About BCG Attorney Search!

The Most Powerful Legal Placement Firm in the World

At BCG Attorney Search, we don’t just help attorneys find jobs—we transform legal careers by opening doors to opportunities that would otherwise remain hidden.

Founded by Harrison Barnes, one of the most respected names in legal recruiting, BCG Attorney Search is unlike any other legal recruiting firm in the world. We are not just recruiters—we are legal placement professionals who offer candidates access to the entire legal market, not just the limited set of jobs recruiters are paid to fill.

The Difference Between Legal Placement and Legal Recruiting

Most legal recruiters work with a handful of firms at a time, pushing candidates toward active openings. These jobs are often advertised on public job boards and receive dozens—even hundreds—of applications. You’re one of many, fighting for limited attention in a crowded field.

Placement is different.

BCG Attorney Search uses a proactive, data-driven placement model. We identify the firms that need someone like you—whether or not they have publicly posted a job. In fact, over 85% of our placements are with firms that have no advertised opening. These are positions our candidates would never discover on their own.

We go beyond the job listing. We get you in front of decision-makers at thousands of firms—including those that aren’t actively hiring, but are still open to the right candidate. We use insight, timing, and persistence to get you hired when others can't.

Learn more about the distinction between recruiting and placement in our article:
Attorney Placement vs. Attorney Recruiting

We Work Exclusively with Law Firms—And That Matters

At BCG Attorney Search, we focus on one thing and one thing only: placing attorneys in law firms.

We do not place attorneys in in-house roles, government, or academia. We are not distracted by generalist recruiting work across industries. This laser focus on law firms is why we outperform every other legal recruiting company in the world.

We understand the hiring cultures, billable models, practice area dynamics, and partnership structures inside law firms better than anyone else.
We maintain relationships with thousands of law firms, from global powerhouses to elite boutiques and growing regional firms.
We know what these firms value, when they hire, and how to get your background in front of them—even when no job is posted.

Other legal recruiters try to be everything to everyone. We don’t.
We are law firm placement experts—and that focus is your greatest advantage.

Unmatched Market Coverage—Every Firm, Every Opportunity

We have the largest and most active legal employer database in the world. In fact, BCG Attorney Search has 50 times more law firm jobs than most legal recruiters—giving our candidates unmatched market coverage and reach. And we don’t just show you more jobs—we take action on them.

Our proprietary system not only identifies every relevant opportunity, it also markets you directly to firms our research shows are likely to need someone just like you. These firms may not have a job posted, but they are hiring—or would if they saw the right person.

More jobs. More opportunities. This is the crushing power of the BCG Attorney Search placement model. When it comes to getting you hired, no one comes close.

Our 150-person research team tracks every law firm in every market—large and small, U.S. and international.
We uncover every possible opportunity in your practice area and location.
We work with thousands of law firms across the globe—from Am Law 100 to niche boutiques.
You’ll get access to more law firm opportunities than anywhere else—guaranteed.

Explore the breadth of our success across the legal industry:
Firms Where We've Made Placements

A System That Gets Results

With BCG Attorney Search, you are not a passive applicant. You are part of a relentless placement system that:

Sends your resume to far more employers than any recruiter would.
Uses a proprietary platform and historical employer data to identify hiring patterns.
Applies a mass approval system so you don’t miss out on time-sensitive roles.
Supports you through resume optimization, market insights, interview coaching, and more.
Empowers you with access to exclusive, archived, and hidden jobs you’ll never find on LinkedIn or Indeed.

This is why tens of thousands of attorneys—from law students to Am Law 100 partners—have trusted BCG to take their careers to the next level.

Want to hear directly from attorneys who’ve worked with us?
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The BCG Difference at a Glance

Placement, not just recruiting—open access to the entire market
150+ full-time researchers uncovering hidden opportunities
Thousands of firms placed with globally—in all practice areas and markets
Access to archived and speculative jobs that most firms never advertise
Over 85% of placements occur at firms with no public opening
50x more law firm jobs than traditional recruiters
We only work with law firms—and have for over 25 years
Personal support and career coaching from experts who believe in you

Start Here: 7 Articles That Show How BCG Works

If you're new to BCG Attorney Search, these 7 articles will give you a powerful overview of what makes our system so successful:

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Corporate Offices

BCG Attorney Search's corporate offices are located in Pasadena, California, approximately 20 minutes from downtown Los Angeles. In addition to our administrative offices, BCG Attorney Search maintains a warehouse and data center in Pasadena nearby.

Street and Mailing Address

BCG Attorney Search 23410 Civic Center Way #E-7 Malibu, CA 90265

BCG Attorney Search's parent company, Employment Research Institute, owns 12,900 square feet on the second floor of this building and houses its data center across the street at 202 South Lake Avenue.

This is our conference room at our 202 S Lake Ave offices.

This is our waiting room.

BCG Attorney Search's data center is located on the second floor at 202 South Lake Avenue, Unit 250 in Pasadena, California. This facility also houses one of our offices.

Interesting Facts

BCG Attorney Search has a code of ethics it follows that exceeds the industry standard (for example, BCG Attorney Search offers a longer refund period than other placement firms).
BCG Attorney Search accepts approximately ONE in every 200 of the candidates who approach it to work with.
BCG Attorney Search maintains professional proofreaders on staff at all times who review all application materials and written work products before it leaves the company.
BCG Attorney Search maintains the strictest of confidentiality and never discloses the names of the people it places or has worked with in the past.

Important Statements

Throughout 2008 and 2009, widely regarded as one of the worst legal placement markets in history, several of our recruiters actually increased their performance from prior years. BCG Attorney Search has a method of training recruiters and making placements that produces outstanding results for our clients.
We expect our recruiters to bring the same level of dedication and focus to their work that the very best attorneys do, and our training and corporate resources assist them in doing so. Simply put, we demand the very best from our recruiters at all times. Legal recruiting is a serious profession, and top recruiters must represent attorneys with the same level of commitment, drive, and insight that outstanding attorneys demonstrate when representing their clients.
It is our core belief that our aggressive commitment to being the best at what we do through our ongoing individual and corporate efforts exemplifies how legal recruiting should be done, and sets BCG Attorney Search apart from any of our competitors.
As a highly intelligent group of individuals with a clear focus and a commitment to high-level achievement, we believe the results we are able to achieve for our candidates are unrivaled by any other United States recruiting firm.