Legal Executive Search · North America
Legal Recruitment across North America
Our home market and the centre of gravity for the work we do. We map and recruit legal talent across the major United States legal economies and Canada — lateral partners, in-house and general counsel, compliance and legal-operations leaders.
Legal Recruitment across North America: 465,000+ lawyers, June 2026
Legal Recruitment across North America: Sartori & Partners maps 465,000+ lawyers across 121 city markets as of the June 2026 coverage build, and 720,000+ lawyers in the markets covered. The ABA National Lawyer Population Survey counted 1,322,649 active US lawyers on January 1, 2024. Since 2017 Sartori & Partners has completed 400+ placements (230+ in-house), including 52 general counsel and chief legal officer searches, with a 24-day shortlist and an 11-week median to an accepted offer. A NASDAQ-listed medtech in Boston hired its general counsel in week 11.
The North America market, mapped before we shortlist.
Our proprietary Titan AI maps the relevant field first — then experienced consultants qualify it by hand. The figures below describe the market we cover, not a candidate database.
- 465,000+
- lawyers mapped in the North America market
- 121+
- markets mapped
- 7
- core practice areas tracked
Across North America we map 465,000+ lawyers before building any shortlist. Wherever a mandate sits, it is run on one consistent standard: map the full field, then qualify it by hand.
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720,000+
lawyers across the North America markets we cover
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465,000+
senior lawyers we map across North America
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The few
who genuinely fit the mandate
Where North America mandates concentrate.
The practice areas best represented across the North America market in our coverage — the strongest pools for lateral, in-house and senior counsel hiring.
- 01 Litigation
- 02 Corporate
- 03 Employment & Labor
- 04 Finance & Banking
- 05 Real Estate
- 06 Intellectual Property
- 07 Healthcare
The markets we cover across North America.
Each is a market we map and recruit across — explore the local picture, or tell us the mandate and we will tell you candidly whether we are the right firm to run it.
The searches we run in North America.
Law-firm and corporate mandates alike — from a confidential lateral partner move to a first general counsel — each run on the same evidence-led method.
Lateral Partner & Practice-Group Moves
Confidential lateral partners and practice-group lift-outs, assessed on portable business, conflicts and platform fit.
Explore this search 02In-House & General Counsel
GC, deputy GC and senior counsel for companies operating across multiple jurisdictions.
Explore this search 03Associate & Counsel Recruiting
Mid-level and senior associates and counsel, matched on practice depth and trajectory, not keywords.
Explore this search 04Compliance & Regulatory Leadership
Chief compliance officers and regulatory leaders for the most heavily supervised practices.
Explore this searchHiring inside a company in North America? We run a first general counsel search, a chief compliance officer search, and general counsel and in-house counsel search for the rest of the legal team.
Both sides of the search.
For law firms
Lateral partners, practice groups and associates — a shortlist drawn from the full field of a market, not a rented local database.
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General counsel, compliance and legal-operations leaders for businesses building or scaling a legal function.
Learn moreFor candidates
Considering a move? We approach senior lawyers privately and confidentially — nothing moves without your say-so.
Learn moreNorth America
The right hire in North America begins with a quiet conversation.
Tell us the mandate and the market — we will tell you candidly whether we are the right firm to run it. No obligation, complete discretion.