Estrin VIP

As Chief Attorney Recruiter and Business Development Manager for Estrin Legal Staffing, and Chief Attorney Recruiter for Estrin VIP (serving attorneys and C-Suite professionals), I specialize in connecting top legal talent with leading law firms and corporate legal departments nationwide.

With a keen understanding of the legal market and a strategic approach to relationship-building, I help clients navigate today’s competitive hiring landscape—whether they’re growing high-performance teams or advancing their own careers.

My work spans attorney recruitment, executive placement, and business development, with a focus on long-term fit, confidentiality, and professionalism. At the core of everything I do is a deep commitment to integrity, results, and the power of meaningful connections.

Let’s connect if you’re looking for your next great hire—or your next great opportunity.

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Chief Attorney Recruiter and Business Development Manager

Estrin Legal Staffing

Chief Attorney Recruiter and Business Development Manager 

Mainspring Legal

Director for Direct Hire In House Corporate Legal Departments (Cadence Counsel); Permanent Law Firm Placement and for the temporary staffing arm of Bridgeline Solutions, the legal and compliance staffing division of Mainspring Legal. Oversee contract placements nationally out of Mainspring Legal's offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Hong Kong, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Orange County, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Shanghai and Washington, DC.

CONTRACT MANAGEMENT:  Draft, review, analyze, negotiate, and manage a wide variety of contract types (e.g., Master Service Agreements (MSAs) and corresponding SOWs, Client Services Agreements)

Director

Premier Legal Staffing

Business Development and Premium Attorney Recruiting Services for Law Firm and Corporate Law Departments (both direct hire and sophisticated contract attorney placement).  Our candidates are as broad and diverse as our client base.  Our attorney candidates are the best in their field and are highly sought after by our clients.


CONTRACT MANAGEMENT:  Draft, review, analyze, negotiate, and manage a wide variety of contract types (e.g., Master Service Agreements (MSAs) and corresponding SOWs, Client Services Agreements)

Specialties: Executive Legal Search, Recruiting and Counseling: Client Services including contingent and retained searches, permanent placement, and a dedicated talent acquisition staff; Candidate Services including resume development, briefing and debriefing, targeted and confidential IP searches, and career counseling.  ATS/CRM- Access

Senior Executive, Branch and Account Management

eDocument Solutions LLC

Business Development of end to end litigation/discovery document management

CONTRACT MANAGEMENT:  Draft, review, analyze, negotiate, and manage a wide variety of contract types (e.g., Master Service Agreements (MSAs) and corresponding SOWs, Client Services Agreements)

ATS/CRM-SALESFORCE

Manager, Business Development

Mindcrest

As sole company Director of Business Development and later sole company employee on the west coast, generated comprehensive sales pipeline containing more than fifteen active Fortune 500 prospects and more than twenty five national and regional law firm prospects within three months of hire. Responsible for law firm, corporate and legacy clients via legal and business networking and meeting my existing clientele developed over past 20 years in the industry. Procure invitations for company to participate in large corporate and law firm Proposal for Managed Review Services. Spearhead presentations to global U.S. companies and law firm stakeholders with follow up response and development of future business.  Provide creative business process outsourcing solutions (in India and US) to assist some of the largest law firms and corporations to help clients reduce risk, improve strategic outcomes, reduce discovery review time and greatly reduce legal spend. 


CONTRACT MANAGEMENT:  Draft, review, analyze, negotiate, and manage a wide variety of contract types (e.g., Master Service Agreements (MSAs) and corresponding SOWs, Client Services Agreements)
Make recommendations for modification of sales collateral to improve visibility and company profile for the west coast market (including Texas and Georgia).   Plan and host workshops and conferences, introduce law firms and corporate legal departments to company’s cutting edge eDiscovery Managed Review Solutions.  Events are designed to present services and solutions offering streamlined ediscovery managed review process supported by best in breed quality control processes.   Ultimately offering most effective customized managed review solutions incorporating new technology and best practices. ATS/CRM-proprietary

Director, Bus. Dev. Leader / Focus: West Coast, Georgia & Texas

Vice President

Responsible for Selling Merrill's End to End ESI Litigation Solutions including Data Collection, Doc Processing, Proprietary Hosting Platform (Lextranet) with additional licensed hosting platforms; Managed Attorney Document Review, Court Reporting and Trial Services.

Brought to the company: 
16+ years sales experience selling Legal Services/Managed Review to law firms and corporations 
•3+ years working in the electronic discovery, eDiscovery Review Teams and litigation support arena 
•Prior Top Down sales experience selling to General Counsel, In House Counsel, Billing 
attorneys, paralegals, litigation support and corporate counsel 
•Strong presentation skills including the ability to perform powerpoint, and collaborating software demonstrations.  MS Office Suite, social media, networking, contact management platforms (ATS/CRM-Salesforce)
•Strong follow-up and deal closing skills

VP, Legal Solutions, ESI & Multi-lingual Managed Review/Language Solutions

Stevens Legal Staffing Group, LLC

SLS Group works with only a select group of corporate law department and law firm clients, and is highly selective in its recruiting of attorneys and paralegals for those clients. ATS/CRM 

CONTRACT MANAGEMENT:  Draft, review, analyze, negotiate, and manage a wide variety of contract types (e.g., Master Service Agreements (MSAs) and corresponding SOWs, Client Services Agreements)

Founder

Special Counsel

Full cycle business development and recruiting (direct hire and sophisticated contract attorney and paralegal placement).  Lead Atlanta offixe in sales and recruiting 1996+; Opened managed (in production) Newport Beach office in 2001+; reorganized and managed the Los Angeles office 2005+; ATS/CRM 

CONTRACT MANAGEMENT:  Draft, review, analyze, negotiate, and manage a wide variety of contract types (e.g., Master Service Agreements (MSAs) and corresponding SOWs, Client Services Agreements)

Executive Director

The Wallace Law Registry

Permanent and Contract Attorney Placement - Full Cycle Business Development and Placement.  Opened and Managed Atlanta Branch Office.

CONTRACT MANAGEMENT:  Draft, review, analyze, negotiate, and manage a wide variety of contract types (e.g., Master Service Agreements (MSAs) and corresponding SOWs, Client Services Agreements)

Managing Director

Chief Attorney Recruiter and Business Development Manager 

Lynda Priest Stevens leads the Attorny Recruiting for the Estrin Legal Staffing family of legal recruiting and placement of all levels of attorneys and professional staff.  Estrin Legal Staffing is a certified woman-owned company.

Lynda brings 20 years of business development and staffing experience handling business development and recruiting for national staffing companies.  

Results-oriented professional with demonstrated ability to develop global account relationships, generate sales through strategic marketing, team building, and contract negotiation. Committed to providing highest level of consultative client support to garner trust and increase business and profits. Repeated success guiding cross-functional teams in the implementation of legal and business with a keen focus on quality.  Polished presenter garnering trust and revenue through strong bonds forged with the international, national and regional AMLAW 200, Fortune 500, and gazelle companies.

lynda@estrinlegalstaffing.com
310-846-9040 office

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