figure out which path makes sense for where you are right now. Every conversation is confidential.

Our business has been built on the referrals of candidates and clients who had a good experience. We want to be the legal recruiting firm you come back to throughout your career.