Plan the Houston search before outreach
How a Houston employer can evaluate litigation attorney recruiting agencies for a legal search and settle the engagement terms first. Define the actual legal work, seniority, reporting line, practice or business context, work location and the evidence the employer will use to make a decision. A job title or market label alone does not create a usable search brief.
Use questions that match the engagement
Ask how the agency distinguishes direct hire, temporary staffing, candidate ownership and the employer’s hiring responsibility.
Verify the information that matters
Use Harris County District Courts and other appropriate official authorities for any bar, court or credential questions. This page does not decide admission status, good standing, eligibility to practice or employment-law requirements.
Keep the employer in control of the hire
BEGHR supports employer direct-hire inquiries. The employer decides whom to hire and directly employs the successful person. Scope, fee, candidate ownership, screening responsibilities, timing and any replacement terms are set in the written engagement before search work begins.
Agency, firm, company: what the label does not tell you
The word on the door says nothing about the engagement. Ask whether the provider places permanent hires or supplies temporary staff, who owns the candidate relationship, when billing starts and what the replacement terms are. BEGHR is a direct-hire placement provider for case ownership, discovery, motions and trial preparation: the employer employs the hire; BEGHR does not supply temporary or contract staff.
What BEGHR offers Houston employers for case ownership, discovery, motions and trial preparation
Business Executive Group runs permanent legal searches for case ownership, discovery, motions and trial preparation: legal placements in 23 to 35 days as BEGHR’s published timeframe, an 86% fill rate on active searches across its placement service, a fee roughly 50% less than contingency recruiters, a 45-day replacement guarantee and 50% off a repeat hire for the same role. Billing is milestone-based and starts after applicants are sent. The employer interviews, selects and employs the hire directly. The pricing form returns an estimate for the role.
For a broader overview, see our legal recruiting services, direct-hire process, and BEGHR’s legal placement service.