Rhonda M. Ware, J.D., is an affiliate managing director with HR Legal Search. She focuses her recruiting practice on placing partners and associates into top global, national, regional and local law firms, as well as placing attorneys into in-house roles. She is a trusted advisor within the legal community and is committed to addressing candidate and client needs to facilitate successful matches based on practice synergies, shared values and strategic fit. Leveraging her life and career coaching expertise, market knowledge and understanding of law firm and in-house cultures, dynamics and needs, Rhonda helps lawyers and clients define and achieve their goals.
Legal Experience
Rhonda is a former practicing attorney who was a products and premises liability litigator with two Wisconsin-based law firms for several years as well as being an Assistant District Attorney in the Suffolk County DA’s office in Boston, Massachusetts.
Honors
Rhonda’s professional contributions have been acknowledged through being named a 2021 Austin Black Business Journal Most Influential Black Lawyers Award recipient, a 2015 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Women of Influence Award recipient, a 2010 DePaul University 14 Under 40 Award recipient, a 2009 Wisconsin Bar Association’s Pro Bono Award recipient, and a 2009 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Forty Under 40 Award recipient.
Publications
Law Firms Need to Re-Set Commitment to Hiring Black Attorneys, Bloomberg Law (8/2020), https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/insight-law-firms-need-re-set-to-commit-to-hiring-black-attorneys
7 Steps to Create Your Own Path to Business Development in 2020, Attorney at Law Magazine (8/2020), https://attorneyatlawmagazine.com/7-steps-create-own-path-business-development-in-2020