Margie Grossberg, Esq.

OVERVIEW

Margie Grossberg is the founder and CEO of Benchmark Legal Search Partners and one of the most trusted advisors in the legal recruiting industry. For more than 25 years, she has been the force behind some of the most strategic lateral placements, helping premier law firms grow and evolve through targeted, high-impact acquisitions.

Widely recognized for her entrenched relationships, market intelligence and discretion, Margie has placed hundreds of law firm partners, groups and other exceptional attorneys into Am Law 100 firms, as well as elite global, regional and boutique firms. Her work spans key markets including New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, Chicago, Northern and Southern California, and Texas.

Margie is frequently tapped by senior members of law firm management to lead high-level targeted searches and has played a central role in law firm strategy, group acquisitions and confidential rainmaker transitions. She has also worked with corporate clients seeking senior in-house counsel for strategic legal roles.

Margie’s placements cover a broad spectrum of practice areas, including private equity, mergers & acquisitions (M&A), finance, capital markets, fund formation, securities litigation, white collar litigation, complex commercial litigation, real estate, bankruptcy, executive compensation and tax. Known for getting the most complex deals done, Margie has guided:

• Market-moving partner transitions involving the most highly ranked Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 lawyers
• Team lift-outs and high-stakes group placements
• Confidential moves of top-tier rainmakers

Margie works directly with law firm leadership and lateral candidates throughout every step of the process – providing strategic counsel, candid insight and hands-on execution from first conversation through integration and beyond. She is deeply committed to transparency, trust and long-term fit, and her clients return to her repeatedly for their most important hiring needs.

Margie’s industry insights have been featured in The New York Times, Bloomberg, The American Lawyer, Law.com, U.S. News & World Report, ABA Journal and Above the Law, among others.

Margie received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University, summa cum laude, where she was the valedictorian of the School of Human Ecology. She received her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, where she was a Dean’s Merit Scholar. Margie is a founding member of the New York-Presbyterian Komansky Family Advisory Council, where she helped to lead support groups for parents with children in the neonatal intensive care unit. Margie and her family reside in Westchester, where they compete for couch space with their hefty Bernese Mountain Dog.

If you’re an exceptional lawyer considering your next move or a law firm seeking transformational talent, Margie brings the judgment, experience and relationships to make it happen.