Senior Partner Recruiting Coordinator

Katten is a full-service law firm with approximately 650 attorneys in locations across the United States and in London and Shanghai. Clients seeking sophisticated, high-value legal services turn to Katten for counsel locally, nationally and internationally. The firm’s core areas of practice include corporate, financial markets and funds, restructuring, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, structured finance and securitization, transactional tax planning, private credit and private wealth.

Katten represents public and private companies in numerous industries, as well as a number of government and nonprofit organizations and individuals.

The Senior Partner Recruiting Coordinator provides administrative and operational support for the firm's lateral partner recruiting function. This includes, but is not limited to coordinating candidate interviews, recruiting activities, due diligence processes, candidate communications, and onboarding efforts related to lateral partner hiring. Maintains professionalism and strict confidentiality in all client and Firm matters.

The Senior Partner Recruiting Coordinator can be located in the Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles Century City, New York or Washington D.C. office. Katten offers a hybrid work model, allowing the flexibility to work both on-site and remotely on a regular basis (Katten Flex).

include, but may not be limited to, the following. Other duties may be requested and/or assigned. Essential functions are primary job duties that an individual must be able to perform successfully with or without a reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Coordinate all logistical aspects of lateral partner recruitment, including interview scheduling, travel arrangements, meeting agendas, expense reimbursements, and follow-up communications.
• Prepare and distribute interview schedules, candidate materials, biographies, business plans, and evaluation forms.
• Communicate with candidates, recruiting agencies, attorneys, and Firm leadership.
• Track candidate activity and maintain accurate recruiting records within the Firm's applicant tracking system, Flo Recruit, and recruiting databases.
• Monitor recruiting workflows and help ensure timely movement of candidates through the recruitment process.
• Maintain professional relationships with legal search consultants and recruiting agencies.
• Oversee and maintain database of fee agreements with external search consultants.
• Coordinate partner recruiting due diligence activities, including background checks, conflicts reviews, and other related information.
• Assist with ad hoc projects as assigned by the Director of Partner Recruiting.

• Bachelor’s degree and three or more years of attorney recruiting experience and/or experience coordinating attorney recruiting and development activities at a large law firm. Experience supporting lateral attorney or partner recruiting initiatives is preferred.
• Demonstrated proficiency with applicant tracking systems, candidate relationship management tools, and recruiting technologies, including maintaining candidate records, generating reports, and monitoring recruitment activity throughout the hiring lifecycle. Prior experience with Flo Recruit is highly preferred.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), Adobe Acrobat, virtual meeting platforms, document management systems, and other business technologies used to support communication, document production, data management, reporting, and operational efficiency.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal,…