Irvine Legal Recruiters | Legal Recruitment | The Lion Group

Irvine, CA ... Where We Find the Lions®

The Lion Group is a Midwest Legal Recruitment Firm based in Irvine, CA 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 Irvine, CA 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 Irvine, CA.



Ask These Questions

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



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About Irvine, CA

Starting Associate Salary in
Irvine, CA ***
$115k - $160k
Irvine, CA Founded1971
State CapitalSacramento CA
County for
Irvine, CA
Orange County
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Irvine, CA
Irvine is home to the University of California, Irvine (UCI), Concordia University, Irvine Valley College, the Orange County Center of the University of Southern California (USC), and the satellite campuses of Alliant International University, California
City Nickname
Irvine, CA
The Bubble
Top Industries
Irvine, CA
Technology
Education
Manufacturing
Population
Irvine, CA
215,529
Density
Irvine, CA
3
Top three largest NLJ350 firms' offices by head count
Irvine, CA
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Jones Day
Mayor
Irvine, CA
Steven Choi
Notable People
Irvine, CA
Riley Breckenridge
John B. T. Campbell III
Major Employers
Irvine, CA
University of California
Irvine
Broadcom
Edwards Lifesciences
Allergan
Irvine Unified School District
City History
Irvine, CA
Irvine was named the best-run city in the U.S. by 24/7 Wall Street.
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Top 100 Law Firms in
Irvine, CA*

Ranked #8
PPP $2.3m
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Orange County
Ranked #19
PPP $2.0m
Dechert
Orange County
Ranked #33
PPP $1.46m
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Orange County
Ranked #35
PPP $1.4m
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Orange County
Ranked #39
PPP $1.50m
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy
Ranked #46
PPP $1.46m
McDermott Will & Emery
Orange County
Ranked #50
PPP $1.32m
Greenberg Traurig
Orange County
Ranked #74
PPP $900k
Crowell & Moring
Orange County
Ranked #75
PPP $820k
Jones Day
Orange County
Ranked #75
PPP $820k
Jones Day
Ranked #77
PPP $930k
K&L Gates
Orange County
Ranked #77
PPP $1.03m
Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Orange County
Ranked #81
PPP $730k
Pepper Hamilton
Orange County
Ranked #87
PPP $740k
Haynes and Boone
Orange County
Ranked #90
PPP $705k
Bryan Cave
Orange County
Ranked #95
PPP $705k
Troutman Sanders
Orange County
Ranked #100
PPP $485k
Littler Mendelson
Orange County

Top 200 Law Firms in
Irvine, CA*

Ranked #4
PPP $1.58m
Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Mitchell
Orange County
Ranked #17
PPP $1.0m
Dickstein Shapiro
Orange County
Ranked #55
PPP $615k
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis
Orange County
Ranked #51
PPP $660k
Sedgwick
Orange County
Ranked #43
PPP $695k
Gordon & Rees
Orange County
Ranked #87
PPP $450k
Fisher & Phillips
Orange County
Ranked #66
PPP $530k
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear
Orange County
Ranked #84
PPP $455k
Kutak Rock
Orange County