Pittsburgh, PA
Legal recruiters in Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh legal market
- Legal-sector jobs
- 10,656
- 22nd largest legal market of 73 tracked
- 1.7x the median metro
- Legal employers
- 1,136
- 32nd most legal employers of 73 metros tracked
- 1.1x the median metro
- Average annual wage (weekly x 52)
- $162,708
- 37th highest of 73 metros tracked
- the same as 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 Pittsburgh area
Single office
Warrendale, PA
- Litigation
- Corporate & M&A
- Labor & Employment
Places in-house counsel, paralegals & legal staff
National(9 states)Specialist
Pittsburgh, PA · +8 more
- Litigation
Places partners & groups
- ME
Single office
Pittsburgh, PA
Places paralegals & legal staff
- ES
Search types are what each firm says on its own site: retained search, contingency search, contract & temporary.
The Pittsburgh legal market in numbers
The Pittsburgh, PA metro area had 10,656 legal-sector jobs in Q4 2025. That is the 22nd largest legal market of the 73 metros this directory tracks, and 1.7x the median metro, which had 6,428. It had 1,136 legal employers (establishments), the 32nd most of 73 and 1.1x the median metro. That is 106.6 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 $162,708, the 37th highest of 73 metros and the same as the median metro, which paid $162,708. Compared with Q4 2024, legal-sector jobs rose 2.3% and the average weekly wage rose 3.4%.
This directory tracks 3 metros in Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Harrisburg. Together they had 38,392 legal-sector jobs, and 28% of them were in the Pittsburgh metro. 7 firms in this directory list an office in the Pittsburgh area, the 17th 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 7 legal recruiting firms with an office in the Pittsburgh 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
6 of the 7 have only one listed office, in the Pittsburgh area, and 1 is a national firm (offices in five or more states) with an office here.
- Single office, 6 firms: CGT Staffing, Carpenter Legal Search, Inc., Legal Search, Attorney Placement Services, McAnney Esposito, Proxy Legal Staffing and Search Group, Inc., eStaff Search Group
- National (offices in five or more states), 1 firm: Special Counsel
Their offices in the Pittsburgh area are in 2 cities. By the number of firms with an office there: Pittsburgh, PA (6) and Warrendale, PA (1).
By search model
4 of the 7 firms say on their own site what kind of search they run. 2 name retained search and 2 name contract and temporary work only. 3 do not say.
- Retained, 2 firms: Carpenter Legal Search, Inc., McAnney Esposito
- Contract and temp, 2 firms: CGT Staffing, Special Counsel
By level placed
By the levels they say they place: partners and groups (4), in-house counsel (2) 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. 5 name no practice area.
| Practice area | Firms | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Litigation | 2 | 29% |
| Corporate & M&A | 1 | 14% |
| Labor & Employment | 1 | 14% |
3 of the 7 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 listed firm in the Pittsburgh 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.Special Counsel9 offices, 9 states
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.
Nearby markets
Every firm with an office anywhere in Pennsylvania is on the Pennsylvania page.
Questions about Pittsburgh legal recruiters
- How many legal recruiters have an office in Pittsburgh?
- 7 firms in this directory list an office in the Pittsburgh, PA metro area, as of their last check.
- How many Pittsburgh legal recruiters have only one office?
- Of the 7 listed firms, 1 is national and 6 have only one listed office, in Pittsburgh. 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 Pittsburgh legal recruiters run retained searches?
- 2 of the 7 listed firms say on their own site that they run retained searches. 2 name contract and temporary work only. 3 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 Pittsburgh?
- By the number of listed firms that state them: Litigation (2 firms), Corporate & M&A (1 firm) and Labor & Employment (1 firm).
- Do Pittsburgh legal recruiters place in-house counsel?
- 2 of the 7 listed firms say they place in-house counsel. By the other levels they name: partners and groups (4) and paralegals and legal staff (2). 1 names no level.
- Which markets near Pittsburgh have their own page?
- Philadelphia, PA (15 firms), Columbus, OH (3 firms) and Baltimore, MD (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.