Washington
Legal recruiters in Washington
By metro area
Washington metro areas compared
Each metro area in Washington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle | 15,203 | 2,093 | $230,880 | 12 |
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 Washington
National(18 states)
Seattle, WA · Tukwila, WA · +24 more
- Litigation
- Corporate & M&A
- Tax, Trusts & Estates
Places paralegals & legal staff
Single office
Seattle, WA
- Litigation
- Labor & Employment
- Regulatory
- Health Care & Life Sciences
Places associates, in-house counsel
National(17 states)Specialist
Seattle, WA · +20 more
- Litigation
- Labor & Employment
Places in-house counsel
National(14 states)Specialist
Seattle, WA · +18 more
- Litigation
- Intellectual Property
Places partners & groups, in-house counsel
National(5 states)Specialist
Kirkland, WA · +4 more
- Labor & Employment
Places associates, partners & groups, in-house counsel, paralegals & legal staff
Single officeSpecialist
Seattle, WA
- Litigation
Places associates, partners & groups, in-house counsel
Single office
Seattle, WA
Places associates, in-house counsel, paralegals & legal staff
Single office
Bainbridge Island, WA
- Corporate & M&A
- Labor & Employment
- Finance & Restructuring
- KL
Single officeSpecialist
Seattle, WA
- Intellectual Property
Places paralegals & legal staff
Multi-state(2 states)
Bellingham, WA · +1 more
Places paralegals & legal staff
- PL
The Washington legal market in numbers
This directory tracks one metro in Washington, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, which had 15,203 legal-sector jobs in Q4 2025. By that total, Washington is the 15th largest of the 40 states with a tracked metro. That metro had 2,093 legal employers (establishments). Its average annual wage (the average weekly wage times 52) was $230,880.
15 firms in this directory list an office in Washington, the 8th 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 15 legal recruiting firms with an office in Washington states on its own website, and name the firms in each group in the same order as the list on this page.
By footprint
9 of the 15 have only one listed office, in Washington, and 4 are national firms (offices in five or more states) with an office here. The other 2 are multi-state.
- Single office, 9 firms: Harris Legal Search, NW Recruiting Partners, Bahareh Legal, LLC, Emerald Search Partners, Gamoran Legal Consulting, Swan Legal Search, HighPointe Partners, Kamisar Legal Search, Inc., Pursuant Legal Consultants, LLC
- Multi-state (offices in two to four states), 2 firms: Kissinger Legal Search, Inc., Loch Legal Search, LLC
- National (offices in five or more states), 4 firms: Scion Staffing, Latitude, Major Lindsey & Africa, The PeterSan Group
Their offices in Washington are in 6 cities. By the number of firms with an office there: Seattle, WA (10), Kirkland, WA (2), Bainbridge Island, WA (1), Bellingham, WA (1), Indianola, WA (1) and Tukwila, WA (1).
By search model
6 of the 15 firms say on their own site what kind of search they run. 1 names both retained and contingency search, 1 names retained search, 2 name contingency search and 2 name contract and temporary work only. 3 of the firms with a permanent search model also name contract or temporary work. 9 do not say.
- Retained and contingency, 1 firm: Scion Staffing
- Retained, 1 firm: NW Recruiting Partners
- Contingency, 2 firms: Harris Legal Search, The PeterSan Group
- Contract and temp, 2 firms: Latitude, Emerald Search Partners
By level placed
By the levels they say they place: associates (7), partners and groups (3), in-house counsel (6) and paralegals and legal staff (6). A firm can name several. 3 name none.
Practice areas covered
The firms state 8 practice areas between them. The most stated are Litigation (5 of 15, 33%), Labor & Employment (4 of 15, 27%) and Corporate & M&A (3 of 15, 20%). 6 name no practice area.
| Practice area | Firms | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Litigation | 5 | 33% |
| Labor & Employment | 4 | 27% |
| Corporate & M&A | 3 | 20% |
| Intellectual Property | 2 | 13% |
| Finance & Restructuring | 1 | 7% |
| Health Care & Life Sciences | 1 | 7% |
| Regulatory | 1 | 7% |
| Tax, Trusts & Estates | 1 | 7% |
2 of the 15 firms state a founding year, from 1997 to 2006. No listing here has been claimed by its firm yet.
Largest listed firms by footprint
The 5 listed firms in Washington 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.Latitude21 offices, 17 states
- 3.Major Lindsey & Africa19 offices, 14 states
- 4.The PeterSan Group5 offices, 5 states
- 5.Loch Legal Search, LLC3 offices, 3 states
Practicing law in Washington
- Admitting authority
- Washington State Bar Association source
- Uniform Bar Exam
- Yes source
- Admission on motion
- Yes source
Checked against the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
Questions about legal recruiters in Washington
- How many legal recruiters have an office in Washington?
- 15 firms in this directory list an office in Washington, as of their last check.
- How many Washington legal recruiters have only one office?
- Of the 15 listed firms, 4 are national, 2 are multi-state and 9 have only one listed office, in Washington. 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 Washington legal recruiters run retained searches?
- 2 of the 15 listed firms say on their own site that they run retained searches, 1 of them alongside contingency search. 2 name contingency search only. 2 name contract and temporary work only. 9 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 Washington?
- By the number of listed firms that state them: Litigation (5 firms), Labor & Employment (4 firms), Corporate & M&A (3 firms) and Intellectual Property (2 firms). The other 4 practice areas stated here are Finance & Restructuring (1), Health Care & Life Sciences (1), Regulatory (1) and Tax, Trusts & Estates (1).
- Do Washington legal recruiters place in-house counsel?
- 6 of the 15 listed firms say they place in-house counsel. By the other levels they name: associates (7), partners and groups (3) and paralegals and legal staff (6). 3 name no level.
- Which metro areas in Washington have their own page?
- Seattle, WA (12 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.