Legal Recruiting Services for Law Firms

Atticus Recruiting, Chicago’s Legal Recruiter®, excels at placing exceptional Partner, Counsel and Associate attorneys at leading global, prominent regional and prestigious local law firms in Chicago and throughout the Midwest. Our thorough and exacting recruiting process ensures long-term and successful attorney hires.

During the almost 20-year period I have directed my firm’s hiring efforts, I have worked with dozens of legal recruiters. Michelle Kaplan McAndrew, without question, is among the very best in her field. She is responsive, extremely knowledgeable about the marketplace and wholly committed to the best interests of her clients. Just as importantly, she is unfailingly ethical and professional. Given these qualities, she is a key part of our firm’s hiring efforts and I would recommend her to candidates or employers without hesitation.

Michael P. Conway, Hiring Principal, Grippo & Elden LLC (now Partner, Jones Day)

Our Exclusive Legal Recruiting Process Entails:

RESEARCH: We believe round pegs fit best in round holes. Our research starts with a thorough understanding of your search criteria for the ideal candidate. We look for talented lawyers with stellar academic credentials and excellent legal training in accordance with the demands of the position.
TARGETED PROSPECTING: We personally contact and carefully screen only attorneys with the requisite legal skill, training and educational background for the position. We are not a job board that flips resumes.
IN-PERSON INTERVIEWS: Many candidates appear qualified on paper. Our experienced recruiters interview each candidate in person to confirm credentials and skills, expectations and goals and most importantly personality and temperament alignment with the hiring practice group and law firm.
SELECTIVE SUBMISSIONS: We don’t subscribe to the “spaghetti on the wall” approach to legal recruiting. We provide detailed submissions of only highly qualified, on-point candidates accompanied by resumes, law school transcripts, deal sheets and where required, writing samples. We follow your submission instructions completely and, in all cases, adhere to the guidelines of the National Association of Legal Search Consultants (NALSC) of which we are members.
SCHEDULING AND FOLLOW-UPS: We work closely with law firm recruiting professionals to schedule screening and follow-on interviews, obtain references, writing samples, and business plans and negotiate and convey offers. Our candidates show up on time and well prepared for their interviews.

Partner law firms

Atticus Recruiting connects law firms with elite attorneys who fit their culture and needs. Contact us today to hire with confidence.

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Michelle has substantial experience as a practicing attorney and understands the business side of running a law firm very well. Unlike many legal recruiters, however, Michelle stands out from the crowd because of her demonstrated commitment to understand the personality and culture of our firm. We will undoubtedly be using Michelle again as the need arises.

Frederick M. Kaplan, Partner, Krasnow, Saunders, Cornblath, Kaplan & Beninati LLP

Relocating Attorneys

Year after year, Atticus Recruiting paces the local Chicago legal market in the placement of highly talented relocating attorneys. Our success in this area stems from our strong relationships with top local law schools and from the recommendations and referrals from our vast network of former clients, candidates and law students cultivated over our three decades as legal recruiters, career services consultants and law school clinical lecturers.

Blind Inquiries

Most of our law firm clients prefer to know when an exceptional candidate has an interest in their firm or a particular practice group regardless of whether or not they have an open position to fill. In these instances, we submit confidential inquiries to our hiring contacts which preserves the confidentiality of the attorney candidate as well as the integrity of the legal recruiting process for the firm.