Legal Recruiters in Toronto & Montreal

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What we are actually recruiting this week

Not a case study from two years ago. These are live mandates, and the list below is rebuilt every day from our own system.

All 37 open legal searches, updated daily.

Who runs your search

One lawyer's career at a time

Founder and Managing Partner · Legal & Compliance

Brady Jones

Brady practised for eight years at mid-sized Bay Street firms before he was a recruiter, and he was called to the Ontario bar in 2009 and the New York bar in 2010. Legal hiring is the one market where the candidate reads the posting more carefully than the client does: a lawyer weighing a move wants to know the practice group, the partner, the billable target and who left last year. He can answer that from experience rather than from a briefing note.

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What happens when you call

Four steps, and the days each one takes

The variable in a legal search is almost never candidate supply. It is how long the partnership takes to agree.

Day 1 The brief Practice group, billable expectation, who the associate reports to, and what happened to the last person in the seat. We ask that one out loud.

Days 2 to 14 The approach Called, never posted. Good associates are two years into a practice they like and will take exactly one discreet phone call.

Days 15 to 30 The shortlist [N] candidates, with year of call, bar standing, and the reason each one would move.

Days 31 to 42 Offer and close Counter-offers are the norm in law, not the exception. We plan for the counter before the offer goes out.

Where we work

Two bars, two languages, one team

Most national firms treat Quebec as a branch office. It is a separate legal system with its own bar, its own notaries, and a client base that will not run a search in English.

Ontario

Law Society of Ontario · Bay Street firms, in-house teams, and the mid-market firms nobody covers

Quebec

Barreau du Quebec and Chambre des notaires · searches run in French, including notarial roles that have no Ontario equivalent

Cross-border

New York and the US Northeast, where Canadian-qualified lawyers keep being asked to go

Recent placements

Roles we filled, and when

[Role]

[Firm type or in-house] · [Month, year] · Toronto

[Role]

[Firm type or in-house] · [Month, year] · Montreal

[Role]

[Firm type or in-house] · [Month, year] · Toronto

[Six to nine placements, year of call and practice area, no employer names unless cleared.]

“[One client sentence about a specific search, not about the firm.]”

Questions we get

Before you call

How long does a legal search take?

Forty-two days on average from brief to accepted offer. Associate searches at a defined year of call run faster. General Counsel searches run longer, because the board wants to meet three people and the board meets monthly.

Do you run searches in French, in Montreal?

Yes, by three people who work out of Montreal: Stephanie Frenette-Marier, Director of Recruitment, Lea Jaouich, Manager of Legal Recruitment, and Satchel Delpech. Their direct lines are on the team page. It is a Montreal desk, not a Toronto desk that translates.

Can you place Quebec notaries?

Yes. Notarial roles have no Ontario equivalent and most national recruiters skip them entirely. We have [N] open right now.

What does a legal search cost?

[Fee structure, stated plainly. If we will not publish a number, say what it depends on.]

What if the lawyer leaves?

[Guarantee period and what it covers.]

You are hiring

Ninety minutes with the person who will run the search. You will leave knowing whether the lawyer you are describing exists at that price.

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You are the lawyer

Discreet, and it stays that way. We never send your name to a firm without asking you first.

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