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SMR Legal Search was founded by Susan M. Rubinovitz, Esq. a former practicing attorney and experienced legal and compliance recruiter, to provide in house legal departments and law firms with top attorney, paralegal and compliance professional talent in the most expeditious and cost-effective manner.
SMR Legal Search is based in Philadelphia and New Jersey and recruits and places attorneys, paralegals and compliance professionals at law firms and corporations throughout the Northeast, including Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and all of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, New York, Boston, Connecticut, Washington, D.C. and Maryland and nationally. Our clientele is diverse. We work with large AM Global law firms to specialty boutique firms, and from Fortune 500 companies to small start-up businesses. We have some of the most interesting and desirable legal positions available. Many of our positions are exclusive unadvertised positions.
Our legal and compliance recruiters are specialists in recruiting lateral attorneys, compliance professionals and paralegals for permanent positions We place general counsel, in house counsel, partners, practice groups, associates, compliance directors, chief privacy directors, and paralegals. In addition, we handle mergers. Focusing exclusively on placing attorneys, compliance professionals and paralegals in permanent positions contributes to our unparalleled knowledge of the legal and compliance market and success at recruiting and placing top attorney, compliance professional and paralegal talent in highly specialized and technical fields of law.
Our experienced legal and compliance recruiters are former practicing attorneys who have worked at and who possess extensive legal recruiting experience. We have over 45 years of combined law firm and legal recruiting experience. At SMR Legal Search, our legal recruiters work collaboratively to use our collective in-depth knowledge of the practice of law and legal recruiting market, experience and extensive contacts throughout the Northeast and nationally to provide our clients with the most qualified and highly credentialed attorneys, compliance professionals and paralegals to meet their specific needs.
We are specialists in relocating attorneys. Susan has practiced law throughout the Northeast and is a member of the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Massachusetts and District of Columbia bars. As such, she is familiar with the bar admittance requirements for each of those jurisdictions and has numerous contacts in the corporate and legal communities of those areas. Prior to becoming a legal recruiter, Susan was a litigation attorney. She has litigated complex matters in courtrooms in Philadelphia, New Jersey, Baltimore and Boston. This law practice experience is invaluable in helping law firms and corporations to find the most appropriate attorneys to meet their needs and to advise attorneys regarding the specific practice areas at potential employers. In addition, Jim has worked in management at a national law firm and in the insurance industry and maintains longstanding relationships with members of the corporate and legal communities.
As members of the NALSC (National Association of Legal Search Consultants), SMR Legal Search operates under the most stringent ethical standards and strictest confidentiality.
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Featured Job Opportunities
Associate General Counsel - Energy
Location: Harrisburg area, PA
Exciting successful company seeks an Associate General Counsel to assist with contract review and drafting, general corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, corporate compliance, licensing , energy regulatory compliance and litigation support. This position is a real growth position. It is a direct report to the company's General Counsel. The successful candidate will have 2 to 5 years of general corporate experience and some familiarity with energy regulations. Excellent communication skills are required. Competitive compensation package.
Global Marketing & Advertising Counsel
Location: Harrisburg area, PA
Well regarded successful consumer goods company seeks a Global Marketing and Advertising Counsel with 7 to 10 years of experience in a law firm and/or corporate setting providing advice and counsel on sales, marketing, advertising and antitrust matters for a global consumer goods company.
The successful candidate will possess experience and knowledge of advertising compliance, FDA regulatory requirements for goods labeling, product distribution and labeling and the intellectual property issues involved with advertising as well as experience drafting a variety of contracts including vendor contracts, licensing agreements and distribution agreements.
Competitive compensation package! Interesting sophisticated work, and collegial office!
Privacy Counsel
Location: Northern, VA
Well regarded exciting technology company seeks a Privacy Counsel. Duties will include:Reviewing the company's data flows, products and services, and marketing communications to provide advice and implement privacy compliance objectives, including all registrations with DPAs; managing privacy policies for the company's mobile applications and websites to ensure that they are clear and user friendly;advising on privacy-related commercial terms; and working with the Research and Development and IS teams to help ensure compliance with privacy regulations globally.
The successful candidate will possess stellar academic credentials from a top 25 law school, 5 years of experience working at a large law firm or in-house legal department, and significant direct experience providing guidance on privacy regulations in the United States and Europe for the technology sector. Certification as a Privacy Information Professional is a plus.
Director of Ethics Compliance
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Well regarded interesting global company seeks a Director of Ethics Compliance to develop, assist in implementing and administer the company's global compliance program.
The successful candidate will be familiar with policies, laws and regulations such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and prior experience creating and implementing a global compliance strategy. Excellent communication and project management skills are required as Three to five years of management experience are required as are seven to ten years of experience working in a similar role. A Bachelor's Degree or higher is required. A J.D. degree is desired.
Experience working for a company in any of the following sectors is a plus:
Biotech and Pharma, Orthopedic Services or Medical Device.
Associate General Counsel - Mortgage Litigation
Location: Northern, VA
Well regarded company seeks an Associate General Counsel for their single family residential property mortgage litigation department. The right candidate will have 10 to 15 years of experience handling mortgage litigation matters.
The successful candidate will have knowledge of the foreclosure laws of all 50 states and have experience and knowledge of residential mortgage consumer protection laws, bankruptcy laws impacting residential mortgages, fraud, real property contract disputes, title and casualty insurance claims, environmental liabilities, and housing and code enforcement issues.
This position has interesting work, a competitive compensation package and a very collegial teamwork environment.
Investment Mgmt./Capital Markets Counsel
Location: New York, NY
Well regarded successful financial services company seeks an attorney with 5 to 9 years of investment management and capital markets experience. The right candidate will possess significant knowledge of and experience with the Investment Management Adviser Act of 1940 as well as experience and significant knowledge of and experience with the Investment Advisers Act of 1933 and 1934.
If you desire to work at a successful well regarded financial services company with interesting sophisticated products and work, this is the position for you. Competitive compensation package.
Global Markets Counsel
Location: Harrisburg, PA
Well regarded successful company seeks an attorney with 6 to 8 years of large firm or in-house experience with general corporate transactions as well as knowledge of and experience working with legal and regulatory requirements of a global company.
Duties will include drafting various consumer goods related contracts, providing compliance training in intellectual property and other matters, and supporting the supply chain department.
Interesting sophisticated work, excellent compensation package and collegial atmosphere.
Intellectual Property Technology Counsel
Location: Harrisburg, PA
Well regarded successful company seeks an attorney with 5 to 8 years of large or boutique law firm or in-house experience handling intellectual property transactional technology matters. Significant knowledge of and experience in intellectual property transactional matters are required.
You will be the go to intellectual property expert at the company. Duties will include counseling, negotiating and drafting of technology contracts; analyzing the company's patent portfolio and determining which inventions should be protected by filing for patents; and protecting the company's trade secrets.
Experience working under the legal and regulatory rules of a global company will be helpful.
Intellectual Property Technology Counsel
Location: Wilmington, DE
Exciting Philadelphia Area company seeks a technology transactions attorney with 5 to 8 years of experience drafting and negotiating technology contracts including licensing agreements. The right candidate will have general corporate experience as well as experience with technology acquisitions and software licensing matters.
You will be working on some cutting edge technology matters in a very collegial office with smart attorneys. Competitive compensation package which includes restricted stock units. Relocation costs paid for the right candidate.
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