“Every legal team within a legal department or law firm, has a flavor, culture, substantive focus. The best candidate will mirror these principals and fit within the personality of the organization.”
Kerwin Associates partners with our clients to successfully build legal teams or add specific individuals to legal departments or law firms.
Kerwin Associates seeks the following in its business relationships:
- Strong connections and open communication.
- Commitment to business partnering and follow through with a team-oriented approach.
- High ethical standards.
Kerwin Associates takes the following steps in its search process:
- Meets with clients’ General Counsel, Human Resources Department, and Corporate Senior Management to gain an understanding of clients’ search criteria and compensation goals.
- Thoroughly researches clients’ business models, products, cultures, and personalities to appropriately market and sell job openings to potential candidates.
- Source candidates from Kerwin Associates’ extensive database and contacts of 19,000 attorneys.
- Markets clients’ job opportunities and companies legal departments to select candidates. Maintain informative spreadsheet of who has been contacted, with extensive notes of candidates’ thoughts and perspectives.
- Screens and interviews appropriate candidates. Maintains spreadsheets of all candidates interviewed and their feedback regarding the position interviewed for.
- Maintains interactive communication with clients to ensure goals of both clients and candidates are being met; i.e. compensation, level of hire, etc. Aids clients in determining appropriate compensation and benefits packages to be offered.
- Reference Checking.
- Facilitates negotiation process to enable clients and candidates to reach a satisfactory agreement that both sides consider “a win.”
CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
"Anne takes the time to understand our needs, and she works hard to bring us candidates that are the right fit--candidates that have helped our legal department deliver a competitive advantage for our company. As a hiring manager, I don't have time to waste. With Anne's help, I fill openings faster with higher quality attorneys than I could otherwise."
Associate General Counsel, High Technology Company
"Anne is a tremendously helpful resource. She takes the time to get to know her clients and the companies with whom she works, which allows her to send the right people to the right companies. Couple that with her extensive network and it's not surprising that she gets fantastic results."
Deputy General Counsel, Internet Company
“Anne approached our legal search with a high level of integrity and tenacity. She has an excellent reputation and extensive network which enabled her to bring in impressive and high level candidates that were on-point for our needs. Anne was successful in finding us the ideal candidate on account of her ability to understand our business, unique legal needs, and company culture. She took the time to carefully screen and meet candidates presenting those who had the "right" substantive experience, compensation requirements and interpersonal qualifications.
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