Katie Babcock
Legal Search Consultant
Phone: 207-805-0555
Fax: 207-775-1212
Katie is a Legal Search Consultant with Shapiro Legal Search, where she successfully manages strategic sourcing, recruitment, and placement of attorneys with top-tier law firms as well as with prominent corporations across the United States.
She has extensive knowledge of the legal market in many key locations, working across a wide range of practice areas including corporate and business, real estate, finance and banking, healthcare, environmental law, intellectual property, and commercial litigation. Katie brings legal experience and knowledge from previous roles in law firms- both boutique and global-scale.
Prior to her legal recruiting career, Katie served as a corporate events coordinator and marketing manager for a high-end, exclusive resort property, working with top executives and directors in the publishing, legal, fashion, finance, and non-profit industries.
Katie received her B.A., with highest honors, from The George Washington University in 2003. While in Washington, DC, she worked to initiate and create the first alumni attorney directory for top-international firm, Hogan Lovells (formerly, Hogan & Hartson LLP). She is active in Alumni relations and development for her former prep school, Northfield Mount Hermon. Katie relocated to Portland after spending many years summering with her family on one of the many picturesque islands off Maine’s coast.
Ashley Hanlon, Esq.
Legal Search Consultant
Phone: 207-805-0556
Fax: 207-775-1212
Ashley Hanlon, Esq. is a legal search consultant with Sanford Rose Associates-Legal Search/Shapiro Legal Search, who specializes in placing attorneys, partners and groups at top-tier law firms across the United States as well as attorneys at all levels with corporations nationwide.
Ashley has extensive knowledge of the legal market, and is constantly developing strong relationships with her clients and candidates. This enables her to identify the perfect candidate for the right client.
Prior to her legal recruiting career, Ashley was a practicing attorney with a boutique litigation firm in Chicago. There, she was able to obtain a seven-figure settlement for her clients. Ashley utilizes her passion for legal advocacy while working with her clients and candidates.
Ashley received her B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her J.D. from Ave Maria School of Law- where she was a member of the Moot Court Board and actively participated in trial competitions.
Ashley relocated to Maine from Chicago with her husband and two young children. She enjoys boating on the lakes and off the coast of Maine, and exploring the beautiful hiking trails of Maine with her family.
Request to connect with Ashley on LinkedIn.
Fiona Vella
Legal Search Consultant
Phone: 207-805-0409
Fax: 207-775-1212
Fiona Vella is a senior legal recruiter with Shapiro Legal Search, where she recruits and places attorneys at leading firms and companies throughout the United States, with a specific focus in the Washington, D.C. market.
She worked in the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area’s legal scene for four years, first firm-side and then with a recruiting agency. For two of those years, she developed her recruiting skillset, making legal placements in international, national, and regional firms, ranging from the highest ranks of the AmLaw 100 to specialized boutiques. She also conducted successful placements outside of D.C., in cities such as Boston, Philadelphia, and Wilmington, DE.
Before commencing upon her career in recruiting, Fiona spent her first two years in D.C. as a litigation paralegal with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. In this capacity, she supported a large antitrust class action case all the way through trial in S.D.N.Y., assisting in the courtroom on opening day until the team achieved a swift and successful settlement.
Fiona received her B.A. in History, with distinction in the major, from Yale College in 2014.
Request to connect with Fiona on LinkedIn.
