The midsize legal market is ripe with opportunities for recruiters, a reality that recruiting giant Major, Lindsey & Africa recognized in 2022 when it bought Hire an Esquire, a web platform designed to facilitate matches between attorneys and midsize and small law firms.

In the below Q&A, Hire an Esquire executive director and former chief operating officer Catherine Enck, based in Philadelphia, describes her entry into the legal recruiting space, challenges she and her company faced along the way, the advantages of bringing technology into the recruiting space, and the current state of the recruiting market.