Targeted Strategic Growth
ABOUT US
The fight for legal talent is a high-stakes game where speed, accuracy, and precision are the tools that ensure success for our partner’s acquisition, growth, and expansion ambitions. The world’s most successful law firms and in-house legal departments turn to Javelin to accomplish these goals.
With tactics and experience honed working inside law firms and executive search firms, our team has the energy, agility, and insight necessary to guide our clients and achieve their growth objectives.
OUR EXPERTISE
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Guiding law firm leadership and key stakeholders in strategic planning and execution to bolster offices, strengthen practices, enhance offerings and expand niche services.
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Leading firms into new markets and building teams from elite competitors.
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Advise internal legal departments in selection of new outside counsel for day to day and specialized needs.
“Javelin is not just a headhunter, but a strategic partner. What makes them different is not their tenacity and unwillingness to take ‘no’ for an answer, but their strategic view. Javelin always identifies the strategic rationale for a move and can communicate that vision and opportunity to the lateral in direct terms.”
Co-Chair, AmLaw 25 Private Credit Group and Chambers Rated Partner
WHAT SETS US APART
Strategic Growth & Counseling
Not all growth is accretive. Javelin counsels firm leaders on the right markets, industries, and timing for acting on growth strategies. We help management teams see all of the pieces on the board before committing to a move.
Extensive Industry Knowledge
By partnering with a wide variety of legal and financial service industry leaders, we are able to glean and share market intelligence with our partners in actionable ways.
Market Intelligence
Law firm fortunes turn on a dime in this volatile market, and staying on top of client demands and best practices is as important as culture and fit. Javelin’s network and ability to match the right people to the right law firms and legal teams streamlines this difficult process. Real time market intelligence and decades in the industry provide partners with the necessary competitive advantage.
Tailored Approach
Knowing our client’s business and what is important to the attorneys within (their only assets), helps determine how we go to market. Javelin is invested in guiding our partners to success, which means we understand the reasons behind their growth ambitions and any headwinds they are facing.
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With over twenty years of experience in executive recruiting and law firm leadership, Bobby combines his unique experience to effectively lead change and achieve strategic growth initiatives for a wide variety of clients. Since returning to the recruiting and consulting side, Bobby has helped large teams and rainmakers make delicate moves, assisted financial services, private equity funds, healthcare companies, entertainment and manufacturing organizations make important general counsel hires, and advised countless attorneys on their career path.
Whether counseling law firms on achieving their strategic growth objectives or helping partners determine the best platform for the future of their practices, Bobby is a passionate and energetic advocate for sophisticated clients in the lateral market. With a diverse national practice and contacts across the sector, Bobby makes a major impact for clients of all sizes and disciplines.
A graduate of Ohio University School of College of Business and a transplant to Nashville, Bobby enjoys spending time with his family and friends, travelling, and staying active in different ways depending on the season (and his children’s extracurricular schedule).
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Bill has been working with law firms to successfully complete lateral associate and partner level needs for a quarter of a century. He leverages his training and experience as an attorney to provide expert guidance to clients for their important searches.
A graduate of The Ohio State University and the John Marshall College of Law, Bill is a professional and seasoned advisor of attorneys and law firms. He enjoys helping clients solve their most difficult recruiting needs and excels at helping attorneys find the ideal fit for the long-term.
Bill’s hobby’s include swimming, running, walking, cheering on Cleveland sports teams and spending time with his large family.
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Greg excels at creating strategic opportunities for attorneys and represents national law firms in confidential expansion efforts. Partners and associates turn to Greg for his market awareness, steady counsel, and ability to help find the right fit. With over 25 years of experience in team building and recruiting, Greg is a passionate advocate for sophisticated clients in the lateral market. He is committed to personal and professional development and continuously strives to improve and develop skills. In addition to his work in the legal industry, Greg is a family man, father, and youth sports coach. A fitness and lifestyle enthusiast that sees fitness and wellness as integral to his personal and professional development. Other interests include, music, guitar, travel, and snowboarding. Greg embraces cultural diversity having lived in Spain, California, South Carolina, Utah, and Ohio.
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A native of Miami, Nick is a graduate of George Washington University, Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, and New York University School of Law.
Nick and his wife, Alissa, are raising their four children in Nashville. In his rare moments of quiet, Nick is watching his beloved Kansas Jayhawks Men's Basketball team or thinking about drills for both of his daughters' basketball teams, for which he serves as coach.
WHAT OUR PARTNERS SAY
“I’ve worked closely with Bobby Weiss for a very long time. Bobby is a talented recruiter, but it’s his inside-view at a law firm that sets him apart from others. He has a better appreciation for law firm strategy and he understands the importance of all the things that happen post-hire. He isn’t just familiar with law firm jargon, he understands what different practices mean to a law firm and how they relate to one another. It’s like having your recruiter with law firm consultant-type experience.”
Office Managing Partner, AmLaw 25 Firm and Chambers Rated Partner
“Javelin has a great grasp of the lateral market. Bobby is extremely talented at identifying the right opportunities that produce win-win outcomes for attorneys and law firms. This is an incredibly important decision for us, and you want to find the right place where you and your practice can thrive. Bobby did that for my team and I and we couldn’t be happier.”