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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

“I had the good fortune of working with David Garber and Princeton Legal Search when I decided to pursue an in-house position after serving as a federal prosecutor for 10 years.  David made the search experience an extremely positive one, which resulted in my current role as General Counsel for a great company.  From the start, David took his time to get to know me as a person and as an attorney.  He also had great insight into the job I was applying for.  His assistance during the process was invaluable.  David is the consummate professional and is well respected in the legal industry.  Anyone looking for an in-house position would be lucky to work with David and his team at Princeton Legal Search.”

- Jacques S. Pierre, General Counsel
US Retirement and Benefits Partners

“Having managed many searches as General Counsel and COO of a growing FinTech firm, and now having launched my own firm, I hold Mary Clare and David in the highest regard among recruiters that I have worked with.  Their deep understanding of talent, as well as the needs of in-house teams handling highly sophisticated mandates, shines through at every juncture.  I have greatly enjoyed their professionalism and market savvy, am pleased to have worked with them, and look forward to building on that experience in the future.  I certainly recommend them to anyone seeking premier recruiting services.”

- Leonardo L. Caruso, Founder
Emereo Consulting, LLC

“PLSG played an integral role in my transition from an AmLaw 100 firm to one of the country’s largest cultural not-for-profit institutions.  Mary Clare provided invaluable industry guidance and answered all of my inquiries throughout the process.  She was genuinely invested in my success,  and I am grateful for her continued support.”

- -Counsel, Major Non-Profit Institution