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About the Role
Oversee and manage the recruitment, onboarding, and integration for all lateral partners in the firm’s West Coast offices, reporting to the Senior Director of Legal Recruiting. Work closely with Department Chairs, Office Managing Partners, and other stakeholders to identify, assess, and recruit lateral partners and groups in alignment with the firm’s lateral hiring priorities and growth strategy.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with stakeholders to identify hiring needs, strategic growth priorities, and target candidates.
- Conduct market research and obtain competitive intelligence to build a robust lateral partner pipeline.
- Track information and analyze competitive data, best practices, and trends to provide strategic recommendations.
- Cultivate relationships with search firm recruiters, counterparts in other firms, and industry groups.
- Develop strategies and tactics for identifying and contacting potential candidates.
- Create bespoke recruitment approaches for each lateral partner candidate.
- Review interview evaluations, LPQs, and business plans to identify areas for further analysis.
- Develop and implement partner recruitment initiatives that support diversity commitment and goals.
- Strategize to create effective marketing materials to support lateral partner recruiting objectives.
- Supervise and contribute to the professional development of other members of the Legal Recruiting team.
- Represent the firm in local and national legal recruiting organizations.
- Perform other projects and responsibilities as assigned.
Requirements
- Minimum of 6+ years of legal recruiting/talent management experience in a law firm or other professional services setting, including experience with lateral partner recruiting.
- Bachelor's Degree Required; J.D. Preferred.
- Existing network of relationships with productive recruiters and search firms at the partner candidate level required.
- Prior experience managing direct reports strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of the legal market and relationships in legal professional groups and other organizations related to the legal industry.
- Sophisticated strategic and analytical thinking, drive, initiative, and demonstrated problem-solving ability required.
- Effective client service skills, with proven organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to prioritize and multi-task effectively.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interact effectively with stakeholders and candidates at all levels.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Proficiency in legal recruiting databases and applicant tracking programs (e.g., LawCruit, viDesktop, Firm Prospects).
- Ability to accommodate a flexible work schedule that will occasionally require travel and extended hours.
- Ability to exercise good judgment and to recognize and treat confidential information in a professional manner.
Skills
- Legal recruiting
- Talent management
- Lateral partner recruiting
- Market research
- Competitive intelligence
- Strategic thinking
- Analytical thinking
- Problem-solving
- Client service
- Organizational skills
- Attention to detail
- Prioritization
- Multi-tasking
- Oral communication
- Written communication
- Interpersonal skills
- Microsoft Office
- Legal recruiting databases
- Applicant tracking programs
Location
- Los Angeles, CA 90067
- Los Angeles, CA 90017
- San Francisco, CA 94105
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior Manager
- 6+ years of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree
- J.D. Preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $175,000 to $200,000 annually
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive package of benefits
- Paid time off
- Medical/dental/vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Annual merit increase
- Bonus pay
About the Company
- Seyfarth understands that great people are the key to its success and provides opportunities to match.
- Professionals work with state-of-the-art technology in a friendly and professional environment.
- The firm invests in professional development.
- Seyfarth provides competitive salary and benefits.
- The culture embraces the entrepreneurial spirit of its professionals.
- Professional staff are a collaborative team, helping to define the unique client experience offered by the firm.
- Everyone participates in the commitment to excellence.
- With approximately 1,000 lawyers across 19 offices, Seyfarth Shaw LLP provides advisory, litigation, and transactional legal services to clients worldwide.
- Learn more about The Seyfarth Experience at www.seyfarth.com/careers/.
Equal Opportunity
- Seyfarth Shaw is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities.
- We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, change of sex or transgender status, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.
- Seyfarth will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
- Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with the following laws if applicable, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act.
- Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.