Jeff Conta

Senior Managing Director

A legal recruiter since 2012, Jeff focuses on representing clients across the U.S., with a particular emphasis on Chicago. 
 
Jeff’s former experience as a long standing first-chair litigator has proven valuable in successfully bringing together law firms and partners in the areas of litigation, arbitration, white-collar and investigations.  Moreover, Jeff has robust expertise in placing partners with expertise in M&A, private equity, finance, capital markets, healthcare, intellectual property, bankruptcy and restructuring, real estate, employment and broad based corporate and transactional.
 
With 20 years as a litigation attorney, including as a partner in a major Milwaukee law firm, Jeff handled complex cases in antitrust, the Lanham Act and banking.  He earned his JD from Marquette University Law School and his BS from Lawrence University.

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