Jean Hadley

About Jean Hadley

I rely on my law practice and law firm management experience to effectively recruit…

Experience

1. Senior Lateral Attorney Recruiting Manager

   Perkins Coie

   Apr 2015 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Handle lateral attorney recruiting across the firm. Work with practice group leaders and the firm’s recruiting staff to effectively source and recruit candidates, collect market intelligence and assess trends related to lateral hiring, identify lateral opportunities in the market as well as define the internal hiring needs of the firm, schedule candidates for interviews and collect feedback, co-lead bi-weekly lateral recruitment meetings, work closely with client intake on conflicts issues with respect to laterals, prepare summary reports on lateral recruiting searches, develop and maintain the firm budget for lateral hiring, support the on-boarding and integration of laterals, develop and maintain relationships with search firms, collaborate with firm management and recruiting staff on firm diversity and associate hiring initiatives, draft marketing materials related to lateral attorney hiring, develop social media platforms and content for recruiting, develop hiring policies for lateral recruiting and communicate new policies to recruiting staff, analyze lateral retention firmwide, conduct exit interviews for departing attorneys and report on firm attrition and retention trends.

Education

• Widener University Schools of Law

  Juris Doctor

  1985 — 1988

• Franklin & Marshall College

  Bachelor of Arts, Government Major

  1980 — 1984

Skills

• Analysis
• Leadership
• Editing
• Legal Research
• Civil Litigation
• Recruiting
• Trials
• Due Diligence
• Interviews
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Human Resources
• Training
• Management
• Budgets