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How we work
What a client-focused legal recruiting firm actually does
OnBoard Legal is a client-focused legal recruiting firm with nationwide reach, founded by Richard Brock, author of Win the Talent Game. We work on a selective basis, for firm leadership that treats hiring as a growth strategy rather than a chore.
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Engage
We commit to your firm and learn how you actually make decisions, who has a say, what fit means here, and where you want to grow.
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Curate
You see one curated slate built for your strategy, not a stack of resumes. A lateral hire is closer to a corporate acquisition than to filling a seat, so we vet for accretive, strategic fit.
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Close
We run a defined process from the first conversation to a signed offer, keeping it tight because, as Richard Brock argues in Win the Talent Game, time kills deals.
The difference, concretely
Two ways to run a partner search.
One of them puts your firm's name in play across the market without your say. It is worth knowing which one you are buying.
Contingency
- The same candidate goes to five firms at once.
- The recruiter is paid only if somebody says yes, so the model rewards volume rather than fit.
- Your search, and often your name, becomes market intelligence for everyone else.
- Nobody is accountable for the searches that quietly do not happen.
Retained, and selective
- One firm, one search, full focus. Your name is never shopped around behind your back.
- A retainer pays for the right answer, including when the right answer is no.
- Cash drives the decision, but culture and camaraderie close it. We read the whole picture: comp structure, origination credit, rate flexibility, and the platform that lets a book grow.
- We keep the process tight, and we remind you that you are selling your firm too, not only evaluating a candidate.
Practice areas
Where we work
Nationwide reach
A client says open in this city, and the firm that moves first wins the market.
Growth is rarely abstract. We recruit nationwide, with the local depth to know which partners are movable in a given city and why. Whether you are expanding into a new region or deepening a practice you already lead, we bring the market intelligence to make the play with confidence.
Ready to talk?
If your firm is ready to grow and tired of the old recruiting model, let us have a conversation about a search built around your strategy.
Every conversation is confidential, and your name is never shopped around the market without your say.
New from our founder
Win the Talent Game
Richard Brock's playbook on lateral hiring for law firms: why recruiting is a growth strategy, not a chore, and what it actually takes to land the partners you want.
