We Help Top Legal Talent
Find Their Perfect Lateral Match
We use our interpersonal skills and deep knowledge of the industry to match the country’s top attorneys with positions that best suit them
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Lateral Match was Founded by Graduates of Top Law Schools, including Harvard, with Federal Clerkship, AmLaw 100 Firm, and Many Years of Legal Recruiting Experience
Lateral Match was founded by alumni of top law schools, including Harvard Law School, who pursued federal clerkships and AmLaw 100 firm associate positions before using their skills and knowledge of the legal market to match top legal talent with the law firms that best suit them.
Before founding Lateral Match, our team spent years learning and perfecting their craft at two of the nation’s leading legal recruiting firms.
We believe that the best legal recruiters are really the best matchmakers.
Rather than reaching out to any firm with an opening, we dig deep to really get to know our candidates and place them at the firms that will best serve their needs and goals for years to come.
We only ever send our candidates’ materials to firms that they explicitly approve and that we know would be a great match for them.
Lateral Match Recruiters Have a Proven Track Record of Successfully Matching Candidates with Law Firms They Thrive in Long-Term
Our recruiters have placed attorneys at top law firms throughout the country. We pair our legal market expertise with an in-depth tailored analysis of each candidate’s background and goals to maximize their next career move.
Our recruiters dig deep to learn as much as we can about each candidate – their goals, desires, skills, and personalities.
Then, we draw upon our years of expertise and extensive research to deliver a short list of the best opportunities available for each candidate’s review.
We think outside of the box to make the perfect match for each and every one of our candidates – we’ve placed candidates in BigLaw, elite boutique firms, in house, and even with solo practitioners!
True story: one of our recruiters once placed a former BigLaw M&A associate, who very much wanted out of BigLaw, with a rural small-town solo practitioner, where she still practices sophisticated M&A (with much more reasonable hours!) today.
Our team works with laterals of all kinds – associates, counsel, partners, and practice groups - looking to make the next move in their career. Our recruiters have deep relationships with law firms and companies nationwide.
Legal Employers
Lateral Match works with all legal employers - AmLaw 200, mid-sized, boutique and small law firms as well as in-house legal departments - throughout the country.
We understand that every placement requires a significant investment, so it is important that every match between an attorney and legal employer be as secure as possible. That’s where our team truly excels.
Please contact us to discuss your hiring needs.
We would love to find you your perfect match.
Lateral Match’s Mission
We believe that successful lateral placements require an in-depth analysis of each individual candidate’s skillset, goals, and personality, coupled with extensive market research and deep industry expertise to make the perfect match.
We understand how busy our candidates are (we used to work at BigLaw firms, too!) and provide concierge service at every stage of the lateral process.
We will help you decide whether to lateral, evaluate available opportunities, communicate with firms, prepare for interviews, negotiate and accept or decline offers, navigate conflicts and the onboarding process, and answer any questions you might have along the way.
We work relentlessly for our candidates and will not stop until you obtain your dream job. Making the decision to take the next step in your career can be hard, but we make everything beyond that easy.
About Our Lateral Match Recruiters
Lateral Match only hires the best to represent our candidates in finding positions that are the perfect match for them.
All of our recruiters went to top law schools, including Harvard Law School, and secured federal clerkships before joining AmLaw-ranked firms. Before founding Lateral Match, our team spent years learning and perfecting their craft at two of the nation’s leading legal recruiting firms.
Our recruiters are experts in the legal recruiting field who keep informed about hiring trends across the country and all practice areas.