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 turned to David and Michael to help expedite filling a legal role with a niche specialty that was difficult for our internal recruiters to fill and that had been open for numerous months. Within 60 days of finalizing the engagement, David and Michael presented to us the candidate whom we ultimately hired. That speed to hire would not have been possible without David’s and Michael’s intentional efforts to learn and understand our company, our department and the value proposition for the candidate to join us. It also would not have been possible without David’s and Michael’s understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and the requirements for this niche role, and also their expansive network of lawyers who may or may not be in active search mode. Consider me a happy customer and I’ll be back in the future to engage with Princeton Legal Search Group.”

- General Counsel, Mid-size Pharmaceutical Company

“David provided thoughtful and experienced guidance during a difficult time. His understanding of the market and his practical approach enabled the parties to come together and strike an equitable deal. I have, and will continue, to recommend the services of Princeton Legal Search Group.”

- Partner
Private Law Firm

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

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

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