Belleville, Illinois Legal Recruiters

Belleville, IL ... Where We Find the Lions®

The Lion Group is a Midwest Legal Recruitment Firm based in Belleville, IL with National Reach. We specialize in corporate in-house counsel talent, compliance professionals, law partners and lateral groups.

In the constant state of US and Global economic change, Employers both Corporations and Corporate Defense Law Firms rely on The Lion Group, a Midwest legal recruiting firm, to recruit and place executives, in-house legal counsel, compliance professionals, attorneys and law partner talent.

Corporations rely on us for sourcing legal and compliance talent such as general counsel, chief compliance officer, deputy general counsel, division general counsel and division compliance managers, senior corporate counsel corporate counsel and contract administrators. We serve the Fortune 500 and other publicly traded companies, the largest private employers to companies with 100+ employees or $50 million in revenue and growing.

Corporate Defense Law Firms rely on us to present strategic law partners with portable business of $300,000 to $20 million. We have a 10 year history of placing single partners, groups and opening new offices for our clients. Our law firm clients have been the Am Law 100 & 200 and corporate defense law firms of $50 million and 75 attorneys or more.

Legal recruiting is our forte. At law schools, corporations and law firms locally here in Belleville, IL lawyers call us headhunters while others call us legal recruiters or legal search consultants, either way we get the job done and our clients are happy with our in-house attorney, compliance and law partner placements in Belleville, IL.



Ask These Questions

For Belleville Employers, do these questions or scenarios apply to you?

  • Our corporate legal department is looking to add another in-house attorney.
  • Human Resources posted a position on a job board but the quality of attorney candidates were not sufficient. 
  • We have in-house recruiters, but they are either under staffed or do not know how to find the best legal talent for open positions.
  • We are exploring our first in-house corporate counsel hire. 
  • I am curious about your legal recruiting process. 
  • We would like assistance with law partner recruiting.  
  • Our corporate defense law firm would like to discuss our options for opening a new office or a possible combination. 
  • Why Partners are leaving your law firm? 

For Belleville Legal & Compliance talent, do these questions or scenarios apply to you?



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*The law firm rankings are based on the 2013 AML 100&200 by Profits Per Partner.
**The top law school rankings are based on the 2013 U.S. News Best Law School ranking.
*^The top ATL law school rankings are based on 2013 Above the Law rankings.
***Salaries are based on a range of small to large law firms that were found for this city.

About Belleville, IL

Starting Associate Salary in
Belleville, IL ***
$94k - $141k
Belleville, IL Founded1814
State CapitalSpringfield IL
County for
Belleville, IL
St Clair County
City Fact about
Belleville, IL
the eighth-most populated city outside of the Chicago Metropolitan Area and the most populated city south of Springfield in the state of Illinois.
City Nickname
Belleville, IL
Beautiful city
Top Industries
Belleville, IL
Educational
Health
Retail
trade
Arts
Entertainment
Population
Belleville, IL
43,765
Density
Belleville, IL
2
Top three largest NLJ350 firms' offices by head count
Belleville, IL
Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale
Hinshaw & Culbertson
Thompson Coburn
Mayor
Belleville, IL
Mark W. Eckert
Notable People
Belleville, IL
Sandra Magnus
Bob Heil
Major Employers
Belleville, IL
Anheuser-Busch
Boeing
Charter Communications
Scott Air Force Base
Monsanto
City History
Belleville, IL
Blair named the city Belleville (French for beautiful city) because he believed that a French name would attract new residents
City Wiki Page
Belleville, IL
Belleville, IL's Wikipedia
City Web Site
Belleville, IL
Belleville, IL's Website

Top 200 Law Firms in
Belleville, IL*

Ranked #64
PPP $535k
Hinshaw & Culbertson
Ranked #75
PPP $500k
Thompson Coburn