New Jersey
Legal recruiters in New Jersey
No metro area in New Jersey has three or more listed firms yet, so there is no metro page. Every firm with an office in the state is listed below.
All firms with an office in New Jersey
National(14 states)Specialist
Basking Ridge, NJ · +18 more
- Litigation
- Intellectual Property
Places partners & groups, in-house counsel
- KL
Multi-state(2 states)
Haddonfield, NJ · +1 more
Places partners & groups, in-house counsel, paralegals & legal staff
- SL
Single officeSpecialist
Warren, NJ
- Litigation
- Corporate & M&A
Places in-house counsel
The New Jersey legal market in numbers
6 firms in this directory list an office in New Jersey, the 20th most of the 29 states with a page here. No metro area in New Jersey has a page yet.
Who is listed here
The groups below count what each of the 6 legal recruiting firms with an office in New Jersey 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 6 have only one listed office, in New Jersey, and 1 is a national firm (offices in five or more states) with an office here. The other 3 are regional (1) and multi-state (2).
- Single office, 2 firms: StarKey Legal Search, Taylor Hawkes
- Regional (two or more offices, all in one state), 1 firm: Princeton Legal Search Group
- Multi-state (offices in two to four states), 2 firms: Kruza Legal Search, Lawson Legal Recruiters
- National (offices in five or more states), 1 firm: Major Lindsey & Africa
Their offices in New Jersey are in 7 cities. By the number of firms with an office there: Basking Ridge, NJ (1), Fair Haven, NJ (1), Haddonfield, NJ (1), Madison, NJ (1), Princeton, NJ (1), Red Bank, NJ (1) and Warren, NJ (1).
By search model
None of the 6 firms says on its own site whether it runs retained or contingency searches.
By level placed
By the levels they say they place: associates (1), partners and groups (2), in-house counsel (4) and paralegals and legal staff (2). A firm can name several. 1 names none.
Practice areas covered
The firms state 3 practice areas between them, listed below. 4 name no practice area.
| Practice area | Firms | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Litigation | 2 | 33% |
| Corporate & M&A | 1 | 17% |
| Intellectual Property | 1 | 17% |
No listing here has been claimed by its firm yet.
Largest listed firms by footprint
The 4 listed firms in New Jersey 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.Major Lindsey & Africa19 offices, 14 states
- 2.Kruza Legal Search2 offices, 2 states
- 3.Lawson Legal Recruiters2 offices, 2 states
- 4.Princeton Legal Search Group2 offices, 1 state
Practicing law in New Jersey
- Admitting authority
- New Jersey Board of Bar Examiners source
- Uniform Bar Exam
- Yes source
- Admission on motion
- Yes source
Checked against the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
Questions about legal recruiters in New Jersey
- How many legal recruiters have an office in New Jersey?
- 6 firms in this directory list an office in New Jersey, as of their last check.
- How many New Jersey legal recruiters have only one office?
- Of the 6 listed firms, 1 is national, 2 are multi-state, 1 is regional and 2 have only one listed office, in New Jersey. 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 New Jersey legal recruiters run retained searches?
- None of the 6 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 New Jersey?
- By the number of listed firms that state them: Litigation (2 firms), Corporate & M&A (1 firm) and Intellectual Property (1 firm).
- Do New Jersey legal recruiters place in-house counsel?
- 4 of the 6 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 (2). 1 names no level.
- Which states next to New Jersey have their own page?
- New York (55 firms) and Pennsylvania (21 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 bar admission facts were checked against the National Conference of Bar Examiners on October 4, 2026.