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Lateral Partner Recruiting Coordinator

Cozen O'Connor
Philadelphia, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 22 Jan 2026

About the role

The Lateral Partner Recruiting Coordinator shall support the Strategic Expansion Team in all aspects related to the recruitment and diligence of member and shareholder level (partner) attorneys and lateral groups across the Firm’s offices nationally and in Canada. The Lateral Partner Recruiting Coordinator will report to the Chief Strategic Recruiting and Integration Officer and the Director of Partner Recruiting. The Firm’s Strategic Expansion Team sees a high volume of candidates annually and is responsible for each lateral’s process from initial submission to acceptance. We are looking for a candidate with a strong work ethic to support the overall administration of our team. This position will reside in the Firm’s Philadelphia office and a hybrid in-office/remote working schedule is available.

  • Support partner recruitment team by coordinating, scheduling and confirming interviews (phone, video, in-person), and scheduling any travel as needed. 
  • Track the status of all lateral partner candidates in the pipeline, which will include individual candidates, groups, and any larger scale opportunities.
  • Assist with tracking market data using firm-licensed software and legal publications on lateral movement and intelligence.
  • Facilitate flow of information from the recruitment team to integration team to ensure efficient and thorough onboarding and integration. 
  • Serve as a secondary point of contact for recruiting search firms and assist with maintenance of search firm relationships.
  • Assist with efforts to engage our partners with respect to all recruiting efforts.
  • Work collaboratively with the firm’s Marketing Department to prepare recruiting materials.
  • Assist the integration team, as needed, in producing periodic long-term studies from collected historical data to measure success and predict future results; assist with presentations and visual depictions of study conclusions.
  • Collaborate with team (including our onboarding and integration colleagues) to continually evaluate and improve our processes and procedures.
     
  • Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university
  • Strong computer and technical skills
  • Provides exceptional client service
  • Maintains confidence of sensitive information at all times
  • Works well independently and on a team
  • Exercises good judgment and anticipates needs of the team
  • Able to multi-task and prioritize
  • Produces detailed work without errors
  • Highly organized and efficient
  • Ability to read and interpret general business documents, instructions and manuals, and effectively communicate business correspondence verbally and in writing
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, as well as the ability to adapt to new software programs
     

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