recruiting services founded new york city new york 2005 headquarters los angeles california key people michael allen principal managing principal website www.laterallink.com lateral link group inc. is a legal recruiting firm for elite attorneys that was founded in december 2005 by several harvard law school alumni . the company specializes in placing attorneys at top tier firms and companies and provides career services to members including a proprietary online job database . lateral link s clients include both law firms and in house legal employers in the united states asia western europe and middle east . 1 starting in 2015 lateral link began offering variable staffing opportunities to its members through its partner cadence counsel . contents 1 introduction 2 company overview 3 timeline 4 references introduction edit lateral link group inc. is a legal recruiting firm with 13 offices in the united states and asia . the firm works with both law firms and in house legal employers in the united states asia western europe and middle east . michael allen the company s founder currently serves as managing principal . company overview edit lateral link consists of former practicing attorneys with substantial legal experience . 96 % of lateral link recruiters hold jd s from top universities including three from harvard law school three from georgetown university and many more from top universities . lateral link recruiters also have experience working at top firms such as irell & manella gibson dunn skadden arps mayer brown and more . 2 timeline edit december 2005 lateral link founded january 2007 recapitalization ; company shows net profit january 2008 western europe based business established june 2008 first legal placement firm to offer free career counseling july 2008 partnership with cornell s br legal february 2015 announces lateral link endowed fund at harvard october 2015 lateral link acquires ad hoc staffing agency cadence counsel 3 references edit lowe zach 2008 06 19 . will new legal recruiters succeed with pay to place business model . the american lawyer . retrieved 2008 08 01 . ourteam . lateral link acquires top tier legal staffing firm cadence counsel . fortado lindsay . lehman merrill will damage lawyer s careers survey says . http www.bloomberg.com apps news pid newsarchive & sid atewmtf.roao . bloomberg.com retrieved september 18 2008 . cassens weiss debra . 42 % of lawyers surveyed fear fallout from lehman woes . http www.abajournal.com news 42 of lawyers surveyed fear career fallout from lehman woes . american bar association journal . retrieved september 18 2008 iafolla robert . web based recruiting firm shuns cold calls . the daily journal retrieved june 25 2006 http www.laterallink.com about press q6 lowe zach . will new legal recruiters succeed with pay to place business model http www.law.com jsp article.jsp id 1202422383197 & rss newswire . the american lawyer . retrieved august 2008 . needleman sarah e. careers members only http online.wsj.com article sb119998551341381221.html mod careers . the wall street journal retrieved may 15 2008 . orey michael . lawyers in the lurch . http images.businessweek.com ss 08 07 0717 btw 4.htm chan search . business week retrieved august 2008 . sandler betsy . finding top talent . how lateral link helps corporate legal departments get the best people . 8 k. retrieved spring 2008 garmhausen steve . nomads shut down offices for good . crain s new york business . http www.crainsnewyork.com apps pbcs.dll article aid 20081012 smallbiz 310129977 1010 toc . retrieved november 2008 bronstad amanda . effects of financial collapse worry lawyers law students . the national law journal . 18 september 2008 . http www.law.com jsp article.jsp id 1202424627231 . weiss tara . how to headhunt the headhunters . forbes.com . 18 september 2008 . http www.forbes.com leadership 2008 09 18 recruiter resume interview lead careers cx tw 0918bizbasics.html . ramstack tom . ramstack plunge also hits lawyers . the washington times . 22 september 2008 . http www.washingtontimes.com news 2008 sep 22 plunge also hits lawyers . wasserman elizabeth . tech talk recruiter markets via social networks . inc.com http technology.inc.com internet articles 200810 tech talk allen.html retrieved 6 november 2009 . lateral link . 2015 october 8 . lateral link acquires top tier legal staffing firm cadence counsel press release . business wire . retrieved from http www.businesswire.com news home 20151008006498 en lateral link acquires top tier legal staffing retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lateral link & oldid 737451604 categories employment agencies of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 september 2016 at 21 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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