Tennessee
Legal recruiters in Tennessee
By metro area
Tennessee metro areas compared
Each metro area in Tennessee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville | 6,894 | 1,246 | $158,392 | 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 Tennessee
National(18 states)
Nashville, TN · +25 more
- Litigation
- Corporate & M&A
- Tax, Trusts & Estates
Places paralegals & legal staff
National(17 states)Specialist
Franklin, TN · +20 more
- Litigation
- Labor & Employment
Places in-house counsel
National(15 states)
Jackson, TN · +24 more
Places paralegals & legal staff
National(10 states)Specialist
Chattanooga, TN · +24 more
- Litigation
Places paralegals & legal staff
The Tennessee legal market in numbers
This directory tracks 3 metros in Tennessee: Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville. Together they had 11,897 legal-sector jobs in Q4 2025. By that total, Tennessee is the 20th largest of the 40 states with a tracked metro. The same metros had 2,110 legal employers (establishments). Their average annual wage, weighted by jobs (the average weekly wage times 52), was $145,775. Nashville is the largest, with 58% of the jobs.
6 firms in this directory list an office in Tennessee, the 20th 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 6 legal recruiting firms with an office in Tennessee states on its own website, and name the firms in each group in the same order as the list on this page.
By footprint
1 of the 6 has only one listed office, in Tennessee, and 4 are national firms (offices in five or more states) with an office here. The other 1 is multi-state.
- Single office, 1 firm: Wyzer Staffing
- Multi-state (offices in two to four states), 1 firm: Young Mayden
- National (offices in five or more states), 4 firms: Scion Staffing, Latitude, Snelling Staffing of Baton Rouge, Yorkson Legal
Their offices in Tennessee are in 4 cities. By the number of firms with an office there: Nashville, TN (3), Chattanooga, TN (1), Franklin, TN (1) and Jackson, TN (1).
By search model
5 of the 6 firms say on their own site what kind of search they run. 1 names both retained and contingency search and 4 name contract and temporary work only. 1 of the firms with a permanent search model also names contract or temporary work. 1 does not say.
- Retained and contingency, 1 firm: Scion Staffing
- Contract and temp, 4 firms: Latitude, Snelling Staffing of Baton Rouge, Yorkson Legal, Wyzer Staffing
By level placed
By the levels they say they place: in-house counsel (2) and paralegals and legal staff (4). A firm can name several. Every firm names at least one.
Practice areas covered
The firms state 4 practice areas between them. The most stated are Litigation (3 of 6, 50%), Corporate & M&A (1 of 6, 17%) and Labor & Employment (1 of 6, 17%). 3 name no practice area.
| Practice area | Firms | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Litigation | 3 | 50% |
| Corporate & M&A | 1 | 17% |
| Labor & Employment | 1 | 17% |
| Tax, Trusts & Estates | 1 | 17% |
No listing here has been claimed by its firm yet.
Largest listed firms by footprint
The 5 listed firms in Tennessee 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.Snelling Staffing of Baton Rouge25 offices, 15 states
- 3.Yorkson Legal25 offices, 10 states
- 4.Latitude21 offices, 17 states
- 5.Young Mayden2 offices, 2 states
Practicing law in Tennessee
- Admitting authority
- Tennessee 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 Tennessee
- How many legal recruiters have an office in Tennessee?
- 6 firms in this directory list an office in Tennessee, as of their last check.
- How many Tennessee legal recruiters have only one office?
- Of the 6 listed firms, 4 are national, 1 is multi-state and 1 has only one listed office, in Tennessee. 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 Tennessee legal recruiters run retained searches?
- 1 of the 6 listed firms says on its own site that it runs retained searches, alongside contingency search. 4 name contract and temporary work only. 1 does 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 Tennessee?
- By the number of listed firms that state them: Litigation (3 firms), Corporate & M&A (1 firm), Labor & Employment (1 firm) and Tax, Trusts & Estates (1 firm).
- Do Tennessee legal recruiters place in-house counsel?
- 2 of the 6 listed firms say they place in-house counsel. By the other levels they name: paralegals and legal staff (4).
- Which metro areas in Tennessee have their own page?
- Nashville, TN (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.