Principal of HR Legal Search
Kathy@hrlegalsearch.com, 512-263-1035
Kathryn Holt Richardson brings over a decade of career counseling to her role as an attorney search consultant. She has successfully placed partners and associates at law firms as well as attorneys at various levels within in-house legal departments including general counsel. In early 2004, Kathy co-founded the Austin office of the legal search firm of Major, Lindsey & Africa where she served as Managing Director and head of the Texas Associate Recruiting Practice Group. Prior to that, Kathy spent six years with The University of Texas School of Law Career Services Office and served as the Assistant Dean for Career Services from 1998 to 2004. Kathy believes that everyone deserves to
love their job and she prides herself on the personalized service she provides her candidates and clients.
Kathy has been a frequent presenter for the National Association of Law Placement (NALP) and was the Vice Chairperson of NALP’s Recruitment Practices Committee and an active member of NALP’s diversity committee. In 2010 Kathy was a featured speaker at the Corporate Counsel Women of Color Conference in New York. Kathy helped design and present a day long career assessment and development workshop for the State Bar of Texas called Take Charge of Your Law Career. Kathy has also been a presenter on career related panels and workshops at several prominent law schools including Harvard University, Boalt Hall and The University of Virginia.
Kathy received her J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law in 1995 and she graduated from The American University in Washington, D.C. in 1991 with a B.A. in International Affairs. While an undergraduate, she had the opportunity to work at American University’s Career Center were she helped graduate students find work abroad.