Legal Recruiter

Sweet James•Newport Beach, CA

20d

About The Position

Sweet James Accident Attorneys is a rapidly growing, AI-powered personal injury firm based in Orange County, California. The firm has built a nationally recognized brand and proprietary AI and automation tools, and emphasizes excellence, compassion, results, collaboration, professional growth, and a strong client experience. The Legal Recruiter manages full-cycle recruiting across departments and seniority levels, from sourcing and screening through interviews, offer negotiation, and close. The role partners with hiring managers to identify staffing needs, builds talent pipelines, maintains recruiting systems and metrics, advises on market conditions and compensation, coordinates offers and hiring handoffs, and promotes compliant and efficient recruiting practices. The recruiter supports hiring across legal, prelitigation, litigation, case management, client intake, administrative, operations, and corporate support functions.

Requirements

5–7 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally supporting multiple departments, job functions, and seniority levels.
Demonstrated success filling diverse positions, preferably in a law firm, professional services organization, staffing agency, or fast-growing, high-volume business.
Experience recruiting for professional, administrative, operational, and high-volume positions, adapting sourcing and assessment strategies to different roles.
Strong sourcing skills, including engaging passive candidates, building relationships, and maintaining an active pipeline of qualified talent.
Proficiency with an applicant tracking system and modern sourcing tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, and ZipRecruiter.
Data-driven, technology-forward approach, including tracking performance, identifying bottlenecks, and improving hiring outcomes.
Excellent communication, organization, judgment, and relationship-building skills; ability to work effectively with candidates, hiring managers, and firm leadership.
Strong sense of urgency and ability to prioritize competing requisitions in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
Ability to manage confidential information professionally and deliver a consistent, high-quality candidate experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience recruiting within a personal injury law firm, legal services organization, or other professional services environment.
Familiarity with recruiting for legal, case management, client intake, litigation support, and law firm operations roles.
Knowledge of California employment regulations and compensation practices.
Experience with recruiting automation, candidate relationship management (CRM) systems, sourcing analytics, or other talent acquisition technologies.
Experience supporting organizational growth, scaling teams, and developing repeatable recruiting processes.

Responsibilities

Manage full-cycle recruiting across departments and levels, from sourcing and screening through interviewing, offer negotiation, and close.
Proactively source candidates through recruiting platforms, professional networks, referrals, industry-specific job boards, and talent pipelines.
Partner with hiring managers to understand staffing needs, define role requirements, prioritize openings, and develop recruiting strategies.
Build and maintain pipelines for current and anticipated hiring needs, including hard-to-fill and high-volume roles.
Run structured, efficient interviews and maintain an engaging, positive candidate experience.
Evaluate candidates for experience, skills, communication, professionalism, role alignment, and cultural contribution; assess legal experience and licensing requirements where appropriate.
Maintain accurate ATS records and report on pipeline health, time-to-fill, sourcing effectiveness, and hiring progress.
Advise hiring managers on talent availability, compensation benchmarks, candidate expectations, and hiring timelines.
Coordinate offers and hiring logistics through candidate selection and onboarding handoff.
Follow applicable federal, California, and local employment laws, including pay-transparency, salary-history, fair-hiring, and equal employment opportunity requirements.
Improve recruiting processes using technology, automation, sourcing analytics, and market insights.