Legal Recruiters Directory

Branch Locations: Throughout the U.S., London, Hong Kong and Tokyo

Legal Specialties: Major, Lindsey & Africa is the world’s largest and most experienced legal search firm. MLA was voted “Best Legal Search Firm in the U.S.” in a recent national survey of America’s top law firms.

Recruiters placing attorneys: More than 125 recruiters worldwide

Percentage of business devoted to placing attorneys: 99% Permanent attorney placements, 1% Law Firm Management

Geographic areas covered: Global coverage, focus on U.S., Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East

Placement Specialties: Partners, Associates, General Counsel, In-House Counsel and Law Firm Management

Percentage of business devoted to permanent placement of attorneys: 100%

Geographic area covered:Nationwide

Profile: Young Mayden,LLC is a boutique legal search and consulting firm with long-standing personal access to highly credentialed attorneys across the country, derived from decades of law practice and professional leadership. After many years on the “client” side of lawyer hiring, Ken Young and Barbara Mayden came together to form Young Mayden, LLC, pooling perspectives and contacts cultivated through their combined 60+ years of law practice with major law firms in New York and in the southeast, and long time high level involvement in the American Bar Association. Those contacts enable the firm to conduct peer-to-peer searches; their tag line - Connecting People We Know Through Workplaces We Understand defines their method for meeting client objectives.

Representative recent retained and contingency searches: law firm mergers/legal staffing for offices in Boston, Charlotte, Charleston and Columbia; successful placements of partners and associates in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Charleston, Chattanooga, Chicago, Nashville, New York, Orlando, and Raleigh; general counsel placement in Texas; and assisting the American Bar Association in its successful search for an Executive Director in Chicago.