Associate Placements that Grow Practices

"Associates who have worked with Avis Caravello rave about her. They say she provides service par excellence."

The Recorder

"Caravello, who recruits associates and partners, is the headhunter most often mentioned when large firms ask who they use for associate searches."

San Francisco Daily Journal

"Hiring partners note that Caravello knows their firms better than anyone."

California Law Business Journal / The Daily Journa

For law firms focused on the future, the strategic placement of Associates remains a top priority. Avis Caravello Attorney Search Consultants are engaged by the most prestigious law firms to find talented Associates across every practice area and discipline of law.

Our wide access to firm chairs, managing partners, heads of practice groups, and recruiting directors improves the quality of the intelligence we deliver to our candidates. Our dedication to finding the perfect match for our candidates has earned us a reputation as one of California’s leading legal recruiters. Associates we place have the advantage of our advocacy in one of the nation’s most competitive legal markets.

If you would like to explore how Avis Caravello Attorney Search Consultants can champion your move, contact us for a confidential consultation.

Associate Q & A

To familiarize Associates with the recruitment and placement process, we’ve answered some commonly asked questions:

How do I choose a recruiter?
The best recruiters want to facilitate your long term career goals - not just fill job orders. That means discussing your career goals and preferences at length in person. We offer a customized and unpararalled career planning perspective and two decades of trust earned from San Francisco and Bay Area law firm decision makers.

Is it too soon for me to move again?
Don’t think you need to tough out a new but poor-fitting position to avoid career suicide. If you are currently with a large firm and you have solid academic credentials, most firms want to meet with you, even if you have moved recently.

How do I differentiate between firms?
Figuring out a firm’s personality, repuatation, and culture from the outside is a challenge. Avis Caravello Attorney Search Consultants use insiders’ knowledge gained from two decates of forging relationships of law firms to ensure a good match on all fronts.

National and international media trust Avis Caravello's ability to accurately assess the war for talent in the Bay Area legal market and to provide context for the ever-changing legal landscape.

What’s Said About Us:

"In my experience, the overwhelming majority of legal recruiters take any client and employ a shotgun approach to finding them a home, believing that it is all about volume in terms of clients and submissions. Avis, who is a true search professional, is the polar opposite. She operates her business based on integrity, reputation and tremendous long-term success, which means being very selective in who she represents and then leveraging her personal contacts (rather than shotgun blast emails) to try and facilitate the best possible marriage of law firm and candidate, from both parties' perspective. In short, Avis has become a trusted career advisor, friend and the only legal recruiter that I would ever consider using."

Mike DiSanto
Partner, Reed Smith, Palo Alto

“I chose to work with Avis when I decided to relocate from the East Coast to the Bay Area. Although I was already familiar with many of the firms in town, Avis was able to provide me with unique insights
into the various firm cultures, their histories, their trajectories, and how I would fit into the firms that I considered. Avis not only brought the best opportunities for me, she also served as a sounding
board, counselor, and friend. There's no question that I was better served with her than without her."

Travis LeBlanc
Associate, Keker & Van Nest

"When Avis accepts you as her a candidate, she brings two assets your relationship that drive her success and yours. The first is her track record and contacts with Bay Area firms, which allow her to put candidates directly in front of the decision makers at every firm in the area. These firms know Avis and take her candidates seriously. With Avis, you will never get run around by a firm's human resources department, while the hiring partner never sees your file. But the second element of her success is even more important--Avis listens to you, learns every detail of your story, she works with you to find the right match between your interests and background and the needs of firms in the Bay Area, and then she tirelessly assists you to strengthen your presentation and ensure that you get all of the benefit of your experience and credentials when you are under consideration. After your interviews, she always follows up to make sure that you felt good about your performance, and she will work quickly to answer any questions or concerns that a firm might raise. Whether you are a high-powered partner bringing a large book of business or a junior associate, Avis makes sure that firms reviewing your file will view you in the best possible light."

Mark Bell
Corporate Associate, Latham & Watkins, Silicon Valley

"Avis is the best possible recruiter you could hope for- highly professional, very effective and focused on your needs. She has always been on target with everyone she sends us."

Marc Gottschalk
Member, Real Estate and Environmental Practice Head Clean Technology and Renewable Energy Practice Head Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati

"I've encountered a number of recruiters to date and Avis is definitely in a league of her own particularly as far as her commitment to personalizing a search for her candidates. I will definitely pass along her name to any friends looking to relocate to the Bay Area."

Jack Storey
Associate, Skadden, NY