Oregon
Legal recruiters in Oregon
By metro area
Oregon metro areas compared
Each metro area in Oregon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portland | 7,938 | 1,436 | $168,740 | 4 |
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 Oregon
National(18 states)
Portland, OR · +25 more
- Litigation
- Corporate & M&A
- Tax, Trusts & Estates
Places paralegals & legal staff
Single officeSpecialist
Portland, OR
- Litigation
- Labor & Employment
Places in-house counsel, paralegals & legal staff
- RK
The Oregon legal market in numbers
This directory tracks one metro in Oregon, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, which had 7,938 legal-sector jobs in Q4 2025. By that total, Oregon is the 26th largest of the 40 states with a tracked metro. That metro had 1,436 legal employers (establishments). Its average annual wage (the average weekly wage times 52) was $168,740.
4 firms in this directory list an office in Oregon, the 25th 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 4 legal recruiting firms with an office in Oregon 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 Oregon, and 1 is a national firm (offices in five or more states) with an office here. The other 1 is multi-state.
- Single office, 2 firms: Staffing Solutions, LLC, Joseph Noel & Company
- Multi-state (offices in two to four states), 1 firm: Rondone Kemp
- National (offices in five or more states), 1 firm: Scion Staffing
Every listed office in Oregon is in Portland, OR.
By search model
2 of the 4 firms say on their own site what kind of search they run. 1 names both retained and contingency search and 1 names contract and temporary work only. 1 of the firms with a permanent search model also names contract or temporary work. 2 do not say.
- Retained and contingency, 1 firm: Scion Staffing
- Contract and temp, 1 firm: Staffing Solutions, LLC
By level placed
By the levels they say they place: in-house counsel (1) and paralegals and legal staff (3). A firm can name several. 1 names none.
Practice areas covered
The firms state 5 practice areas between them. The most stated are Litigation (3 of 4, 75%), Corporate & M&A (1 of 4, 25%) and Finance & Restructuring (1 of 4, 25%). 1 names no practice area.
| Practice area | Firms | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Litigation | 3 | 75% |
| Corporate & M&A | 1 | 25% |
| Finance & Restructuring | 1 | 25% |
| Labor & Employment | 1 | 25% |
| Tax, Trusts & Estates | 1 | 25% |
2 of the 4 firms state a founding year, from 1996 to 2006. No listing here has been claimed by its firm yet.
Largest listed firms by footprint
The 2 listed firms in Oregon 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.Rondone Kemp2 offices, 2 states
Practicing law in Oregon
- Admitting authority
- Oregon State 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 Oregon
- How many legal recruiters have an office in Oregon?
- 4 firms in this directory list an office in Oregon, as of their last check.
- How many Oregon legal recruiters have only one office?
- Of the 4 listed firms, 1 is national, 1 is multi-state and 2 have only one listed office, in Oregon. 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 Oregon legal recruiters run retained searches?
- 1 of the 4 listed firms says on its own site that it runs retained searches, alongside contingency search. 1 names contract and temporary work only. 2 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 Oregon?
- By the number of listed firms that state them: Litigation (3 firms), Corporate & M&A (1 firm), Finance & Restructuring (1 firm) and Labor & Employment (1 firm). The other 1 practice area stated here is Tax, Trusts & Estates (1).
- Do Oregon legal recruiters place in-house counsel?
- 1 of the 4 listed firms says it places in-house counsel. By the other levels they name: paralegals and legal staff (3). 1 names no level.
- Which metro areas in Oregon have their own page?
- Portland, OR (4 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.