Syracuse Legal Recruiters | Legal Recruitment | The Lion Group

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

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



Ask These Questions

For Syracuse 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 Syracuse 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 Syracuse, NY

Starting Associate Salary in
Syracuse, NY ***
$23k - $37k
Syracuse, NY Founded1825
State CapitalAlbany NY
County for
Syracuse, NY
Onondaga County
City Fact about
Syracuse, NY
The city derives its name from Siracusa, a city on the eastern coast of the Italian island of Sicily
City Nickname
Syracuse, NY
The Cuse, Salt City, Emerald City, The Heart of New York
Top Industries
Syracuse, NY
Educational services
Accommodation and food services
Health care
Construction
Professional, scientific, and technical services
Administrative and support and waste management services
Public administration
Population
Syracuse, NY
145,151
Density
Syracuse, NY
0
Top three largest NLJ350 firms' offices by head count
Syracuse, NY
Bond, Schoeneck & King
Hiscock & Barclay
Harris Beach

Top 100 US Law Schools in
Syracuse, NY**

Ranked #96Syracuse University