Legal Recruiter

Position Summary: We are seeking an experienced and strategic Legal Recruiter to support the full-cycle recruitment of attorneys and legal support staff across the firm. This role serves as a trusted partner to hiring managers, providing guidance on hiring strategy, market conditions, and candidate selection while ensuring a professional and efficient recruitment process.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage full-cycle recruitment for attorneys, paralegals, case managers, legal assistants, and other support staff
• Partner closely with hiring managers to understand hiring needs, role requirements, and ideal candidate profiles
• Conduct in-depth interviews to assess legal expertise, practice-area experience, career progression, and cultural fit
• Review resumes, writing samples, bar status (where applicable), and other credentials to evaluate qualifications
• Develop and execute effective sourcing strategies using job boards, professional networks, referrals, and social media
• Guide candidates through the interview process while ensuring timely communication and an exceptional candidate experience
• Coordinate and schedule interviews, working collaboratively with candidates and internal stakeholders
• Lead offer development, negotiation, and closing strategies to secure top talent
• Build and maintain strong relationships with candidates, hiring managers, firm leadership, and external recruiting partners
• Ensure compliance with all legal, regulatory, and internal hiring requirements
• Track and manage requisitions through the applicant tracking system (ATS) and maintain accurate recruiting data
• Stay current on legal hiring trends, market conditions, compensation benchmarks, and competitor practices
• Represent the firm professionally and strengthen the firm’s employer brand within the legal community
• Perform other recruiting-related duties as assigned

Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s degree required (Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field preferred)
• Minimum of 5 years of legal recruiting experience, with demonstrated success recruiting attorneys and legal support staff
• Prior experience recruiting in a law firm environment preferred
• Experience recruiting for a plaintiff personal injury firm is a major plus
• Strong interviewing skills with the ability to evaluate complex legal backgrounds and practice areas
• Excellent communication, relationship-building, and consultative skills
• Proven ability to manage multiple requisitions and priorities in a fast-paced environment
• High level of professionalism, discretion, and integrity

Physical Requirements:  

• Office environment with normal business hours necessary to satisfactorily perform job functions.   
• Stationary Position – Must be able to remain in a stationary position up to 50% of the time.  
• Move or Traverse – This position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, meeting rooms, office machinery, etc.  May occasionally ascends/descends the stairs to get to other floors, cafeteria and parking area.
• Dexterity – constantly operates a computer and other office machinery such as a copy machine/printer.  
• Move, Transport, Position, Put, Install, Remove - Occasionally moves supplies weighing up to 10 pounds for various presentation and event needs. 
• Communicate, Detect, Converse with, Discern, Convey, Express oneself, Exchange information - The ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
• Detect, Determine, Perceive, Identify, Recognize, Judge, Observe, Inspect, Estimate, Assess - The ability to observe details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Benefits and Perks:

• Medical, dental, vision
• Company paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Company Paid STD (with no waiting period) and LTD Insurance
• Option to purchase additional Life and AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital Indemnity Coverage
• 401(k) with company contributions
• Paid Time Off
• 10 Company Holidays 
• Tuition Reimbursement