Major, Lindsey & Africa
| ISIN | 🆔 |
|---|---|
| Industry | legal and executive search firm |
| Founded 📆 | 1982 in Hanover, Maryland, US |
| Founder 👔 | Jon Lindsey (New York founding partner)[1] |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , Hanover, Maryland , US |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| Parent | Allegis Group |
| 🌐 Website | mlaglobal |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Major, Lindsey & Africa is a legal and executive search firm, with headquarters in Hanover, Maryland.[2][3]
History[edit]
The firm was founded in 1982.[3] Allegis Group acquired it in 2008.[3] It has legal recruiters in a number of United States markets, and in a number of international markets.[4][5]
In 2007, Jane Sullivan Roberts, the wife of Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, joined the firm as a partner; she departed in 2019 to join Mlegal.[6][7] In 2012, Jeffrey Lowe, a former partner at Hogan & Hartson and the managing partner of the firm's Washington office, was named the Global Practice Leader of the firm's Law Firm Practice Group.[8] That same year the firm merged with Atlanta-based legal recruiting, executive search and diversity management firm Hughes Consultants.[9] In 2016, the firm opened a Baltimore, Maryland, office.[10] In 2017, Major, Lindsey & Africa hired Keith Wetmore, chairman emeritus of Morrison & Foerster.[11][12]
In 2018 Forbes ranked the firm on its list of "America's Best Executive Recruiting Firms."[13] It was not on the list the following year.[14] In 2019 the ABA Journal described it as a large recruiter.[15][16][17]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Big Law Business Summit 2017". Bloomberg Law.
- ↑ "Major, Lindsey & Africa on the Forbes Best Recruiters - Executive Search List". Forbes.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Major, Lindsey & Africa announces rebranding". Staffing Industry Analysts.
- ↑ "Alternative Legal Career: Is Legal Recruiting Right For You?". Above the Law.
- ↑ "Major, Lindsey & Africa opens in Singapore". Global Legal Post.
- ↑ "Meet Jane Roberts, Chief Justice's Spouse". ABA Journal.
- ↑ Ryan Lovelace (March 5, 2019). "Jane Sullivan Roberts, Wife of Chief Justice, Opens DC Outpost for Recruiter MLegal". National Law Journal.
- ↑ "Legal Recruiter Major, Lindsey & Africa Names New Global Practice Leader". The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.
- ↑ "Major, Lindsey & Africa merges with Hughes Consultants," Atlanta Business Chronicle.
- ↑ Kirkwood, Lauren (March 31, 2016). "Legal recruiting firm expands into Baltimore market". The Daily Record.
- ↑ Scott Flaherty. "Ex-MoFo Chairman Wetmore to Join Major, Lindsey & Africa". The Recorder.
- ↑ "Former chairman of BigLaw firm indulges 'escape fantasy' by joining legal recruiter". ABA Journal.
- ↑ "America's Best Executive Recruiting Firms". Forbes.
- ↑ "Major, Lindsey & Africa on the Forbes Best Recruiters - Executive Search List". Forbes.
- ↑ "How the push for inclusion in law firm hiring can carve a path for female talent". ABA Journal.
- ↑ "Major Lindsey's $2.7M Fight With Fired Recruiter Might Not End With Appellate Ruling". finance.yahoo.com.
- ↑ "Big legal recruiting firm sues former exec". Crain's New York Business. August 19, 2010.
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