Legal recruiters in Nashville

The Nashville legal market in numbers

The Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area had 6,894 legal-sector jobs in Q4 2025. That is the 34th largest legal market of the 73 metros this directory tracks, and 1.1x the median metro, which had 6,428. It had 1,246 legal employers (establishments), the 30th most of 73 and 1.2x the median metro. That is 180.7 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 $158,392, the 40th highest of 73 metros and 3% below the median metro, which paid $162,708.

This directory tracks 3 metros in Tennessee: Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville. Together they had 11,897 legal-sector jobs, and 58% of them were in the Nashville metro. 4 firms in this directory list an office in the Nashville 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 Nashville 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

1 of the 4 has only one listed office, in the Nashville area, and 2 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), 2 firms: Scion Staffing, Latitude

Their offices in the Nashville area are in 2 cities. By the number of firms with an office there: Nashville, TN (3) and Franklin, TN (1).

By search model

3 of the 4 firms say on their own site what kind of search they run. 1 names both retained and contingency search and 2 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, 2 firms: Latitude, Wyzer Staffing

By level placed

By the levels they say they place: in-house counsel (2) and paralegals and legal staff (2). 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 (2 of 4, 50%), Corporate & M&A (1 of 4, 25%) and Labor & Employment (1 of 4, 25%). 2 name no practice area.

No listing here has been claimed by its firm yet.

Largest listed firms by footprint

The 3 listed firms in the Nashville 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. 1.Scion Staffing26 offices, 18 states
2. 2.Latitude21 offices, 17 states
3. 3.Young Mayden2 offices, 2 states

Questions about Nashville legal recruiters

How many legal recruiters have an office in Nashville?

4 firms in this directory list an office in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area, as of their last check.

How many Nashville legal recruiters have only one office?

Of the 4 listed firms, 2 are national, 1 is multi-state and 1 has only one listed office, in Nashville. 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 Nashville legal recruiters run retained searches?

1 of the 4 listed firms says on its own site that it runs retained searches, alongside contingency search. 2 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 Nashville?

By the number of listed firms that state them: Litigation (2 firms), Corporate & M&A (1 firm), Labor & Employment (1 firm) and Tax, Trusts & Estates (1 firm).

Do Nashville legal recruiters place in-house counsel?

2 of the 4 listed firms say they place in-house counsel. By the other levels they name: paralegals and legal staff (2).

Which markets near Nashville have their own page?

Atlanta, GA (14 firms), St. Louis, MO (4 firms) and Charlotte, NC (5 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.