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When Your General Counsel Seat Is Empty, Risk Doesn’t Wait.

 

When a General Counsel or Chief Legal Officer role is vacant, legal direction fractures. Regulatory strategy slows. Risk tolerance goes untested. Commercial decisions stall. Outside counsel spend expands – quietly and without internal counterbalance.

This is where the right search partner changes the trajectory. Princeton Legal Search Group partners with CEOs, Boards, and Chief Legal Officers to secure seasoned in-house legal leaders when the exposure is greatest and the margin for error is smallest. We combine institutional knowledge of your business with enduring access to undisclosed legal talent, delivering legal leaders who possess the judgment, credibility, and strategic discipline to strengthen the enterprise from day one.

Our work is fully embedded in the in-house legal market. We spend every day engaging with senior legal leaders and have built trusted relationships, acquiring the hiring insights required to execute high-stakes searches with confidence, transparency, and discretion.
It is this depth of engagement that leads those same leaders to rely on us when it’s their turn to build their own legal teams.

Since 1999, we have achieved a 100% placement success rate across every senior General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer search we’ve conducted, as measured by leaders who deliver impact to organizations navigating M&A, CEO transitions, market expansion, and increasing enterprise complexity.

The right legal leader reduces risk before it materializes. Our commitment is to secure that leader, with precision and certainty, the first time.

 

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What People Are Saying

“Working with David on my most recent search took the pressure and stress out of the hiring process. True to their Code of Ethics, the firm was honest, respectful, and responsive. My high expectations regarding service were met, and the firm found us an excellent attorney. The way they did their job allowed me more time to focus on mine. I will hire Princeton Legal Search again.”

- Jennifer Benenson, Vice President and NA General Counsel , Vice President and NA General Counsel
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

“I was a Partner as a Top 100 Law Firm. I wanted to move in-house but to work somewhere that was a good fit both professionally and personally. David achieved that result. From the first time I met David until my acceptance of the offer to become General Counsel, David provided perfect guidance. David was professional, understanding, knowledgeable, and, most importantly, honest. David and I worked together to navigate a lengthy and extensive interview process. David continuously updated me about the process and provide excellent advice. David is an excellent recruiter and advisor and all-around great guy. I highly recommend David and his team.”

- Michael A. Rowe, Esq., Vice President of Administration and General Counsel
Lucas Construction Group, Inc.

Princeton Legal, and Kiersten Lenherr in particular, are my heroes!  Prior to meeting with Kiersten, I had it in my mind that I may want to make a job change, but I was so intimidated by the application process, the time commitment of getting my materials together, and the prospect of interviewing for the first time in several years, that I kept putting it off.  Kiersten and her team made the entire process so smooth and simple for me.  From our very first conversation, I knew I was in good hands.  Princeton Legal takes the time to get to know the candidate, so you know you are getting an introduction and recommendation that highlights your best qualities.  From there, everything was seemless.  Kiersten went above and beyond to be available for my calls, questions, concerns (aka panic as I waited for my offer), and all the in-between.  She and David also helped me through the negotiation of the particulars of my offer, and the transition from my previous firm.  I cannot recommend this team enough.  Thank you times a million to Kiersten and Princeton Legal!

- Danielle Kunkel, Labor and Employment Associate
Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney