Proven Expertise
LATERAL ATTORNEY RECRUITMENT
IN-HOUSE COUNSEL RECRUITMENT
LEGAL EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT
Associate, Counsel & Partner Recruitment
Effective lateral recruitment can have a tremendous impact on a law firm's bottom line - but requires strategy, alignment, and tact.
We selectively partner with law firms across the country in recruiting top attorney talent at all levels - from junior associates to equity partners. We align fully with our law firm clients' business strategy on an office, practice, and enterprise level to effectively recruit qualified talent.
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Clients range from highly-ranked boutiques to AMLaw 100 firms.
Counsel & General Counsel Recruitment
A solid internal legal team can minimize legal expenditure and organizational risk significantly.
When our clients make the decision to build out their legal team, they rely on our network & expertise to identify highly-qualified attorney talent. We place in-house counsel at all levels, including GC/CLO placements, with clients spanning virtually every industry space.
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Clients range from start-ups seeking their first in-house counsel to F500 corporations building out their legal department.
Non-Attorney Legal Executive Recruitment
Not every position in the legal field requires a J.D. We represent clients in their search for exceptional non-attorney legal talent.
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Sample law firm searches may include Patent Agents, C-level executives, skilled Paralegals, and Business Development professionals.
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Sample in-house searches may include Compliance Officers, Risk Management professionals, Government Affairs executives, and other positions that interact heavily with Legal.
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Principal
SARAH LATHAM
PRESIDENT & FOUNDER
585.205.7091 (call or text) | slatham@lathamsearch.com
Inquiries are always welcome and always confidential.
Sarah's entire career has been dedicated to legal recruitment. From her beginnings at a boutique executive search firm, focused primarily on national General Counsel searches, to her experience as an internal recruiter with an AMLaw 100 law firm, Sarah has gained well-rounded experience in both in-house and lateral attorney recruitment. Most recently, she originated and managed the national legal & compliance recruitment practice for an established executive search firm.
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Sarah also has extensive consulting experience, with particular expertise in employee engagement, onboarding, integration, and retention within the legal field.
Differentiators
SELECTIVE PARTNERSHIPS
We represent the most elite attorney talent, which requires us to be selective about the clients we represent, as well.
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Our clients enjoy an individualized focus, which begins with an extensive data-gathering process. When we schedule a client intake meeting, you can trust that we've already done our research on your organization. We center our practice around long-term relationships - not individual transactions.
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That's the kind of support you can expect from Latham Legal Search LLC. Because of this approach, we selectively partner with only a few organizations at any given time. This enables us to provide an exceptional quality of client service consistently.
GUARANTEED, RISK-FREE RESULTS
At Latham Legal Search LLC, our clients rely on our expertise to deliver efficient, long-lasting results. We thrive on exceeding those expectations and earning our clients' trust as a recruitment partner.
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For this reason, we operate exclusively on a contingent (non-retained) search model - effectively eliminating any financial risk for our clients.
However, because we're selective about the client partnerships we take on, we're still able to provide the white-glove service and one-year standard guarantee period that are typically only provided by retained search firms.
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We earn our clients' trust by delivering high quality, high impact, long-lasting results - guaranteed, and risk-free.
INDUSTRY EXPERTISE
Simply put, we "get it." Our exclusive focus on legal search means that we understand the nuances of various practice areas, the complexities of legal department and law firm economics, and the impact that changing regulations and economic conditions can have on the legal community.
We also take the time to conduct deep-dive research on our clients prior to initiating any search assignment. We become knowledgeable brand ambassadors for each of our clients, fully aligned with organizational goals, strategy, and history. Like our candidate sourcing efforts, we leave no stone unturned in our client alignment research.
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At Latham Legal Search LLC, we've done the legwork to get it right - the first time.
