percent is from placing in-house counsel.
KLR provides legal recruiting and
consulting services to an international
clientele of law firms and companies. Each
of the three principals of the company is a
licensed attorney with five or more years of
law firm practice experience and more than
20 years of legal recruiting experience.
OTHER LOCATION(S): New York, NY
Lucas Group
1850 K ST., NW
SUITE 325
WASHINGTON, DC 20006
PHONE: (202) 292-6920
FAX: (202) 478-0157
WEB: www.lucasgroup.com/legal
EMAIL: twilliamson@lucasgroup.com
CONTACT(S): C. Thomas Williamson III, Esq.
FOUNDED: 1970
FULL-TIME RECRUI TERS: 30
PROFILE: Lucas Group is a diversified,
national search firm with over 200 search
consultants serving clients in virtually
every geographic and industry market in
the United States. Founded in 1970, Lucas
Group works with law firm clients and corporations in finding top tier talent across
the legal spectrum, from associates and
corporate attorneys to partners, practice
groups, and general counsels. Lucas Group
is one of the few national search firms that
has the ability to offer its clients complete
permanent search services, including legal,
accounting and finance, sales and marketing, operations, IT, and HR professionals.
Our Legal Team has worked with both Am
Law 100 and mid-size law firms across
the country in connection with associate
and partner searches, new branch office
openings, practice group acquisitions, and
mergers. We also work with Lucas Group’s
extensive list of corporate and financial
services clients in meeting all of their legal,
tax, and capital markets needs.
Lucas Group was recently named by the
Atlanta Business Chronicle as Atlanta’s Top
Search Firm.
OTHER LOCATION(S): Baltimore, MD, Miami,
FL, Los Angeles, CA, New York, NY, Houston, TX, Chicago, IL, Atlanta, GA
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Major, Lindsey & Africa
555 12TH ST., NW
SUITE 740
WASHINGTON, DC 20004
PHONE: (202) 628-0660
FAX: (202) 628-6696
EMAIL: washingtondc@mlaglobal.com
FOUNDED: 1982
FULL-TIME RECRUI TERS: 7
PROFILE: Founded in 1982, Major, Lindsey
& Africa (MLA) is the world’s largest and
most experienced legal search firm, with
offices throughout the U.S., Hong Kong,
London and Tokyo. Combining local
market knowledge and a global recruiting
network, MLA has earned recognition for
its track record of successful Partner, Associate, General Counsel, Corporate Counsel
and Law Firm Management placements in
Am Law 100 and Magic Circle law firms,
Fortune 1000 and FTSE 250 companies
and a host of other global organizations.
MLA recruiters are dedicated to understanding and meeting our clients’ and
candidates’ needs while maintaining the
highest degree of professionalism and confidentiality. MLA considers every search a
diversity search and has been committed to
diversity in the law since its inception. For
these reasons, MLA was voted “Best Legal
Search Firm in the U.S.” in the most recent
national survey of America’s top law firms.
Members of the firm are recognized
experts in the legal industry and are
frequently quoted in key publications and
asked to speak at local and international
conferences, including the National Forum
on Lateral Partner Hiring and Retention
and annual meetings of the Association of
Corporate Counsel, American Bar Association, Minority Corporate Counsel Association, International Bar Association and The
Association for Legal Career Professionals (NALP). Our articles are featured in
publications such as The American Lawyer,
Corporate Counsel, Law Firm Partnership
and Benefits Report and the ABA’s Law
Firm Management Practice magazine. To
learn more about MLA, visit our website at
www.mlaglobal.com.
OTHER LOCATION(S): Boston, MA, Irvine, CA,
Charlotte, NC, Miami, FL, Tampa, FL,
Minato-ku, Tokyo, OT, Palo Alto, CA, San
Francisco, CA, Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL,
Houston, TX, Hong Kong, OT, Los Angeles,
CA, San Diego, CA, Philadelphia, PA, Seattle, WA, London, OT, Dallas, TX, Austin,
TX, Milwaukee, WI, New York City, NY
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Mazie & Company
2300 M ST., NW
SUITE 800
WASHINGTON, DC 20037
PHONE: (202) 973-2812
FAX: (202) 478-2556
WEB: www.maziecompany.com
EMAIL: info@maziecompany.com
CONTACT(S): Richard Mazie, Sakina Riddell,
Kelley Ann Baione
FOUNDED: 1996
FULL-TIME RECRUITERS: 2
PART-TIME RECRUITERS: 1
PROFILE: We handle permanent placements
only. Seventy percent of business is from
placing individual partners and associates
in law firms; thirty percent is from acquisitions, mergers, and transfers of practice
groups. Richard Mazie has extensive
experience in career counseling for lawyers
and law firm management. He has spoken
to various groups on career issues and
trends relevant to associates, partners, and
in-house counsel and to law firm managers
on growth through lateral acquisitions and
retention.
Mestel & Company
1725 I ST., NW
SUITE 300
WASHINGTON, DC 20006
PHONE: (202) 349-3882
FAX: (202) 349-3868
WEB: www.mestel.com
EMAIL: infodc@mestel.com
CONTACT(S): Howard S. Parris, Esq., Managing Director
FOUNDED: 1987
FULL-TIME RECRUITERS: 19
PROFILE: Mestel & Company is the only 100
percent employee-owned company in
the legal placement industry through our
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
Our ESOP reinforces our core values of
teamwork, integrity and professionalism. Since 1987, Mestel & Company has
been recognized as one of the leading,
national attorney placement companies in
the United States with office locations in
Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New
York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.
Whether you are a client or a candidate,
our recruiters and staff are vested owners
and provide that extra level of service, dedication and loyalty that only an employee-owned company delivers.
Mestel & Company places associates,
partners and in-house general counsel and
helps facilitate complex department and
firm mergers, both domestically and internationally. Clients range from the largest
law firms in the U.S. and abroad to small
and midsized firms and from Fortune 1000
