SERVICES FOR LAW FIRMS AND IN-HOUSE CLIENTS

We work closely with a broad range of law firm and in-house clients to fill existing needs and identify strategic areas for growth and expansion.

Ascend Attorney Search collaborates with large national and international law firms as well as midsize and boutique law firms. We also work with a broad range of in-house legal departments, from local businesses to national and international companies.  Regardless of the size of the law firm or company, we invest substantial amount of time learning about our client’s practice areas, culture, and criteria used to hire new attorneys. As a result, we are able to effectively and efficiently recruit top talent for our clients. 

The services that we offer to clients include:

Collaboration: We collaborate with law firm clients to fill existing needs and identify and define strategic areas for growth. We are committed to communicating with clients regularly, and we strive to work together to ensure the best possible outcome for each and every search we handle.

Commitment to Recruiting the Most Qualified Candidates: Based on a client’s needs, we focus on recruiting the most highly-qualified attorneys and groups to meet those needs. We are unafraid to spend whatever time is necessary to identify candidates with the credentials and experience to fit a role, regardless of how challenging a search may be.

Vetting of Candidates: We spend significant time vetting the candidates with whom we speak, and we gather critical information not readily available on a resume.  This ensures that the candidate's overall profile aligns with the client's culture and strategic vision for a particular role or practice group..  We genuinely value our clients' time, and we are unafraid to reject a candidate who may appear to be qualified on paper, but for a variety of reasons would not be a good fit for a particular role. 

Market Knowledge: We are diligent about staying abreast of the legal market, and we gather information about trends within practice areas and geographic locations. We never disclose proprietary or confidential information, but we regularly provide our clients with vital information regarding what the competition is doing, whether it be related to compensation, growth strategies, or innovative methods of delivering legal services.

Free Marketing: We commit a substantial amount of time to contacting potential candidates for every search we handle. In doing so, we spread a great deal of positive information about our client, even to those who may not be interested in making a lateral move.  Over time, this increases the visibility of the client and attracts additional talent to the firm or company.

Feedback: We gather feedback from the attorneys with whom we speak, and we regularly provide comprehensive summaries of this feedback to our clients, even if we hear something negative or less than flattering about a client or particular practice area. We strive to do so in a constructive manner that our clients can use to improve their reputation in the marketplace.

We Go Beyond Open Roles: Because we take a deep dive into every client's business, culture, strategic vision and what sets it apart from its competitors, we are able to identify strategic areas in which firms may benefit from growing, whether it be adding attorneys to existing practice areas or adding new practices or sub-specialties to the firm.  Moreover, we strive to ensure our clients are given the opportunity to consider our top candidates on an “opportunistic” basis even if it does not have a specific need for such a candidate.