EC Legal Recruiting

EC Legal Recruiting LLC is a dedicated legal recruitment firm specialising in placement of groups, individual partners, and associates into top law firms nationwide. The company facilitates placements across multiple legal markets with particular expertise in intellectual property law. EC Legal Recruiting has over 40 years of combined experience in legal hiring and the recruiting market, offering strategic and individualised approaches supporting smart career decisions.

EC Legal Recruiting has placed associates and partners across diverse legal disciplines including intellectual property, antitrust, mergers and acquisitions, and general litigation. The company is especially renowned for partner and group placements in intellectual property law. Leadership includes Steve T. Zelson (40+ years as both in-house and outside counsel building and leading patent departments at major pharmaceutical companies including Novo Nordisk and Pfizer, and serving as counsel at King & Spalding and Pennie & Edmonds) and Mark W. Stoutenburg (25+ years in complex business and commercial litigation across state and federal courts, arbitration, trial, and appeals).

Based in New York, EC Legal Recruiting upholds the highest standards of honesty, confidentiality, and professionalism. The company adheres to the Code of Ethics established by the National Association of Legal Search Consultants, emphasising confidentiality, transparency, and candidate autonomy. The firm takes a candidate-first approach, supporting career direction whilst providing expert guidance on lateral moves and firm positioning.