St. Louis, MO
Legal recruiters in St. Louis
The St. Louis legal market
- Legal-sector jobs
- 9,253
- 25th largest legal market of 73 tracked
- 1.4x the median metro
- Legal employers
- 1,265
- 29th most legal employers of 73 metros tracked
- 1.2x the median metro
- Average annual wage (weekly x 52)
- $171,132
- 29th highest of 73 metros tracked
- 5% 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 St. Louis area
National(17 states)Specialist
Louis, MO · St. Louis, MO · +19 more
- Litigation
- Labor & Employment
Places in-house counsel
Single office
Clayton, MO
Places partners & groups, in-house counsel, paralegals & legal staff
Single office
Clayton, MO
Places partners & groups, in-house counsel, paralegals & legal staff
Search types are what each firm says on its own site: retained search, contingency search, contract & temporary.
The St. Louis legal market in numbers
The St. Louis, MO-IL metro area had 9,253 legal-sector jobs in Q4 2025. That is the 25th largest legal market of the 73 metros this directory tracks, and 1.4x the median metro, which had 6,428. It had 1,265 legal employers (establishments), the 29th most of 73 and 1.2x the median metro. That is 136.7 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 $171,132, the 29th highest of 73 metros and 5% above the median metro, which paid $162,708. Compared with Q4 2024, legal-sector jobs rose 1.3% and the average weekly wage rose 14.6%.
This directory tracks 2 metros in Missouri: St. Louis and Kansas City. Together they had 15,681 legal-sector jobs, and 59% of them were in the St. Louis metro. 4 firms in this directory list an office in the St. Louis area, the 28th 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 4 legal recruiting firms with an office in the St. Louis 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
2 of the 4 have only one listed office, in the St. Louis area, and 1 is a national firm (offices in five or more states) with an office here. The other 1 is regional.
- Single office, 2 firms: JurisTemps, Inc., JurisTalent
- Regional (two or more offices, all in one state), 1 firm: ACC Recruiters
- National (offices in five or more states), 1 firm: Latitude
Their offices in the St. Louis area are in 3 cities. By the number of firms with an office there: Clayton, MO (2), Louis, MO (2) and St. Louis, MO (2).
By search model
4 of the 4 firms say on their own site what kind of search they run. 1 names retained search and 3 name contract and temporary work only. 1 of the firms with a permanent search model also names contract or temporary work. Every firm says.
- Retained, 1 firm: ACC Recruiters
- Contract and temp, 3 firms: Latitude, JurisTemps, Inc., JurisTalent
By level placed
By the levels they say they place: partners and groups (2), in-house counsel (4) and paralegals and legal staff (3). A firm can name several. Every firm names at least one.
Practice areas covered
The firms state 2 practice areas between them, listed below. 3 name no practice area.
| Practice area | Firms | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Labor & Employment | 1 | 25% |
| Litigation | 1 | 25% |
No listing here has been claimed by its firm yet.
Largest listed firms by footprint
The 2 listed firms in the St. Louis 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.Latitude21 offices, 17 states
- 2.ACC Recruiters2 offices, 1 state
Practicing law in Missouri
- Admitting authority
- Missouri Board of Law Examiners 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 Missouri is on the Missouri page.
Questions about St. Louis legal recruiters
- How many legal recruiters have an office in St. Louis?
- 4 firms in this directory list an office in the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area, as of their last check.
- How many St. Louis legal recruiters have only one office?
- Of the 4 listed firms, 1 is national, 1 is regional and 2 have only one listed office, in St. Louis. 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 St. Louis legal recruiters run retained searches?
- 1 of the 4 listed firms says on its own site that it runs retained searches. 3 name contract and temporary work only. Most legal recruiting is done on contingency, where the hiring firm pays only when it hires.
- Which practice areas have the most coverage in St. Louis?
- By the number of listed firms that state them: Labor & Employment (1 firm) and Litigation (1 firm).
- Do St. Louis legal recruiters place in-house counsel?
- 4 of the 4 listed firms say they place in-house counsel. By the other levels they name: partners and groups (2) and paralegals and legal staff (3).
- Which markets near St. Louis have their own page?
- Kansas City, MO (6 firms), Nashville, TN (4 firms) and Chicago, IL (30 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.