Princeton Legal Recruiters | Legal Recruitment | The Lion Group

Princeton, NJ ... Where We Find the Lions®

The Lion Group is a Midwest Legal Recruitment Firm based in Princeton, NJ 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 Princeton, NJ 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 Princeton, NJ.



Ask These Questions

For Princeton 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 Princeton 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 Princeton, NJ

Starting Associate Salary in
Princeton, NJ ***
$105k - $145k
Princeton, NJ Founded1756
State CapitalTrenton NJ
County for
Princeton, NJ
Mercer County
City Fact about
Princeton, NJ
The Lenni Lenape Native Americans were the earliest identifiable inhabitants of the Princeton area.
City Nickname
Princeton, NJ
Princeton Township
Top Industries
Princeton, NJ
Education
Technology
Finance
Population
Princeton, NJ
28,572
Density
Princeton, NJ
0
Top three largest NLJ350 firms' offices by head count
Princeton, NJ
Fox Rothschild
Reed Smith
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

Top 100 Law Firms in
Princeton, NJ*

Ranked #19
PPP $2.0m
Dechert
Ranked #35
PPP $1.4m
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Ranked #64
PPP $1.05m
Reed Smith
Princeton Forrestal Village
Ranked #81
PPP $730k
Pepper Hamilton
Ranked #89
PPP $690k
Blank Rome
Ranked #93
PPP $660k
Drinker Biddle & Reath

Top 200 Law Firms in
Princeton, NJ*

Ranked #18
PPP $1.0m
Stevens & Lee
Ranked #28
PPP $850k
Sills Cummis & Gross
NL
Ranked #23
PPP $935k
Herrick, Feinstein
Ranked #50
PPP $660k
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
Ranked #57
PPP $565k
Fox Rothschild
Ranked #74
PPP $515k
Saul Ewing
Ranked #0
PPP $405k
Archer & Greiner