Laureen Grayson Email & Phone Number

I’m an executive recruiter, an innovative founder and owner, and an expert at connecting organizations with the leaders who will help them grow.I founded The Grayson Group to help corporate clients find top-level legal talent who match the subject matter and leadership needs of the organization. We’ve evolved to locate talent in new, critical regulatory areas, providing General Counsel with a highly effective in-house team in Compliance, Privacy, Data Security, Cybersecurity, Healthcare, Biotech and Life Sciences, and Fintech. As the Grayson Group marks its 15th year, I’m thrilled that we maintain a 100% placement rate. The attorneys we recruit are strong leaders who manage change and growth. I’m highly valued in the Bay Area as a consultant to Fortune 500 companies. As a former litigator, I’m tenacious and drive searches forward organically. I’m an active listener, personal and engaging, lead through collaboration, and a strong decision-maker. When you’re ready to grow your legal team, our high-touch services will ensure that you find the right candidates. Before founding The Grayson Group, I served as a Senior Consultant at an international legal search firm focused on retained partner and corporate counsel searches.Prior to that, I was a complex civil litigator and built significant trial experience in Virginia, Washington, D.C. and California. I began my legal career with the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. for The Office of Legal Policy, The Deputy Attorney General’s Office, and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.We fill a variety of needs for Grayson Search Clients, and are known for: • Placing a company's first General Counsel for mid-size corporations and start-ups; • Placing Chief Compliance Officers, Chief Privacy Officers, and building out global and enterprise-wide teams; • Assisting GC of F500 companies in specialized placement for newly created roles such as Social Media Senior Counsel or Chief Records & Information, Data Officer;• Helping a Senior Associate, Partner in a law firm or Senior Director, Vice President, SVP or GC or C-Suite who is actively looking for career advice or needs to hire a direct report.What makes Grayson Search Unique: • We fill every search: 100% success rate in filling retained search within healthcare, technology, commercial and financial industries. • Our candidates stay: we fill retained searches with placements who stick and grow with your in-house team.• We work closely with you throughout the process: unparalleled client service at every stage.

Listed skills include Leadership, Executive Search, Consulting, Recruiting, and 16 others.

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  President And Founder

  The Grayson Group, Llc

  Jun 2006 - Present - San Francisco, Us

  I developed the Grayson Group into a leading boutique executive recruitment firm specializing in legal retained search. Our national relationships are broad and deep. We dive into complex organizations that need clarity and counsel on how to successfully grow their legal organization and fill subject matter expert roles. We have unparalleled “reach” into corporations, law firms, government, private equity, venture capital and hedge funds – which enables us to attract and secure the best possible candidates for our clients. Our clients say we provide a high level, personal touch in all our client and candidate interactions that produces results. We successfully locating preferred candidates for clients to hire.RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS• Partnered with a SVP, Chief Compliance Officer to Bullseye ™ numerous positions for a Fortune 5 with 54K employees, in a highly regulated and decentralized organization, after (take out two) prior recruiting firms failed to deliver. We re-engineered the recruitment process, rebuilt trust in outside recruitment, and placed 75+ attorneys through national and international searches. Positions filled included a Chief Compliance Officer for the Global Office and one for each of 7+ technical business units; the next senior role (#2) and other SMEs including privacy and data, as well as the first ever Chief Privacy Officer. • Created a data process that provides real-time information and comfort for General Counsel to make decisions about significant hires. With this data process we are often able to find hires that other recruitment firms cannot. • Successfully advise Fortune 500 clients on complex topics including how to grow a legal organization, determining complex compensation packages, the market, and finding and filling Board positions.When you’re ready to build your legal organization with top-quality candidates, or if you’d like to speak with us regarding your career trajectory or the market, reach out to us.

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  George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School

  J.D.