"There are a handful of headhunting firms that  stand above the rest in both Northern and Southern California .... Esquire is one of those firms".
(California Law Business, September 1998).

"Esquire...one of the top 10 legal search firms in California"
(Daily Journal, February, 2001)

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Sandford A. "Sandy" Lechtick, President

Sandy is founder of Esquire, Inc., which he founded in 1991.  He has more than three decades executive search and legal placement experience. He has facilitated more than a dozen law firm mergers and major practice group acquisitions and handled some of the most significant partner transactions in California. Sandy has personally handled or supervised the moves of more than 200 partners and close to 100 lawyers in-house. He is extensively quoted and has authored almost twenty articles in legal and business publications (Daily Journal, California Law Business, The Recorder, Los Angeles Business Magazine, American Lawyer, etc.) pertaining to partner compensation issues, law firm economics, industry trends, "What's Hot - What's Not", management challenges, etc. Sandy has been retained as an expert witness by several leading law firms in employment and litigation matters including Sheppard Mullin; Littler Mendelson; Glaser, Weil and Lewis Brisbois. He has moderated panels for the national Association of Legal Search Consultants involving many of the top law firm partners in California. Before he started Esquire in 1991, Sandy was owner and founder of one of California's top full service executive search firms (29 recruiters) that specialized in the technology, aerospace/defense, biotech and life sciences arena.

Email:  sandy@esquiresearch.com

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