Legal recruiters in Minneapolis

The Minneapolis legal market in numbers

The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area had 14,459 legal-sector jobs in Q4 2025. That is the 19th largest legal market of the 73 metros this directory tracks, and 2.2x the median metro, which had 6,428. It had 1,580 legal employers (establishments), the 23rd most of 73 and 1.5x the median metro. That is 109.3 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 $198,588, the 18th highest of 73 metros and 22% above the median metro, which paid $162,708. Compared with Q4 2024, legal-sector jobs fell 1.7% and the average weekly wage rose 4.8%.

7 firms in this directory list an office in the Minneapolis area, the 17th 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 7 legal recruiting firms with an office in the Minneapolis 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

1 of the 7 has only one listed office, in the Minneapolis area, and 4 are national firms (offices in five or more states) with an office here. The other 2 are regional (1) and multi-state (1).

• Single office, 1 firm: Attorney Coaching & Recruiting
• Regional (two or more offices, all in one state), 1 firm: Sand Search Partners, Ltd.
• Multi-state (offices in two to four states), 1 firm: Quaero Group
• National (offices in five or more states), 4 firms: Scion Staffing, Latitude, Major Lindsey & Africa, Special Counsel

Their offices in the Minneapolis area are in 4 cities. By the number of firms with an office there: Minneapolis, MN (4), Edina, MN (2), Eden Prairie, MN (1) and St Paul, MN (1).

By search model

4 of the 7 firms say on their own site what kind of search they run. 1 names both retained and contingency search, 1 names retained search and 2 name contract and temporary work only. 1 of the firms with a permanent search model also names contract or temporary work. 3 do not say.

• Retained and contingency, 1 firm: Scion Staffing
• Retained, 1 firm: Quaero Group
• Contract and temp, 2 firms: Latitude, Special Counsel

By level placed

By the levels they say they place: associates (1), partners and groups (3), in-house counsel (4) and paralegals and legal staff (1). A firm can name several. Every firm names at least one.

Practice areas covered

The firms state 5 practice areas between them. The most stated are Litigation (4 of 7, 57%), Corporate & M&A (1 of 7, 14%) and Intellectual Property (1 of 7, 14%). 3 name no practice area.

2 of the 7 firms state a founding year, from 2000 to 2006. No listing here has been claimed by its firm yet.

Largest listed firms by footprint

The 5 listed firms in the Minneapolis 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. 1.Scion Staffing26 offices, 18 states
2. 2.Latitude21 offices, 17 states
3. 3.Major Lindsey & Africa19 offices, 14 states
4. 4.Special Counsel9 offices, 9 states
5. 5.Quaero Group4 offices, 4 states

Questions about Minneapolis legal recruiters

How many legal recruiters have an office in Minneapolis?

7 firms in this directory list an office in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area, as of their last check.

How many Minneapolis legal recruiters have only one office?

Of the 7 listed firms, 4 are national, 1 is multi-state, 1 is regional and 1 has only one listed office, in Minneapolis. 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 Minneapolis legal recruiters run retained searches?

2 of the 7 listed firms say on their own site that they run retained searches, 1 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 Minneapolis?

By the number of listed firms that state them: Litigation (4 firms), Corporate & M&A (1 firm), Intellectual Property (1 firm) and Labor & Employment (1 firm). The other 1 practice area stated here is Tax, Trusts & Estates (1).

Do Minneapolis legal recruiters place in-house counsel?

4 of the 7 listed firms say they place in-house counsel. By the other levels they name: associates (1), partners and groups (3) and paralegals and legal staff (1).

Which markets near Minneapolis have their own page?

Milwaukee, WI (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.