Esther is the founder of Alpert Associates, LLC. She has lived in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area for nearly twenty years and has extensive knowledge of the legal market, both regionally and nationally.

Esther seeks to intimately understand the intricacies, objectives and culture of her clients’ organizations, in order to appreciate which lawyers would be welcomed additions. She works closely with Managing Partners, Hiring Partners and heads of groups to augment existing practice groups in accordance with an articulated vision for growth. From the candidate angle, her philosophy is that with insight, guidance and accurate information, the challenges intrinsic to a lateral move can be managed. She is committed to maximizing the experience of examining one’s options in the legal profession and fulfilling each candidate’s unique career goals.

Esther received a B.A. in psychology from Duke University in 1986 and a J.D. from The Washington College of Law in 1991. She served as a trial-level and an appellate judicial clerk and was a practicing attorney before finding her niche in the recruiting industry in 1998.

Esther lives in Annapolis, Md., with her husband Andy, who practices law in Maryland and Washington, D.C. and their three children, Nina, Zoe and Louis.

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Tom's experiences as a law firm associate, founder of a Web-based student athlete recruiting service, a federal judicial clerk, a U.S. Army officer and a Division-I student athlete have provided him with the opportunity to follow, lead, counsel, and interact with a diversity of people and business interests in the United States and Europe.

Tom's recruiting approach relies upon strong interpersonal skills and a self-starting spirit to foster and develop meaningful, productive candidate and client relationships. His extensive, real-world knowledge of the legal market in the Washington, DC metropolitan area allows him to fully appreciate and represent both his clients’ and candidates’ best interests in their quest for manageable growth and professional advancement, respectively.

Tom received a B.S. in economics from the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. in 1990 and a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1996. He clerked for the Honorable Dennis W. Shedd in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina and was a litigation associate, focusing on business law and health care, in both Washington and Baltimore law firms. Tom lives in the Canton area of Baltimore, Md.