Portland, OR
Legal recruiters in Portland
The Portland legal market
- Legal-sector jobs
- 7,938
- 29th largest legal market of 73 tracked
- 1.2x the median metro
- Legal employers
- 1,436
- 25th most legal employers of 73 metros tracked
- 1.4x the median metro
- Average annual wage (weekly x 52)
- $168,740
- 33rd highest of 73 metros tracked
- 4% 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 Portland area
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
Search types are what each firm says on its own site: retained search, contingency search, contract & temporary.
The Portland legal market in numbers
The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area had 7,938 legal-sector jobs in Q4 2025. That is the 29th largest legal market of the 73 metros this directory tracks, and 1.2x the median metro, which had 6,428. It had 1,436 legal employers (establishments), the 25th most of 73 and 1.4x the median metro. That is 180.9 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 $168,740, the 33rd highest of 73 metros and 4% above the median metro, which paid $162,708. Compared with Q4 2024, legal-sector jobs rose 1.3% and the average weekly wage rose 5.3%.
4 firms in this directory list an office in the Portland 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 Portland 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 Portland area, 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 the Portland area 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 the Portland 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.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.
Nearby markets
Every firm with an office anywhere in Oregon is on the Oregon page.
Questions about Portland legal recruiters
- How many legal recruiters have an office in Portland?
- 4 firms in this directory list an office in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area, as of their last check.
- How many Portland 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 Portland. 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 Portland 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 Portland?
- 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 Portland 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 markets near Portland have their own page?
- Seattle, WA (12 firms), San Francisco, CA (17 firms) and San Jose, CA (3 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.