For employers
Stop sorting resumes. Start meeting hires.
Northside Recruiting fills legal roles for firms and companies that can't afford a bad hire. Book a quick intro call below, or send us the details and a senior recruiter will get back to you within one business day.
Why Northside
What working with us looks like
A shortlist, not a stack
We send you a handful of candidates whose experience, motivation, and fit we've personally validated, with honest notes on each one. No resume floods.
Speed without shortcuts
We're already talking to candidates every week, so most searches produce a first shortlist within days of kickoff.
Real market fluency
Salary bands, practice-area demand, who else is hiring. We bring the market context the big search firms gloss over.
Skin in the game
Every placement comes with a replacement guarantee, and we only consider a search done when the hire sticks. Terms are discussed up front, no surprises.
The honest comparison
Why not just post the job yourself?
You could. Here's what each path actually costs you.
You do the sorting
Job boards & LinkedIn
Post the role and hundreds of applications show up. Most are AI-polished, few are qualified, and the best people never applied in the first place. Now someone on your team has to read them all.
You're one of forty searches
The big national firms
The big firms move fast, but your search lands on a junior recruiter's desk next to dozens of others. You get keyword matches, and candidates who already heard from three other agencies that week.
You only pay when you hire
Northside
A senior recruiter runs your search personally, screens for the things a keyword search misses, and sends you a short list of candidates whose experience and fit we've personally validated. You interview five people, not four hundred.
How the money works
Simple terms, agreed up front.
$0
up front
No retainers and no posting fees. Our fee comes due when your new hire starts, not before.
Contingency
how the fee works
A percentage of first-year base salary, set for your specific search and agreed in writing before we begin.
Guaranteed
every placement
Every search carries a replacement guarantee. If the hire doesn't work out within it, we run the search again.
Terms are specific to the search. You’ll have the exact fee and guarantee for your role in writing before we start, and nothing is due until your hire starts.
How it works
Three steps to a filled seat.
- 1
Tell us about the role
A 30-minute intake call to understand the seat, the team, and what success looks like.
- 2
Meet your shortlist
Vetted, prepped, genuinely interested candidates, typically within days.
- 3
Hire with confidence
We handle scheduling, feedback, offers, and the awkward conversations.
We recruit across the legal profession: law firm associates, lateral partners, and in-house counsel, placed nationwide.
Ready to talk?
Grab a free 30-minute intro call. We’ll talk through the role and how we’d run the search. No prep, no obligation.
Prefer to write it up first?
Send us the details
Not ready to grab a time? Tell us about the role and a senior recruiter will reply within one business day.