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| Rated one of California's top legal search firms by California Law Business, The Portfolio Group has been a leader in attorney placement since 1995. We represent and place partners, practice groups and associates in all areas of expertise with law firms and in-house legal departments throughout California. We also conduct a wide range of confidential search and M&A assignments for leading law firms and corporations. Our integrity, confidentiality and innovative approach have achieved one of the most successful track records in the industry and established The Portfolio Group as one of the most highly respected search firms in the legal community.
In the past 10 years, The Portfolio Group has placed hundreds of lawyers in lateral opportunities including partners, practice groups, department heads, general counsel, associates, counsel and in-house counsel. Our clients include AmLaw 100 law firms, regional and local law firms of all sizes, Fortune 500 companies, public and private corporations, financial institutions, private equity firms and non-profit organizations.
Richard Kolodny is president and CEO of The Portfolio Group. California Law Business named Rick as one of the top legal recruiters in California. Before he founded The Portfolio Group, Rick practiced law at O'Melveny & Myers and served as general counsel of Roll International, one of the largest private companies in California. Rick received a B.A. from Clark University, an M.A. from Columbia University, and a J.D. from The University of Michigan Law School.
Our website is www.lawyermover.com. |
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| How did you come to hold your present position (specifically, what led you to become a legal recruiter, marketing consultant, etc.)? |
| In many ways, the inspiration for starting The Portfolio Group came about by accident. In early 1995, motivated by a desire to find a new challenge, I interviewed with several corporations that were looking for a new general counsel. None of the opportunities seemed right for me, but I hit it off with one of the CEOs that I met and suggested to him that I might be able to help with the general counsel search that his company was conducting. Despite the fact that I had no prior search experience, the CEO agreed to consider any qualified candidates that I referred to his company. I thought that working on this search might be an interesting opportunity to do something different and, after screening a number of different candidates, eventually placed a partner from a national law firm in the GC slot. At that point, I had the proverbial “light bulb moment” and shortly thereafter I founded The Portfolio Group.
From the beginning, our company’s mission was to provide partner-level candidates that were seeking new law firm opportunities with the same type of highly professional, confidential and strategic representation that leading law firms provided to their clients. |
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| What is the best thing about working with lawyers? |
| There’s nothing better than working with smart, hard working, successful lawyers and helping them find law firm and/or in house opportunities that meet their personal, professional and financial objectives. |
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| What is the worst thing about working with lawyers? |
| Successful partners are frequently so busy and client-focused that they do not have adequate time to engage in or to discuss strategic planning for their own careers. |
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| What has been the most satisfying moment of your career thus far? |
| Serving as a trusted advisor to partners that are considering new law firm affiliations is incredibly gratifying. The personal relationships that we’ve developed by helping partners get to the next level in their careers have been very rewarding and have resulted in many long lasting friendships. |
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| What are your favorite activities outside the law? |
| Spending time with my family, golf, tennis, travel, photography. |
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