Big change! "Lee Ann Bellon, who started Atlanta's first legal recruitment service 23 years ago, has a new boss. She has sold her company to Ajilon Professional Services, a subsidiary of staffing giant Adecco. "The sale of Bellon & Associates, for a price Bellon would not disclose, is another milestone in legal recruiting's evolution from a business lawyers once knew little about...
The Recorder describes an interesting way to hire lawyers laterally. Wouldn't it be nice if firms approached hiring paralegals the same way? "Recognizing that young, promising lawyers can get lost in the shuffle at large firms, Kenneth Lund, managing partner of midmarket firm Holme Roberts & Owen, cherry-picks young guns from the state's biggest and best firms, enticing them with...
Not so good news from The Recorder: "Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman may eliminate staff positions now that the deadline for a voluntary departure plan has passed. "Some 37 staff members, including the firm's director of attorney recruiting, have taken advantage of the plan, Chief Human Resources Officer Deborah Johnson said Wednesday. She declined to detail how many in management were...