Location: Washington,DC, USA
Are you a successful Washington D.C. attorney who would love to leave the practice of law (or your current business role) to launch, lead and manage the Washington D.C. office of a globally-ranked company, and co-own its Washington D.C.-based operating company? Do you excel at building client relationships? Are you known for being highly responsive and attentive to your clients? Are you driven yet likable? Are you entrepreneurial and business-minded? Do you have an outstanding reputation in the Washington D.C. legal and civic community? Do your colleagues like and enjoy working with you? Would your clients, colleagues and friends describe you as energetic, responsive, trustworthy, helpful, efficient, dedicated, decisive, well-liked, and action-oriented? Do you have a sense of humor? If so, this unique opportunity may be for you.
Latitude, a globally ranked high-end flexible legal talent company, is seeking a Washington D.C.-area attorney with significant experience working with Am Law firms and corporate legal departments to launch and manage Latitude's Washington D.C. office, and co-own and lead as president, Latitude's Washington D.C. operating company. This is an outstanding opportunity for a highly successful, experienced, likable, driven, business-minded, and very well-respected Washington D.C. area attorney who wants to leave the practice of law (or another legal industry role) to lead a company as market president and an equity business partner, using our capital, proven model, established infrastructure, training, and supporting corporate team.
As background, Latitude directly employs and provides peer-level attorneys and other legal professionals to legal departments and law firms nationwide. Our specialty is providing our law firm and legal department clients practice-specific contract attorneys who have served as associates, counsel, and partners in Am Law firms and/or as in-house counsel in large corporate legal departments. We also assist many of our clients with permanent positions, including general counsel searches. Our clients range from Fortune Global 500 companies and Global 100 law firms to high-growth privately-held companies, major non-profits, government entities, and boutique law firms.
This is a demanding, entrepreneurial role. It requires further expanding and maintaining strong relationships with your professional peers in the Washington D.C. area (and nationwide), being highly responsive and attentive to law firm and legal department clients (i.e., your peers), constant creative deal-making, serving as a trusted talent advisor to clients and candidates, team building, collaborating closely with fellow market leaders, recruiters and corporate staff, having the patience to build a business, and the confidence and risk tolerance to be rewarded as an equity business partner based in large part on the financial performance of your operating company – which is driven by your (and your hand-picked team's) ability to provide your clients with consistently top-tier talent and exceptional client service.
Opportunity:While we are ready now, we are looking for the best person and can be flexible on timing so that you are able to successfully exit your current role in a way that works well for you and your current colleagues.
Compensation:The total compensation for the Latitude Market President role is largely dependent on the financial performance of the market since the main long-term financial benefit to the market president is equity (and the cash flow – i.e., profit distributions – that result when the market is profitable). Given the size of the Washington D.C. market, the expectation is that the total earnings for the Washington D.C. Market President would be $400,000 to $700,000+ per year as the market president successfully develops and scales the market to size; getting into this range can be expected to take 24-48 months if successful given the fly-wheel nature of building a new market.
There is no profits cap; the market leader co-owns the operating company and so receives a percentage of profits (in addition to base salary, bonuses and benefits). Building a new market takes time; this is a long-term business opportunity.
If you are interested in this role, you may apply online and/or you are welcome to directly email Latitude CEO Ross Booher in confidence at ...@latitudelegal.com.
About LatitudeLatitude is a full-service flexible legal talent company serving corporate legal departments and law firms nationwide. From Fortune Global 100 companies to start-ups and Global 50 law firms to boutiques, clients turn to us for top-tier attorneys and other legal professionals.
Latitude specializes in providing highly skilled former in-house counsel and Big Law attorneys for flexible contract engagements and permanent positions in dozens of practice areas, including commercial contracting, data privacy, M&A, employment, litigation, and more.
Founded in 2013, Latitude has been recognized by Chambers as a leading global flexible legal staffing company and the #1 Legal Recruiter by The National Law Journal.
For more information about Latitude, please visit us at .
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Latitude is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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