Pennsylvania
Legal recruiters in Pennsylvania
By metro area
Pennsylvania metro areas compared
Each metro area in Pennsylvania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia | 25,502 | 2,470 | $257,088 | 15 |
| Pittsburgh | 10,656 | 1,136 | $162,708 | 7 |
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 Pennsylvania
Regional
Plymouth Meeting, PA · Conshohocken, PA
- Litigation
- Tax, Trusts & Estates
- Labor & Employment
Places partners & groups, in-house counsel, paralegals & legal staff
Single office
Warrendale, PA
- Litigation
- Corporate & M&A
- Labor & Employment
Places in-house counsel, paralegals & legal staff
National(17 states)Specialist
Philadelphia, PA · +20 more
- Litigation
- Labor & Employment
Places in-house counsel
National(14 states)Specialist
Philadelphia, PA · +18 more
- Litigation
- Intellectual Property
Places partners & groups, in-house counsel
National(9 states)Specialist
Pittsburgh, PA · +8 more
- Litigation
Places partners & groups
- PR
Multi-state(4 states)
Philadelphia, PA · +3 more
Places paralegals & legal staff
- KL
Multi-state(2 states)
Philadelphia, PA · +1 more
Places partners & groups, in-house counsel, paralegals & legal staff
- ME
Single office
Pittsburgh, PA
Places paralegals & legal staff
- ES
- LR
- LS
The Pennsylvania legal market in numbers
This directory tracks 3 metros in Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Harrisburg. Together they had 38,392 legal-sector jobs in Q4 2025. By that total, Pennsylvania is the 6th largest of the 40 states with a tracked metro. The same metros had 3,886 legal employers (establishments). Their average annual wage, weighted by jobs (the average weekly wage times 52), was $225,403. Philadelphia is the largest, with 66% of the jobs.
21 firms in this directory list an office in Pennsylvania, the 6th most of the 29 states with a page here. 2 metro areas in the state have their 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 21 legal recruiting firms with an office in Pennsylvania states on its own website, and name the firms in each group in the same order as the list on this page.
By footprint
15 of the 21 have only one listed office, in Pennsylvania, and 3 are national firms (offices in five or more states) with an office here. The other 3 are regional (1) and multi-state (2).
- Single office, 15 firms: CGT Staffing, Carpenter Legal Search, Inc., Coleman Nourian, Juris Placements, JURISolutions, Inc., Leace Kapres, LLC, Legal Search, Attorney Placement Services, McAnney Esposito, NewConfig, Proxy Legal Staffing and Search Group, Inc., eStaff Search Group, MBH Legal Search LLC, Legal Recruitment Administrators of Philadelphia, Legal Search, Liz Shapiro Legal Search
- Regional (two or more offices, all in one state), 1 firm: Alevistar Legal Search
- Multi-state (offices in two to four states), 2 firms: Professional Recruiters Group, Kruza Legal Search
- National (offices in five or more states), 3 firms: Latitude, Major Lindsey & Africa, Special Counsel
Their offices in Pennsylvania are in 10 cities. By the number of firms with an office there: Philadelphia, PA (8), Pittsburgh, PA (6), Bryn Mawr, PA (1), Conshohocken, PA (1), Lafayette Hill, PA (1), Newtown, PA (1), Paoli, PA (1) and Plymouth Meeting, PA (1), and 2 others.
By search model
9 of the 21 firms say on their own site what kind of search they run. 3 name retained search and 6 name contract and temporary work only. 1 of the firms with a permanent search model also names contract or temporary work. 12 do not say.
- Retained, 3 firms: Alevistar Legal Search, Carpenter Legal Search, Inc., McAnney Esposito
- Contract and temp, 6 firms: CGT Staffing, Latitude, Special Counsel, Coleman Nourian, JURISolutions, Inc., NewConfig
By level placed
By the levels they say they place: associates (1), partners and groups (8), in-house counsel (6) and paralegals and legal staff (8). A firm can name several. 5 name none.
Practice areas covered
The firms state 6 practice areas between them. The most stated are Litigation (7 of 21, 33%), Intellectual Property (3 of 21, 14%) and Labor & Employment (3 of 21, 14%). 12 name no practice area.
| Practice area | Firms | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Litigation | 7 | 33% |
| Intellectual Property | 3 | 14% |
| Labor & Employment | 3 | 14% |
| Tax, Trusts & Estates | 2 | 10% |
| Corporate & M&A | 1 | 5% |
| Regulatory | 1 | 5% |
3 of the 21 firms state a founding year, from 1990 to 2000. No listing here has been claimed by its firm yet.
Largest listed firms by footprint
The 5 listed firms in Pennsylvania 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.Major Lindsey & Africa19 offices, 14 states
- 3.Special Counsel9 offices, 9 states
- 4.Professional Recruiters Group4 offices, 4 states
- 5.Alevistar Legal Search2 offices, 1 state
Practicing law in Pennsylvania
- Admitting authority
- Pennsylvania Board of Law 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 Pennsylvania
- How many legal recruiters have an office in Pennsylvania?
- 21 firms in this directory list an office in Pennsylvania, as of their last check.
- How many Pennsylvania legal recruiters have only one office?
- Of the 21 listed firms, 3 are national, 2 are multi-state, 1 is regional and 15 have only one listed office, in Pennsylvania. 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 Pennsylvania legal recruiters run retained searches?
- 3 of the 21 listed firms say on their own site that they run retained searches. 6 name contract and temporary work only. 12 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 Pennsylvania?
- By the number of listed firms that state them: Litigation (7 firms), Intellectual Property (3 firms), Labor & Employment (3 firms) and Tax, Trusts & Estates (2 firms). The other 2 practice areas stated here are Corporate & M&A (1) and Regulatory (1).
- Do Pennsylvania legal recruiters place in-house counsel?
- 6 of the 21 listed firms say they place in-house counsel. By the other levels they name: associates (1), partners and groups (8) and paralegals and legal staff (8). 5 name no level.
- Which metro areas in Pennsylvania have their own page?
- Philadelphia, PA (15 firms) and Pittsburgh, PA (7 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.