Louisiana
Legal recruiters in Louisiana
By metro area
Louisiana metro areas compared
Each metro area in Louisiana with its own page, largest legal market first. The Firms column counts listed firms with an office in that metro.
| Metro | Jobs | Employers | Avg. wage | Firms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans | 8,710 | 1,741 | $150,124 | 5 |
Jobs, employers and wage: BLS QCEW county files, private ownership, Q4 2024 vs Q4 2025. NAICS 5411, all legal-services employment, not attorneys alone. Wage is the average weekly wage times 52.
All firms with an office in Louisiana
Single officeSpecialist
New Orleans, LA
- Litigation
- Labor & Employment
Places associates, partners & groups, paralegals & legal staff
- EP
Single officeSpecialist
New Orleans, LA
- Litigation
- Labor & Employment
Places partners & groups, paralegals & legal staff
Single office
New Orleans, LA
Places in-house counsel, paralegals & legal staff
Regional
New Orleans, LA · Baton Rouge, LA
Places in-house counsel, paralegals & legal staff
The Louisiana legal market in numbers
This directory tracks 3 metros in Louisiana: New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette. Together they had 14,408 legal-sector jobs in Q4 2025. By that total, Louisiana is the 18th largest of the 40 states with a tracked metro. The same metros had 3,068 legal employers (establishments). Their average annual wage, weighted by jobs (the average weekly wage times 52), was $136,408. New Orleans is the largest, with 60% of the jobs.
5 firms in this directory list an office in Louisiana, the 23rd most of the 29 states with a page here. One metro area in the state has its own page.
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 5 legal recruiting firms with an office in Louisiana 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 5 have only one listed office, in Louisiana, and none are national firms (offices in five or more states) with an office here. The other 1 is regional.
- Single office, 4 firms: FLEX Staffing and Recruiting, ERG Placement LLC, Shuart & Associates, Inc., YSR Search LLC
- Regional (two or more offices, all in one state), 1 firm: Strategic Recruitment Solutions
Their offices in Louisiana are in 2 cities. By the number of firms with an office there: New Orleans, LA (5) and Baton Rouge, LA (1).
By search model
2 of the 5 firms say on their own site what kind of search they run. 2 name contract and temporary work only. 3 do not say.
- Contract and temp, 2 firms: FLEX Staffing and Recruiting, Shuart & Associates, Inc.
By level placed
By the levels they say they place: associates (1), partners and groups (2), in-house counsel (2) and paralegals and legal staff (4). A firm can name several. 1 names none.
Practice areas covered
The firms state 2 practice areas between them, listed below. 3 name no practice area.
| Practice area | Firms | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Labor & Employment | 2 | 40% |
| Litigation | 2 | 40% |
No listing here has been claimed by its firm yet.
Largest listed firms by footprint
The listed firm in Louisiana 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.Strategic Recruitment Solutions2 offices, 1 state
Practicing law in Louisiana
- Admitting authority
- Louisiana Committee on Bar Admissions source
- Uniform Bar Exam
- No source
- Admission on motion
- No source
Checked against the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
Questions about legal recruiters in Louisiana
- How many legal recruiters have an office in Louisiana?
- 5 firms in this directory list an office in Louisiana, as of their last check.
- How many Louisiana legal recruiters have only one office?
- Of the 5 listed firms, 1 is regional and 4 have only one listed office, in Louisiana. 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 Louisiana legal recruiters run retained searches?
- None of the 5 listed firms says on its website that it runs retained searches. Most legal recruiting is done on contingency, where the hiring firm pays only when it hires.
- Which practice areas have the most coverage in Louisiana?
- By the number of listed firms that state them: Labor & Employment (2 firms) and Litigation (2 firms).
- Do Louisiana legal recruiters place in-house counsel?
- 2 of the 5 listed firms say they place in-house counsel. By the other levels they name: associates (1), partners and groups (2) and paralegals and legal staff (4). 1 names no level.
- Which metro areas in Louisiana have their own page?
- New Orleans, LA (5 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.