Prompt. Personal. Professional. Confidential.
We are honored to be included in The Recorder’s Best of Hall of Fame, a distinction earned through our consistent recognition as The Best Legal Recruiting Company in their annual Best of Survey. This milestone reflects the trust our clients and candidates place in us and reinforces our commitment to excellence in legal recruiting.
For over 26 years we have proudly served a diverse client base – from Fortune 500 companies to local, national, and international law firms – matching them with top legal talent aligned with their strategic growth initiatives. We are dedicated to recruiting attorneys who will facilitate our clients’ expansion needs and placing our candidates in roles that support their long-term career visions, lifestyles, and practice preferences.
We are based in California and provide legal recruiting services nationwide. Every project is handled with strict confidentiality, prompt attention, and a fully tailored approach. Our clients gain access to thoroughly vetted, top-tier candidates who align precisely with their hiring objectives. Candidates, in turn, benefit from deep, experience-driven insights into potential employers, empowering them to make informed, confident career decisions.
We look forward to partnering with you.
We provide confidential legal search services to law firms and in-house legal departments. For our law firm clients we focus on single partner placements, practice group moves, and full law firm combinations. For our company clients we focus on locating candidates for senior level legal roles including deputy general counsels, associate general counsels, general counsels, and chief legal officers.
We are committed to delivering exceptional, high-quality recruiting services and supporting the full life cycle of the recruiting process. Our approach is discreet, professional, and highly tailored. We engage attorneys with thoughtful, informed analysis that aligns each client’s needs with the attorney’s long-term career goals and guide both clients and candidates through a smooth, seamless transition.
Stacy Miller Azcarate, Esq. founded Miller Sabino & Lee in 1999. Prior to entering the legal placement field, Stacy practiced real estate and corporate law in San Francisco. Upon leaving the practice of law she joined Special Counsel as the Executive Director of its Northern California offices. During her tenure with Special Counsel, Stacy managed the San Francisco office and opened the Palo Alto office.
As a preeminent recruiter and advisor in the legal placement field, Stacy has placed numerous large practice groups, facilitated firm mergers, opened branch offices and sourced hundreds of single attorney placements. She has authored articles that have appeared in California Lawyer Magazine and The Daily Journal. She has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The Recorder, The National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, The Wall Street Journal Blog, Abovethelaw.com and GlassHammer.com. She frequently lectures and gives presentations on legal recruiting, professional development and the business of the legal profession.
Stacy is a member of the California Bar, the American Bar Association and the National Association of Legal Search Consultants (NALSC). She is the current President of the Board of Counselors of the University of San Francisco School of Law and serves on the Board of Trustees of the University of San Francisco. She is also the past President of the Lawyers’ Club of San Francisco and an Emeritus Board Member of the Marin Catholic High School Board of Regents.
Stacy earned her undergraduate degree from the University of California at Santa Cruz and her JD from the University of San Francisco School of Law. During law school she was a member of the Moot Court Board and a research assistant for the development of The Center for Law and Policy where she assisted in rewriting the Cambodian Civil Code. She also spent a summer clerking for the International Courts in The Hague. Stacy has traveled and worked extensively abroad in both the health and legal fields and speaks Spanish and French. Stacy is always available on her cell at 415.819.7581 or by email at stacy@mslsearch.com.
We provide attorneys to a wide range of clients, from local and national AmLaw firms to Fortune 500 companies across diverse industries. Our services support clients’ hiring needs and expansion goals, including staffing newly opened branch offices, recruiting partner candidates and practice groups to strengthen a firm’s strategic focus, and locating general counsel and in-house attorneys for corporate legal departments.
Stacy has been instrumental in assisting our firm with it’s strategic growth plans in the Bay Area. We couldn't have grown as quickly or efficiently as we have over the last few years without her.
Stacy assisted us with attracting a significant and strategic attorney group for our firm. She was diligent, professional, and terrific to work with.
Stacy has been our firm’s “go to” legal recruiter for several years. She has taken the time to learn about our firm and as a result of her hard work we have grown exponentially over the last few years.
Our candidates are accomplished attorneys with expertise across a wide range of practice areas. We draw from a deep, long established network of attorneys and conduct additional targeted recruiting for specific client needs, approaching each candidate in a thoughtful, personal, and distinctive manner. We always provide a clear, informed analysis of how a potential role aligns with a candidate’s long-term career goals.
Candidates receive prompt, individualized attention, and all inquiries are handled with strict confidentiality. Every candidate’s information remains private until they give express permission to share their materials with a client. All candidates are interviewed, fully screened, and rigorously vetted before being presented, and all résumé details are verified. Our candidates come from leading law schools, universities, and law practices and bring strong skills within their areas of specialization.
Stacy really took the time to listen to my career goals and analyze my practice. She presented me with very specifically tailored opportunities and assisted me in landing a terrific position at a wonderful firm. Now I am a client and she does most of our firm's
Bay Area recruiting.
Stacy was always available and up front. She was very realistic about my options and straightforward. I appreciated her candor immensely and landed a great position with a good tech company as a result of her efforts.
Stacy understood the transition I was about to make by taking my local practice to a large international firm would be significant. She was a tremendous help in maneuvering the process and staying on top of everything from scheduling, developing a business plan, and strategizing. Without her diligence and creativity, I would not be where I am today.