Legal recruiting firm Major, Lindsey & Africa announced Thursday that it is joining forces with Hughes Consultants, a recruiting, executive search, and diversity-management company based in Atlanta that serves both law firms and corporate in-house legal departments.  

As part what the press release announcing the combination described as Hughes Consultants’ merger “into Major, Lindsey & Africa,” firm founder Melba Hughes is joining Major Lindsey as an in-house practice group partner. Hughes Consultants’ two other recruiters, Ilene Rosh and Nichole Andres Calandra, will join Major Lindsey as managing director in the in-house group and managing director in the associate practice group, respectively, bringing the total count of legal professionals at the combined company to 172.