Legal Recruiter Profile
Bordwell & Associates By Teresa Cajot Bordwell & Associates is a legal recruiter that specializes in corporate and legal placement within the Orange County area in Southern California. The firm provides placement services for all legal professionals including attorneys, paralegals, legal secretaries, word processors, administrative and support staff.
The firm, which was founded in 1988, most commonly seeks job candidates with experience in transactional, litigation, intellectual property, and employment law for positions within corporate legal departments. The firm provides both permanent and temporary placement services and while temporary positions can last anywhere from one day to several months, they often lead to permanent placement. Typically, temporary positions are limited to paralegals and other support positions. Additionally, Bordwell and Associates provides employee retention services, employee turnover analyses, team training, and career counseling. The firm screens and tests all job candidates and also offers testing for candidates that clients find on their own. Rose Mary Bordwell, CEO of Bordwell & Associates has more than 25 years of experience as a legal recruiter, including nine years as a director of career services within a law school. She
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is a California Accredited Consultant (CAC), a Certified Staffing Professional (CSP), and a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). She is also a board member of the Coastline Community College Paralegal Program. Bordwell was honored with the 2004 California Staffing Professional of the Year Award and the 2009 James R. Pierce Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition of her commitment to the recruiting business. Kellie Lewis, the firm’s senior legal and corporate recruiter has more than ten years of experience within the recruiting field and is also a California Accredited Consultant and a Certified Staffing Professional. Lewis was presented with the Orange County Staffing Professional of the Year award in 2008. Randy Sage-Cuneo is the research and writing assistant at Bordwell & Associates. His duties include supplying background information for searches and managing the firm’s databases. He holds an undergraduate degree in history from California State University at Fullerton.
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