Attorney Recruiter

The Attorney Recruiter is responsible for leading and managing all attorney recruitment efforts for the firm, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, candidate relationship management, and onboarding support. This position works closely with firm leadership, practice group leaders, and the recruiting team to identify hiring needs and attract high-quality legal talent aligned with the firm’s culture and strategic goals.

The Attorney Recruiter will oversee the attorney hiring pipeline from initial outreach through offer acceptance while maintaining an organized, professional, and candidate-focused recruitment process.

Attorney Recruitment & Sourcing

• Develop and execute strategic recruiting plans for attorney hiring needs.
• Source attorney candidates through job boards, LinkedIn, legal recruiting networks, referrals, law schools, bar associations, and direct outreach.
• Build and maintain a pipeline of qualified attorney candidates for current and future openings.
• Identify passive candidates and conduct targeted outreach campaigns.
• Track market trends, compensation data, and competitor hiring activity.

Candidate Screening & Interviews

• Conduct initial screening interviews and assess candidate qualifications, experience, and cultural fit.
• Participate in interviews with partners in need and firm leadership;
• Prepare interview materials and candidate summaries for decision-makers.
• Manage candidate communications throughout the hiring process.
• Ensure timely follow-up and a positive candidate experience.

Hiring Process Administration

• Collaborate with leadership to draft and revise attorney job descriptions.
• Manage attorney recruiting workflow and applicant tracking systems.
• Assist with drafting offer letters and compensation discussions.
• Prepare quarterly hiring report.
• Regular communication with firm practice groups to project future hiring needs.

Relationship Management

• Develop strong relationships with law schools, legal organizations, and attorney networks.
• Maintain relationships with prior applicants and prospective candidates.
• Serve as a professional ambassador for the firm during recruiting events and networking opportunities.
• Coordinate attorney recruiting events, lateral recruiting initiatives, and career fairs.

Reporting & Strategic Planning

• Track recruiting metrics including time-to-fill, candidate sources, interview conversion rates, and hiring outcomes.
• Provide regular recruiting updates and hiring forecasts to leadership.
• Assist with long-term workforce planning and attorney staffing strategies.
• Recommend process improvements to enhance recruiting efficiency and candidate quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; law degree and practice beneficial.
• Law firm or legal industry experience required.
• Prior recruiting, legal recruiting, HR, or law firm recruiting experience strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of attorney hiring processes and legal industry recruiting.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and professionalism.
• Experience with applicant tracking systems and recruiting platforms preferred.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities, and ebb and flow of recruiting needs simultaneously.

Preferred Skills

• Legal industry networking experience.
• Experience recruiting lateral attorneys or legal support staff.
• Knowledge of attorney compensation structures and hiring trends.
• Strong relationship-building and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with leadership and recruiting staff.

Supervisory Structure

This position works under the supervision of lead hiring partner Jacquelyn Clarke, and collaborates closely with the Recruiting Assistant, Destini Alphabet, to ensure efficient execution of all recruiting operations. Position also reports to Management Committee / firm leadership.

Performance Expectations

Success in this role will be measured by:

• Timely placement of qualified attorney candidates.
• Candidate retention and hiring quality (retention improvement over time, time from identified need to hire achieved reduced)
• Responsiveness and professionalism throughout the hiring process – being an ambassador of HBS.
• Development of strong candidate pipelines.
• Effective coordination with firm leadership and recruiting staff.
• Organization and accuracy in recruiting documentation and reporting.

Working Conditions

• Travel to HBS offices and law schools as needed (frequency varies seasonally with recruiting cycle).
• Occasional evening events during recruiting and summer programming.

About Hall Booth Smith

Established in 1989, HBS is a full-service law firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Experienced across a wide range of legal disciplines, HBS attorneys pride themselves on providing knowledgeable, proactive, client-specific counsel to individuals, domestic and international corporations, state and federal agencies, and nonprofit organizations. The firm’s promise: “Serving to Achieve Excellence.”

HBS currently has nearly 400 attorneys spread across 29 offices in 12 states. HBS prides itself on its firm and individual staff accolades. It has been consistently selected by the Atlanta Journal Constitution as one of Atlanta's Top Workplaces since 2008 as well as recognized on the Top Workplaces USA lists, and our offices continuously receive regional awards for employee quality and service. The firm is committed to providing a supportive environment for attorneys to represent clients with excellence and to develop and grow in their practice.

Diversity & Inclusion

HBS is committed to cultivating an environment of inclusion, which we believe contributes to the overall success of all individuals. We are committed to a cohesive and productive work environment in which our different cultures, backgrounds, ethnicities, and perspectives are communicated, understood, and embraced to enrich our employees and best serve our clients.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Our Firm is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit to ensure the best fit in every position.

The Firm is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit to ensure the best fit in every position. HBS prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, creed, gender, gender identification, religion, religious belief or affiliation, marital status, same-sex partner status, family status, veteran status, age, genetic information, national origin or ancestry, social origin or condition, ethnic origin, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including, but not limited to genetic characteristics or HIV/AIDS status), pregnancy, sexual orientation, political belief or affiliation, being a victim of domestic violence, being a victim (or subject of) sexual aggression and/or stalking or being perceived as such, reproductive health choices, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, commonwealth or local laws (Protected Characteristics).

The Firm also prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any Protected Characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics. All such discrimination is unlawful and specifically prohibited at the Firm. This policy applies to all personnel and employment practices, including the following: hiring, promotion, transfer, recruitment or recruitment advertising, layoff or termination, compensation, benefits, performance management, selection for training, educational programs, and other similar employment decisions.

Benefits

HBS offers eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage along with retirement savings plans and disability insurance options. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program to aid with work-life balance and related concerns as well as flexible time off plans encompassing accrued Paid Time Off (PTO), paid parental leave, paid holidays, and multiple other options to help work with employee schedules as needed.