Jay Kamlet, Esq., is a fourth generation Denverite. Jay has focused his entire legal career on honing his skills as a nationally recognized lawyer’s lawyer. He has gone in and out of BigLaw as he sees trends occurring within the delivery of legal services, not because some “f*#1^g headhunter”™ called him from a list of other lawyers in the lawyer directory with an exclusive lead of a national law firm looking for a real estate lawyer with a decent book of business. Having worked at some of the most respected law firms in the country, and having built one of the top ten law firms in Denver, by size, from 2000- 2007 before merging with a mid-sized national firm, Jay intimately knows the Denver legal market, and how it relates to the national market. Currently, Jay knows that the supply of lawyers far exceeds the demands for legal services at the high and low levels of the spectrum. Nearly 80% of the US population has never touched a lawyer, except for basic services, such as DUI, divorce and wills and trust, leaving an awesome opportunity for under-utilized attorneys to service modest means clients that truly need more sophisticated legal advice.  Unlocking this untapped market is the key to the survival of the profession. Helping law firms recognize and address this paradigm is the whole reason for the foundation of the Denver Legal Recruiting Specialists, besides the fact that he hates “f*#1^g headhunters”™ , and is looking to seriously disrupt the market. Getting cold calls from a “f*#1^g headhunter”™ is as much fun as a robo-call during dinner, with a similar chance of success of a meaningful placement. Jay is one of only a few actual practicing lawyers that is also performing attorney placement services not only because there are ridiculous amounts of money to be made from it, but because he actually knows what is going to work for both the firm and the placed attorney.  Having been on all sides of the creation, management,  practice, and demise of law firms and the lawyers that make the legal world go around, he is uniquely qualified to advise all sides of a placement opportunity. Face it…there are only a handful of marquis attorneys in the Denver market, and those attorneys that are looking to bring their services to Denver for the “lifestyle” from their coastal or large-market firms are going to be limited in what they can do in Denver. That is why any law firm with whom  Denver Legal Recruiting Specialists agrees to represent needs the deep experience of Jay and Doug to help them expertly maneuver through the “simple country Denver legal market.”

 

 

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