OUR TEAM Melanie Champion Search Consultant O: 213-261-0611 C: 917-345-2442 mchampion@advocatesla.com Los Angeles Melanie Champion brings over 15 years of expertise in sales, client satisfaction, and building meaningful client relationships to her role as a search consultant with The Advocates. Before joining the firm, she was a finance manager, overseeing the sales process, ensuring client…

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OUR TEAM Caston Mabin Advocate O: 303-825-2600 D: 303-825-4457 cmabin@targetedlegal.com Denver Caston brings a wealth of experience, boasting over a decade of managerial expertise, with a dedicated focus on hiring and recruiting for over five years. Before joining The Advocate’s, he played a crucial role in global information technology recruitment, consistently exceeding expectations and driving…

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OUR TEAM Anthony Smith Search Consultant O: 303.825.4458 asmith@targetedlegal.com Denver Anthony Smith is a Search Consultant with The Advocates who brings four years of recruiting and sales experience to the team. Before joining The Advocates, he worked as an Executive Recruiter with the Bradsby Group, focusing on the food and beverage manufacturing sector. Preceding recruiting,…

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OUR TEAM Brandon Robinson Search Consultant O: 469-320-1359 C: 314-374-7671 brobinson@advocatesdallas.com Dallas Brandon Robinson is a search consultant who brings 10 years of recruiting and sales experience to the team. Prior to joining The Advocates, he was a Lead Recruiter at Amazon. During his time at Amazon he supported Amazon Web Services, which is one…

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OUR TEAM Lisa Trione Office Administrator O: 303-825-2600 C: 720-601-1021 ltrione@targetedlegal.com Denver Lisa Trione comes to The Advocates with 14 years of experience in administration roles and a minimum of 5 years in leadership specific roles. In addition to servicing the reception desk she currently leads the company’s administration efforts with responsibility for overseeing daily…

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OUR TEAM Andrew Kirlin Search Consultant O: 267-675-7040 C: 215-767-0303 akirlin@advocatesphiladelphia.com Denver Andrew Kirlin joined The Advocates after 8+ years of sales and consulting experience within several professional services firms. Most recently, he was with Thomson Reuters in their FindLaw division, helping law firms develop digital marketing strategies to grow and scale their practice. As…

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Colleague Spotlight Meet Shelby Kealy What stood out about your hiring process? I remember thinking that The Advocates really cared about wanting to get to know me in the interview process. Literally, who I am, not only as an employee but as a person as well. This was refreshing and drew me even more towards…

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OUR TEAM Christina Costabile Advocate O: 303-825-2600ccostabile@targetedlegal.comDenver Christina Costabile is a Search Consultant and focuses on the temporary, temp to hire and contract hiring side of The Advocates. She brings 10+ years of senior administrative and customer service experience to the team. Prior to joining The Advocates, she was working as a Domestic Relations Paralegal…

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How to WIN the Talent War: Recruiting lateral attorneys (or anyone), more effectively. Much has been written about the Talent War raging in the legal industry in 2021. There are signing bonuses, guaranteed year-end bonuses and, according to American Lawyer Magazine, firms hiring associates without even an interview – and still the “war” rages on…

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