Buffalo Legal Recruiters | Legal Recruitment | The Lion Group

Buffalo, NY ... Where We Find the Lions®

The Lion Group is a Midwest Legal Recruitment Firm based in Buffalo, NY 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 Buffalo, NY 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 Buffalo, NY.



Ask These Questions

For Buffalo 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 Buffalo 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 Buffalo, NY

Starting Associate Salary in
Buffalo, NY ***
$40k - $85k
Buffalo, NY Founded1803
State CapitalAlbany NY
County for
Buffalo, NY
Erie County
City Fact about
Buffalo, NY
The name Buffalo is a corruption of the French phrase beau fleuve, beautiful river, a phrase said to have been exclaimed by French explorers upon seeing the Niagara River
City Nickname
Buffalo, NY
The City of Good Neighbors
Top Industries
Buffalo, NY
Healthcare Services
Transportation
Manufacturing
Population
Buffalo, NY
261,025
Density
Buffalo, NY
0
Top three largest NLJ350 firms' offices by head count
Buffalo, NY
Hodgson Russ
Phillips Lytle
Goldberg Segalla

Top 100 US Law Schools in
Buffalo, NY**

Ranked #86University at Buffalo--SUNY

Top 100 Law Firms in
Buffalo, NY*

Ranked #87
PPP $670k
Nixon Peabody
Key Towers at Fountain Plaza

Top 200 Law Firms in
Buffalo, NY*

Ranked #50
PPP $660k
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney