Life is Relational, Hiring should be too

At Talent Engines, we believe people don’t just work for firms — they work for people, with people, around people. That’s why we don’t treat hiring as a transaction. We treat it as a calibration.

The best legal careers — and the best legal teams — are built not just on credentials, but on chemistry. On shared values. On alignment you can feel.

That’s why we created the Talent Engine™: a smarter, faster way to find the right fit.

Unlike platforms that just filter résumés, we screen for relational intelligence — how someone communicates, collaborates, and contributes inside a team.

Our AI-driven system maps real-world legal connections and combines it with behavioral insight and recruiter intuition to match firms with talent they’ll retain — and talent with firms they’ll grow in.

Whether you're a managing partner looking for staying power, a recruiter tired of résumé roulette, or a lawyer seeking a career that finally fits — we help you skip the guesswork and find your match faster.

Because in law — as in life — it’s not just who you know.

It’s how well you work together.

Our Story

At Talent Engines, we believe that life is relational. This principle is the cornerstone of our approach to legal recruitment. Founded by Michael Connolly, Talent Engines is deeply rooted in the legal profession. Michael’s father, Paul Connolly, was a co-founder of Williams & Connolly. Michael had a front row seat of how exceptional firms attract and retain the right lawyers. The loss of his father and son, both named Paul, inspires a commitment to meaningful connections and purposeful careers.

Michael envisioned a company that combines the best of human insights and technology that converge to place the right people in the right environments, thereby enhancing both individual and organizational success.

Step one was to develop the talent intelligence platform, Talent Engines™—a platform that leverages AI and graph databases to map relationships among over 450,000 lawyers, encompassing 7.2 million connections. This innovative approach ensures that candidates are matched not only based on skills but also on cultural and relational fit.

Step two was to attract the best recruiters that understood the benefits of the Talent Engines platform – faster sourcing, unique candidate ranking, efficient candidate engagements and much, much more.

Our mission is to help law firms and talent advisors achieve their goals while helping talent find their passion and workplace home. Our hope is that we can help to create environments where lawyers thrive, and law firms maintain enduring and successful teams.

 

Today’s technology can identify lasting relationships that result in a healthy and engaged legal team.

 

 
 
 

Responsible AI

Talent Engines is creating innovative ways for recruiter and HR leaders to find and grow talent—and this includes incorporating new technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning. in this period of rapid technological transformation and new capabilities and applications for AI, Talent Engines is committed to responsible use of Ai and machine learning systems, always prioritizing the people behind the data and decisions.

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