Premier Legal Recruiting Agency
Working with both partners and law firms to build lasting, strategic relationships.
Our Approach
We are a legal recruiting firm specializing in the placement of partners and practice group leaders for a select group of law firms. Guided by discretion at every stage, we safeguard confidentiality, earn lasting trust, and act as true strategic partners. This commitment allows us to consistently deliver exceptional attorney talent, transform candidates into long-term clients, and enables us to cultivate enduring, high-value relationships across the legal industry.
Innovative Process
Harris Rand's Targeted Partner Search is a proprietary methodology that unites advanced, customized AI tools with deep human expertise to give our clients a clear competitive advantage. Our technology analyzes talent pools with exceptional accuracy, uncovers high‑potential candidates often overlooked by traditional recruiters, and accelerates the search process with greater insight and precision. Guided by decades of executive search experience and grounded in cognitive and behavioral principles, we assess cultural and personal fit while identifying the motivations that drive attorney decision‑making. The result is a highly targeted, intelligence‑driven process that consistently delivers exceptional talent.
Skilled Communications
At the heart of every successful search is meaningful communication. We begin by developing a deep understanding of our clients, their strategic objectives, culture, leadership style, and the environment in which a new partner will thrive. With that foundation, we engage candidates in candid, purposeful conversations that look beyond credentials to uncover the motivations and professional drivers that shape their decisions and define their success. Drawing on our deep understanding of the unique dynamics of both lawyers and law firms, we communicate with clarity, empathy, and precision. By bridging the gap between objective experience and human ambition, we create alignment that is both strategic and built to last.
Our Process
Targeted Partner Search
Client Story
We begin with deep, collaborative conversations with firm leadership to understand the full context behind the search — culture, vision, strategic priorities, and the business rationale for the hire. We then integrate these insights with our proprietary AI tools, which analyze market data and competitive dynamics to refine and elevate the opportunity narrative. The outcome is a compelling, intelligence‑driven story designed to resonate with senior‑level attorneys.
Attorney Target List
Leveraging decades of firm‑specific knowledge, we validate credentials, assess cultural compatibility, and prioritize candidates whose experience and trajectory match the client's needs. Our customized AI technology enhances this process by uncovering uniquely qualified attorneys who typically remain invisible to traditional recruiters. The result is a precise, strategically curated target list that gives our clients a significant competitive advantage.
Candidate Development
Harris Rand has advanced this stage of the process to a level unmatched in the legal recruiting industry. Our proprietary AI tools enable us to understand each attorney's career arc, practice synergies, business potential, and alignment with the opportunity at an exceptional level of detail. This depth of insight allows us to communicate with clarity and credibility, making us more persuasive and better equipped to attract, engage, and deliver the most senior attorneys in the market.
Art of the Deal
What positions Harris Rand as a premier legal recruiting firm is our unique blend of deep industry knowledge, executive search expertise, and cutting‑edge technology. We excel at reading senior attorneys — their motivations, priorities, and inflection points — and translating both the facts and personal criteria that matter most. This instinctive ability to connect, build trust, and shape the conversation is what enables us to successfully entice, align, and ultimately close on high‑stakes lateral partner moves.
Closing
In the final negotiation phase, our role as a strategic intermediary is essential. We bring extensive knowledge of market economics, compensation structures, and partnership dynamics to guide productive, transparent discussions. We support both client and candidate through contract negotiations, compensation alignment, and career‑trajectory considerations, ensuring that every decision is well‑informed. This structured, trusted approach leads to a smooth close and lasting success for all parties.
Our Team
Meet The Team
Randy Schoenfeld
Managing Partner
Randy Schoenfeld, Managing Partner of Harris Rand LLC, is recognized as an industry leader in the executive search and management consulting arena. With over 35 years of experience in recruiting high-profile executives, Randy has worked across multiple industry sectors, including legal, technology, bio/life sciences, financial services and not-for-profit.
Prior to founding Harris Rand LLC, Randy was Director of Recruitment for Duane Morris LLP. There he directed all aspects of the firm's lateral recruiting, including marketing and the financial evaluation of lateral candidates. Previously, Randy was Managing Director at Major, Hagen & Africa where he specialized in the recruitment of lateral partners.
In addition, Randy was co-founder and President of Redwood Partners International Inc. There he guided the positioning, business development, and client service of "Silicon Alley's" longest-running executive search/venture capital consulting firm. In addition, Randy is co-founder and managing partner of Harris Rand Lusk LLC, one of the nation's leading search consultancies in the not-for-profit sector.
Marcelo Wainberg
Partner
Marcelo Wainberg, is Managing Partner of MW MacDougal LLC. Marcelo performs retained executive search work for specific companies in a variety of industries, including: legal, digital and mobile media and traditional media companies. With over 20 years of national and international search experience, Marcelo manages assignments worldwide.
Marcelo is also a founding member and partner in NextStep Search Inc.(NSI). NSI is an executive search firm that focuses on middle to senior management searches for companies in both digital & mobile media, as well as traditional media.
Prior to starting NextStep, Marcelo co-founded Redwood Partners, a pan-Atlantic integrated advisory firm that brings together executive search, investment advisory and venture capital in one platform servicing emerging technologies. Marcelo was Redwood's Office Managing Partner in Chicago, addressing all of their mid-western and mid-Atlantic business.
Marcelo is an avid runner and completed the 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 New York City Marathons. He is a 1991 graduate of Binghamton University in Binghamton, NY and holds a BA degree in psychology.
Connect With Us
Whether you are a law firm leader looking for strategic growth or a partner exploring the market, we offer a conflict-free, highly discreet environment to discuss your goals.
Scottsdale, AZ
917-686-2405New York, NY
917-319-3019