Legal Recruiting Services for Candidates

Atticus Recruiting places highly skilled and motivated attorneys in legal careers that are personally rewarding and professionally challenging. Our business largely comes from repeat engagements by satisfied corporate and law firm clients and referrals from individual lateral attorney candidates who have used our services and are pleased with the results. Candidate confidentiality is paramount. We will not make an inquiry nor submit a your resume without first obtaining your express consent.

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Reliable Legal Recruiting Across Chicago and the Midwest

Countless attorneys throughout Chicago and the Midwest have found exceptional legal opportunities and advanced their legal careers with Atticus Recruiting. Read our candidate and employer testimonials and recent client successes to see what people are saying.

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Partner Opportunities
Representative Placements
Confidential Legal Recruiting
Relocating to Chicago

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Atticus Recruiting, Chicago’s Legal Recruiter®, Exceptional Attorneys for Extraordinary Opportunities.

I worked with Michelle on a lateral move between law firms. I was impressed by her extensive knowledge of the Chicago legal field, and that she took the time to find the right fit for me. She made the placement process easier by advocating strongly for me and my best interests. I also highly recommend Michelle because of her extensive contacts, understanding of the market, high standard for integrity, and ability to obtain key information to help clients find the right placement. She is an excellent counselor/advisor and takes the time to know her clients in order to determine the best fit. I would not hesitate to work with Michelle again.

Ann Chen, Associate, Goldberg Kohn (now Senior Counsel, Abbott)

A Tailored Approach to Placing Partners

Whether you’re a founding partner with your name on the door, an equity partner with substantial portable business or an entrepreneurial income partner looking for a different platform to grow your book of business, keen market knowledge, discretion, confidentiality and expediency are primary concerns. We work with partners and groups of partners seeking to open new offices or move laterally to established firms ranging from international Am Law 100s to regional powerhouses and prestigious boutiques.

Partner Services Include:

Comprehensive market analysis
Identifying compatible platforms
Ascertaining initial interest confidentially
Resume and business plan review
Scheduling and confirming interviews
Offer negotiation

Personalized Placements for Legal Associates

Associates are the backbone of the legal market and face an array of career choices. Our success has been built on presenting associates with outstanding opportunities, enabling them to secure meaningful, fulfilling and lasting employment. We have placed associates in a broad spectrum of legal practices, and our clients have succeeded in becoming equity partners, hiring partners and general counsels at many outstanding firms and companies.

Associate Services Include:

Lateral and in-house placement
Career counseling
Resume review
Interview coaching
Offer negotiation and evaluation
Relocation consulting

Recent Placements

I have sought Michelle's advice at various stages of my career - after a clerkship as a junior attorney, as a partner, and as a hiring manager looking for top notch talent. In every situation she has provided me with invaluable counsel in the decision-making process. Michelle is not simply a resource, but an ally and a friend, and that is what makes her one of the most effective recruiters in Chicago.

Alais Griffin, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP