About the Author

Clare Cosslett is the principal and founder of Cosslett & Company, a New York legal search and placement firm. As a former practicing attorney and a legal recruiter with more than twenty years of experience, Clare has met and interviewed hundreds of lawyers. She works with top firms and a wide variety of in-house clients, placing lawyers at all seniority levels nationally and internationally. Before opening her own business in 2002, Clare was a senior recruiter with Lucas Group and a vice president and senior recruiter with its New York predecessor, London and Company. Clare practiced law as a corporate attorney in the New York offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Moses & Singer. She has a JD cum laude from Brooklyn Law School and a BA from Columbia University.