Legal recruiting · Michigan & Ohio

The recruiting partner personal injury and litigation firms actually call back.

EXO Legal Search places the attorneys, paralegals, case managers, and intake staff that keep plaintiff-side firms moving. Relationship-led, response-driven, and built for the way PI firms actually hire.

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PI & Litigation

Focused, not generalist

MI → OH

Regional depth, expanding

Staff → Senior

Intake to lead attorney

Why EXO Legal Search

The big legal recruiters chase BigLaw. Your bench gets ignored.

National attorney-search firms are built for lateral partner moves at large firms. Plaintiff-side PI and litigation firms hire constantly, at every level, and most recruiters do not speak that language. We do.

Built for PI hiring reality

PI firms run on volume and turnover. Associates, paralegals, intake, and case managers move often. We staff that churn fast, with candidates who understand plaintiff-side work.

Relationship-led, not resume-blasted

We work a real regional network, not a database dump. You get vetted, interested candidates who fit your firm's pace and culture, not a stack of forwards.

Responsive by default

You will hear back. The single most common complaint about legal recruiters is silence. We run every search like the relationship outlasts the placement, because it does.

How we work

Two ways to engage, matched to the role.

Most firms start with contingent placement on the roles they hire regularly, then move to retained search when a role is senior, confidential, or hard to fill. You are never locked into more than the search in front of you.

Most firms start here

Contingent Placement

Pay only when you hire

For the roles PI firms fill often. We source, screen, and present qualified candidates. No fee unless you make a hire.

Associates, paralegals, case managers, intake and legal support
Fee due only on a successful placement
Fast turnarounds on high-volume roles
Replacement guarantee on every placement

Retained Search

For the roles you cannot afford to get wrong

For senior, confidential, or difficult searches where discretion and depth matter more than speed.

Lead and senior attorneys, practice leads, firm administrators
Confidential and replacement searches handled discreetly
Dedicated, prioritized effort with regular updates
Deep vetting on culture, book, and long-term fit

Who we place

Every seat that keeps a plaintiff-side firm running.

From the first call a client makes to the attorney who tries the case, we recruit across the full firm.

Attorneys & Associates

Plaintiff-side PI and litigation attorneys, from newly licensed associates to senior trial lawyers.

Paralegals & Legal Assistants

Litigation and PI paralegals who can carry a caseload from intake through settlement or trial prep.

Case Managers

The operational backbone of a PI firm, managing clients, providers, and case flow at volume.

Intake Specialists

Front-line intake and client-conversion talent, the role that most directly drives firm revenue.

Litigation Support

Legal secretaries, records clerks, and demand writers who keep files moving and deadlines met.

Firm Leadership & Admin

Practice leads, office administrators, and operations roles, typically handled as retained searches.

Where we work

Regional depth beats national reach.

We know the firms, the comp, and the talent in our markets by name. That local fluency is the whole point.

Primary market

Michigan

Deep coverage of personal injury and litigation firms across metro Detroit, Grand Rapids, Lansing, and Ann Arbor. This is home, and where our relationships run deepest.

Active now

Expansion market

Ohio

Extending the same relationship-led model into Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati, working with plaintiff-side firms that hire at volume.

Now expanding

Taylor KozumplikDirector of Legal Search

About

A recruiter who treats your firm like a relationship, not a transaction.

EXO Legal Search is the legal recruiting division of EXO Search Group, built on a simple premise: plaintiff-side firms deserve a recruiter who actually knows their world and actually calls them back.

Led by Taylor Kozumplik, the division brings established relationships across Michigan's personal injury and litigation community, and a standard of responsiveness and quality that the volume recruiters do not match.

Specialized focus. Regional depth. A partner who answers the phone.

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Tell us the seat you need filled.

Whether it is a paralegal you needed last week or a confidential search for a senior attorney, start the conversation. You will get a real response, not silence.

Email EXO Legal Search taylor@exolegalsearch.com