For Attorneys
We take a long term view of candidates. We do not pressure attorneys to take offers that are not right for them. Instead, we direct candidates towards those opportunities that best match their strategic goals and abilities.
Recruiters are likely to know of opportunities candidates might not otherwise find out about. A good recruiter can offer information that is often more accurate and objective than the knowledge a candidate might obtain from professional or social contacts.
For Employers
Michaelson Associates does not “flood” your organization with the resumes of candidates who are less than ideal. Several law firms have conducted in-house studies to determine which recruiters sent the most appropriate candidates, and those studies have shown time and again that Michaelson Associates sent the candidates who were the best suited for those firms. For more than three decades, Michaelson Associates has earned the trust of law firms and in-house legal departments by sending them only those candidates who not only have exceptional credentials, but who also are compatible in terms of practice, personality and firm culture.
Placements
•_A senior litigation associate with a JD from Columbia, where she was an editor of the Law Review, at a prestigious litigation boutique known for its criminal practice.
•_A former Federal prosecutor as a white collar and healthcare litigation partner in the New York office of a global firm.
•_Senior antitrust litigator with large international clients at a D.C. based AMLAW 100 firm.
•_Chambers Ranked anti-trust partner at a key D.C. based firm.
•_High profile WCC litigation partner at an AmLaw 100 Firm.
•_The co-chair of business restructuring and reorganization at a top AmLaw Firm. He came with a team.
•_An international capital markets partner at a major AmLaw Firm.
•_A tech patent partner in the NY office of a key Chicago firm.
•_A financial services and fintech team in the NY office of a national firm.
•_A leading securities and trial partner as co-chair of litigation at a leading firm specializing in the financial markets.
•_A bank regulatory partner at a Wall Street firm strong in financial services.
•_A white collar litigation partner who was a former AUSA in the Southern District at a national firm.
•_Placement of a project finance team with a strong LATAM focus at a major Texas Firm.
•_Placement of a Latin American capital markets expert at a Magic Circle firm’s New York office.
•_A senior real estate partner with global investment clients at a national firm.
•_A six person venture capital and emerging company team at a national firm where the lead partner will be chair of the national practice. The firm is well situated in the middle market and they view this practice as a strategic complement.
•_A high end aviation finance partner at a global American firm which is expanding in this area in London and in New York.
•_ A high-end insurance and financial litigation partner in the New York office of a well-known Ohio firm.
•_A major privacy and data security practice partner at a legendary Silicon Valley firm representing cutting-edge technology companies.
•_A patent litigator at a 500-lawyer global litigation firm where he now heads the Hong Kong office.
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Columbia Business School awards Kevin Daniel Gorton the 2025 Benjamin Michaelson Prize, November 2025
Columbia Business School awards Sean Augusto De Souza the 2024 Benjamin Michaelson Prize, November 2024
Columbia Business School awards Thomas Cerenov the 2023 Benjamin Michaelson Prize, November 2023
Columbia Business School awards the 2022 Benjamin Michaelson Prize to Tejasvi Subramanian, November 2022
Orrick Adds Life Sciences Adviser and Former Prosecutor Franklin Monsour to White Collar Team, October 21 2021
Columbia Business School awards the 2021 Benjamin Michaelson Prize to Mohammad Kamaly, August 2021
Columbia Business School awards the 2020 Benjamin Michaelson Prize to Adam Meffert, November 2020
Antitrust Litigator Joins Crowell & Moring
Dechert Co-Chair Heads to Steptoe & Johnson
Longtime Dechert Antitrust Co-Chair Heads To Steptoe
Alston & Bird Takes on Trump as a Client, Adding Spears & Imes Partner
Columbia Business School awards the 2019 Benjamin Michaelson Prize to Dina Gatoff, November 11, 2019
Gibson Dunn Nabs Three Bankruptcy Attorneys from Jones Day
Gibson Dunn Nabs Capital Markets Partner From Jones Day
Leading Patent Lawyer Amr O. Aly Joins Jenner & Block
Blank Rome Adds Ex-Pepper Hamilton Fintech Pro Scott Samlin In NY
Leading Securities Litigator and Trial Lawyer John Dellaportas Joins Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP
Columbia Business School awards the 2018 Benjamin Michaelson Prize to Zenah Hasan at a Fellowship Reception
Former Head of Bank Regulatory Practice, Thomas Ko, Joins Stroock, June 4, 2018
Bracewell Bags Project Finance Duo From Pillsbury, New York Law Journal, March 26, 2018
Clifford Chance adds Partner Hugo Triaca to its US Capital Markets and Latin America Practices, February 1, 2018
On The Move, New York Law Journal, May 5, 2017
Fox Rothschild Raids Dentons for New York Startup Group, March 27, 2017
Dentons Cyber Group Chair Jumps to Cooley - AmLaw, May 4, 2016
The End of Partnership", ABA Journal, August 2015
Recent Placements
- A former Federal prosecutor as a white collar and healthcare litigation partner in the New York office of a global firm.
- Senior antitrust litigator with large international clients at a D.C. based AMLAW 100 firm.
- Chambers Ranked anti-trust partner at a key D.C. based firm.
- High profile WCC litigation partner at an AmLaw 100 Firm.
- A tech patent partner in the NY office of a key Chicago firm.
- A financial services and fintech team in the NY office of a national firm.
- A leading securities and trial partner as co-chair of litigation at a leading firm specializing in the financial markets.
- A bank regulatory partner at a Wall Street firm strong in financial services.
- A white collar litigation partner who was a former USA in the Southern District at a national firm.
- Placement of a project finance team with a strong LATAM focus at a major Texas Firm.
- Placement of a Latin American capital markets expert at a Magic Circle firm’s New York office.
- A senior real estate partner with global investment clients at a national firm.
- A six person venture capital and emerging company team at a national firm where the lead partner will be chair of the national practice. The firm is well situated in the middle market and they view this practice as a strategic complement
- A high end aviation finance partner at a global American firm which is expanding in this area in London and in New York.
- A high-end insurance and financial litigation partner in the New York office of a well-known Ohio firm.
- A major privacy and data security practice partner at a legendary Silicon Valley firm representing cutting-edge technology companies.
- A mid-level litigation associate with a Harvard JD and two federal clerkships at a high quality boutique to do civil litigation.
- A project finance and energy capital markets partner in the New York office of an Atlanta based national firm.
- A corporate lawyer with a fashion practice heavily involved with French companies at a 600 lawyer firm. He became chair of the department and tripled his practice in a short time.
- A tax partner at an AMLAW 100 firm looking to hire its first tax expert in New York.
- An international mid-level M&A associate at a global firm with a strong mid-market practice.
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