SMR Legal Search is based in Philadelphia and New Jersey and recruits and places attorneys and paralegals at law firms and corporations throughout the Northeast, including Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and all of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, New York, Boston, Connecticut and Maryland. 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 in the Northeast. Many of our positions are exclusive unadvertised positions.

Our legal recruiters are specialists in recruiting lateral attorneys and paralegals for permanent positions We place in house counsel, partners, practice groups, associates and paralegals. In addition, we handle mergers. Focusing exclusively on placing attorneys and paralegals in permanent positions contributes to our unparalleled knowledge of the legal market and success at recruiting and placing top attorney and paralegal talent in highly specialized and technical fields of law.

Our experienced legal recruiters are former practicing attorneys and paralegals who have worked at law firms throughout the Northeast, including AM Law Global 100, national and boutique specialty law firms and who possess extensive legal recruiting experience in Philadelphia, New Jersey, Delaware and New York. 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 to provide our clients with the most qualified and highly credentialed attorneys 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, Stephanie has worked at law firms throughout the Northeast 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.