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At PTO Legal Search, we are committed to building partnerships with the law firms and corporations we service. It is important for us to understand our clients' organization and culture in order to work effectively to identify quality candidates that have the credentials, professional experience and personality traits that match our clients' needs.

We welcome the opportunity to discuss further how PTO Legal Search can assist your organization in identifying high quality IP legal professionals. Below are several common questions employers ask. Please contact us if you have additional questions we can answer.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Q1: As an employer, why should we use a legal search firm to help our law firm or company hire attorneys? Why should we use PTO Legal Search?
Q2: As an employer, how do we know that PTO Legal Search will target and present appropriate, and interested, candidates?
Q3: How does PTO Legal Search charge for its services?

Q1: As an employer, why should we use a legal search firm to help our law firm or company hire attorneys? Why should we use PTO Legal Search?

As a legal employer, the reasons for choosing to work with a legal search firm are many, and we are confident that PTO Legal Search is an excellent choice to fulfill your search and placement needs. First, using a search firm can be a great timesaving device when a firm or company is too busy to prepare advertisements and sift through candidate resumes. Second, and equally important, using a search firm is often the best way to target the most desirable and appropriate candidates for a particular position.

Targeting and recruiting the most desirable candidates is where PTO Legal Search can be a great asset to your hiring process. At PTO Legal Search, we know the legal market as our recruiters practiced as lawyers at top firms and companies. In addition to our experience, knowledge of the legal community, and the network of contacts that we have established, we have many combined years of legal hiring experience.

Further, at PTO Legal Search, we meet with candidates in person prior to submitting them to a prospective employer. This interview allows us not only to determine whether a candidate is qualified for a particular position, but also to properly educate the candidate about the position. As a result, PTO Legal Search presents only qualified and interested candidates, thus providing added value to the employer.

Q2: As an employer, how do we know that PTO Legal Search will target and present appropriate, and interested, candidates?

When PTO Legal Search recruits for a position, we learn as much as possible about the firm or company and the position itself. We spend time with the employer to gain a thorough understanding of the firm or company, its culture, the practice, and the criteria for candidates. This process allows us to approach appropriate candidates with the most in-depth information possible.

PTO Legal Search meets with each candidate to ascertain information that cannot be readily gleaned from a resume. Then, if the attorney is appropriate for your position, we give the candidate detailed information about your firm or company and the position. These efforts help ensure that the candidates we present to you are both a good fit for the position, and well informed about the employer and the position.

Q3: How does PTO Legal Search charge for its services?

PTO Legal Search charges employers for our services only if the employer hires a candidate presented by PTO Legal Search. Specifically, with limited exceptions, our fees are contingency based, eliminating the risk that a client is forced to pay for a service without the desired end result. We are paid only if and when we place a candidate with a firm or company.

Finally, at PTO Legal Search, we are members of the National Association of Legal Search Consultants and abide by the group's Code of Ethics, which includes a six- month prohibition on recruiting from law firms or companies where a placement has been made.


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