Denver, CO
Legal recruiters in Denver
The Denver legal market
- Legal-sector jobs
- 16,101
- 15th largest legal market of 73 tracked
- 2.5x the median metro
- Legal employers
- 2,979
- 12th most legal employers of 73 metros tracked
- 2.9x the median metro
- Average annual wage (weekly x 52)
- $209,144
- 13th highest of 73 metros tracked
- 29% above the median metro
Source: BLS QCEW county files, private ownership, Q4 2024 vs Q4 2025. NAICS 5411, all legal-services employment, not attorneys alone.
Practice areas covered here
Firms with an office in the Denver area
National(18 states)
Denver, CO · +25 more
- Litigation
- Corporate & M&A
- Tax, Trusts & Estates
Places paralegals & legal staff
Multi-state(2 states)Specialist
Golden, CO · Denver, CO · +1 more
- Labor & Employment
- Finance & Restructuring
Places partners & groups, in-house counsel, paralegals & legal staff
National(17 states)Specialist
Denver, CO · +20 more
- Litigation
- Labor & Employment
Places in-house counsel
National(14 states)Specialist
Denver, CO · +18 more
- Litigation
- Intellectual Property
Places partners & groups, in-house counsel
Single officeSpecialist
Denver, CO
- Litigation
- Labor & Employment
Places in-house counsel, paralegals & legal staff
- HE
- ES
Search types are what each firm says on its own site: retained search, contingency search, contract & temporary.
The Denver legal market in numbers
The Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO metro area had 16,101 legal-sector jobs in Q4 2025. That is the 15th largest legal market of the 73 metros this directory tracks, and 2.5x the median metro, which had 6,428. It had 2,979 legal employers (establishments), the 12th most of 73 and 2.9x the median metro. That is 185.0 legal employers for every 1,000 legal-sector jobs, against 156.0 in the median metro. The average annual wage in the legal sector (the average weekly wage times 52) was $209,144, the 13th highest of 73 metros and 29% above the median metro, which paid $162,708.
9 firms in this directory list an office in the Denver area, the 15th most of the 37 metros with a page here.
Source: BLS QCEW county files, private ownership, Q4 2024 vs Q4 2025, taken September 15, 2026. NAICS 5411, all legal-services employment, not attorneys alone.
Who is listed here
The groups below count what each of the 9 legal recruiting firms with an office in the Denver area states on its own website, and name the firms in each group in the same order as the list on this page.
By footprint
4 of the 9 have only one listed office, in the Denver area, and 3 are national firms (offices in five or more states) with an office here. The other 2 are multi-state.
- Single office, 4 firms: Targeted Legal Staffing Solutions (TLSS), Hiring & Empowering Solutions, LLC., The Lawt, eJD Search
- Multi-state (offices in two to four states), 2 firms: Gibson Arnold & Associates, Inc., Quaero Group
- National (offices in five or more states), 3 firms: Scion Staffing, Latitude, Major Lindsey & Africa
Their offices in the Denver area are in 4 cities. By the number of firms with an office there: Denver, CO (7), Centennial, CO (1), Golden, CO (1) and Parker, CO (1).
By search model
6 of the 9 firms say on their own site what kind of search they run. 2 name both retained and contingency search, 2 name retained search and 2 name contract and temporary work only. 3 of the firms with a permanent search model also name contract or temporary work. 3 do not say.
- Retained and contingency, 2 firms: Scion Staffing, Hiring & Empowering Solutions, LLC.
- Retained, 2 firms: Gibson Arnold & Associates, Inc., Quaero Group
- Contract and temp, 2 firms: Latitude, Targeted Legal Staffing Solutions (TLSS)
By level placed
By the levels they say they place: partners and groups (4), in-house counsel (6) and paralegals and legal staff (5). A firm can name several. Every firm names at least one.
Practice areas covered
The firms state 6 practice areas between them. The most stated are Litigation (4 of 9, 44%), Labor & Employment (3 of 9, 33%) and Corporate & M&A (1 of 9, 11%). 4 name no practice area.
| Practice area | Firms | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Litigation | 4 | 44% |
| Labor & Employment | 3 | 33% |
| Corporate & M&A | 1 | 11% |
| Finance & Restructuring | 1 | 11% |
| Intellectual Property | 1 | 11% |
| Tax, Trusts & Estates | 1 | 11% |
No listing here has been claimed by its firm yet.
Largest listed firms by footprint
The 5 listed firms in the Denver area with the most offices nationally, counting each city once and only firms with more than one office. Ties are broken A to Z by name.
- 1.Scion Staffing26 offices, 18 states
- 2.Latitude21 offices, 17 states
- 3.Major Lindsey & Africa19 offices, 14 states
- 4.Quaero Group4 offices, 4 states
- 5.Gibson Arnold & Associates, Inc.3 offices, 2 states
Practicing law in Colorado
- Admitting authority
- Colorado Supreme Court Office of Attorney Admissions source
- Uniform Bar Exam
- Yes source
- Admission on motion
- Yes source
Checked against the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
Nearby markets
Every firm with an office anywhere in Colorado is on the Colorado page.
Questions about Denver legal recruiters
- How many legal recruiters have an office in Denver?
- 9 firms in this directory list an office in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO metro area, as of their last check.
- How many Denver legal recruiters have only one office?
- Of the 9 listed firms, 3 are national, 2 are multi-state and 4 have only one listed office, in Denver. Offices are counted nationally: a regional firm has two or more offices in one state, a multi-state firm has offices in two to four states, and a national firm has offices in five or more.
- How many Denver legal recruiters run retained searches?
- 4 of the 9 listed firms say on their own site that they run retained searches, 2 of them alongside contingency search. 2 name contract and temporary work only. 3 do not say. Most legal recruiting is done on contingency, where the hiring firm pays only when it hires.
- Which practice areas have the most coverage in Denver?
- By the number of listed firms that state them: Litigation (4 firms), Labor & Employment (3 firms), Corporate & M&A (1 firm) and Finance & Restructuring (1 firm). The other 2 practice areas stated here are Intellectual Property (1) and Tax, Trusts & Estates (1).
- Do Denver legal recruiters place in-house counsel?
- 6 of the 9 listed firms say they place in-house counsel. By the other levels they name: partners and groups (4) and paralegals and legal staff (5).
- Which markets near Denver have their own page?
- Phoenix, AZ (7 firms).
- How is this list ordered?
- By a published rule: listings claimed by their firm come first, then listings with more complete profiles, then A to Z by name. No firm is placed by hand, including Voll Recruiting, which operates this site.
- When was this list last checked?
- Every listing here was last checked against the firm's own website on October 1, 2026. The market figures are from BLS QCEW county files, private ownership, Q4 2024 vs Q4 2025, taken on September 15, 2026. The bar admission facts were checked against the National Conference of Bar Examiners on October 4, 2026.