About Us

Pappas & Associates are leaders in the field of attorney placement in California with a long history of successful placements at the top law firms and corporate legal departments in California. Our commitment to matching exceptional candidates with leading law firms and in-house legal departments has earned us the reputation as the search firm of choice for the placement of partners, associates, and in-house counsel.

Pappas & Associates' clients include large international and national law firms, regional law firms, and boutique firms. We also assist companies seeking General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officers, patent counsel, and corporate counsel. Founded in 1998, Pappas & Associates is based in San Francisco and makes placements in every area of legal practice, including litigation, corporate, intellectual property, employment, real estate, land use, and tax. We have particular expertise in filling legal positions in law firms and high-tech companies in San Francisco and Silicon Valley.

Founder, Helena Pappas, received her law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law. Prior to forming Pappas & Associates, Helena practiced litigation at a large law firm in San Francisco and served as a lecturer at Boalt Hall. Her deep immersion in the legal community in the San Francisco Bay Area enables a level of access to top decision makers at law firms and corporations that most search firms do not have. Our many years of success and experience in placing attorneys has given us in-depth knowledge of the legal market in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. This level of access and knowledge is of great benefit to our clients and our candidates.

Our clients benefit from our ability to identify and recruit top attorney candidates through our extensive network of contacts, our skill in marketing open positions to outstanding candidates, and our overall knowledge of the legal market gleaned through working with law firm management on their growth plans and recruiting strategies.

Our candidates, in turn, benefit from our direct line of communication to hiring partners and practice group leaders at law firms, and General Counsel and executives at corporations. This allows our candidates to be among the most seriously considered applicants for the positions they seek and to move quickly through the hiring process. Our candidates consistently praise us for the time and effort we take to understand their career goals and our commitment to placing them in positions where their goals can be met. We are honored that our candidates enjoy great success at the law firms and companies they joined through our introductions. Many of our candidates are viewed as leaders in their own right within the California legal community.