Joliet Legal Recruiters | Legal Recruitment | The Lion Group

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

The Lion Group is a Midwest Legal Recruitment Firm based in Joliet, 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 Joliet, 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 Joliet, IL.



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



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About Joliet, IL

Starting Associate Salary in
Joliet, IL ***
$47,761 - $55,870
Joliet, IL Founded1836
State CapitalSpringfield IL
City Fact about
Joliet, IL
It continues to be Illinois fastest growing city and one of the fastest growing in the southwest Chicago metropolitan area.
City Nickname
Joliet, IL
City of Stone
Population
Joliet, IL
147,806
Density
Joliet, IL
2
Top three largest NLJ350 firms' offices by head count
Joliet, IL
Hinshaw & Culbertson
Mayor
Joliet, IL
Thomas Giarrante
Notable People
Joliet, IL
John Beck
Lionel Richie
Major Employers
Joliet, IL
Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center
County of Will
Silver Cross Hospital (now located in New Lenox)
Hollywood Casino Joliet
Caterpillar
City History
Joliet, IL
The origin of the name was most likely a corruption of the name of French Canadian explorer Louis Jolliet, who in 1673, along with Father Jacques Marquette, paddled up the Des Plaines River and camped on a huge mound, a few miles south of present-day Jol
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Joliet, IL
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Joliet, IL
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Top 200 Law Firms in
Joliet, IL*

Ranked #64
PPP $535k
Hinshaw & Culbertson