Seattle, WA
Legal recruiters in Seattle
The Seattle legal market
- Legal-sector jobs
- 15,203
- 16th largest legal market of 73 tracked
- 2.4x the median metro
- Legal employers
- 2,093
- 17th most legal employers of 73 metros tracked
- 2.0x the median metro
- Average annual wage (weekly x 52)
- $230,880
- 8th highest of 73 metros tracked
- 42% above 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 Seattle area
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
- KL
Single officeSpecialist
Seattle, WA
- Intellectual Property
Places paralegals & legal staff
- PL
Search types are what each firm says on its own site: retained search, contingency search, contract & temporary.
The Seattle legal market in numbers
The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area had 15,203 legal-sector jobs in Q4 2025. That is the 16th largest legal market of the 73 metros this directory tracks, and 2.4x the median metro, which had 6,428. It had 2,093 legal employers (establishments), the 17th most of 73 and 2.0x the median metro. That is 137.7 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 $230,880, the 8th highest of 73 metros and 42% above the median metro, which paid $162,708. Compared with Q4 2024, legal-sector jobs rose 3.1% and the average weekly wage rose 14.1%.
12 firms in this directory list an office in the Seattle area, the 13th 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 12 legal recruiting firms with an office in the Seattle 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
7 of the 12 have only one listed office, in the Seattle area, and 4 are national firms (offices in five or more states) with an office here. The other 1 is multi-state.
- Single office, 7 firms: Harris Legal Search, NW Recruiting Partners, Bahareh Legal, LLC, Emerald Search Partners, Gamoran Legal Consulting, Kamisar Legal Search, Inc., Pursuant Legal Consultants, LLC
- Multi-state (offices in two to four states), 1 firm: 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 the Seattle area are in 3 cities. By the number of firms with an office there: Seattle, WA (10), Kirkland, WA (2) and Tukwila, WA (1).
By search model
6 of the 12 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. 6 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 (6), partners and groups (3), in-house counsel (6) and paralegals and legal staff (5). A firm can name several. 2 name none.
Practice areas covered
The firms state 7 practice areas between them. The most stated are Litigation (5 of 12, 42%), Labor & Employment (3 of 12, 25%) and Corporate & M&A (2 of 12, 17%). 4 name no practice area.
| Practice area | Firms | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Litigation | 5 | 42% |
| Labor & Employment | 3 | 25% |
| Corporate & M&A | 2 | 17% |
| Intellectual Property | 2 | 17% |
| Health Care & Life Sciences | 1 | 8% |
| Regulatory | 1 | 8% |
| Tax, Trusts & Estates | 1 | 8% |
No listing here has been claimed by its firm yet.
Largest listed firms by footprint
The 5 listed firms in the Seattle 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.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.
Nearby markets
Every firm with an office anywhere in Washington is on the Washington page.
Questions about Seattle legal recruiters
- How many legal recruiters have an office in Seattle?
- 12 firms in this directory list an office in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area, as of their last check.
- How many Seattle legal recruiters have only one office?
- Of the 12 listed firms, 4 are national, 1 is multi-state and 7 have only one listed office, in Seattle. 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 Seattle legal recruiters run retained searches?
- 2 of the 12 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. 6 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 Seattle?
- By the number of listed firms that state them: Litigation (5 firms), Labor & Employment (3 firms), Corporate & M&A (2 firms) and Intellectual Property (2 firms). The other 3 practice areas stated here are Health Care & Life Sciences (1), Regulatory (1) and Tax, Trusts & Estates (1).
- Do Seattle legal recruiters place in-house counsel?
- 6 of the 12 listed firms say they place in-house counsel. By the other levels they name: associates (6), partners and groups (3) and paralegals and legal staff (5). 2 name no level.
- Which markets near Seattle have their own page?
- Portland, OR (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.