About Juristech
Founded in 1988, Juristech Associates, Ltd. is a leading international attorney search firm offering information optimization and placement services to law firms and corporations worldwide. Our software-based platform enhances lateral attorney placements, ensuring the right candidates are matched with the right firms. We work with a diverse range of clients, from solo practices to AMLAW 100 firms and Fortune 500 companies, using cutting-edge technology to streamline the recruitment process and meet the unique needs of legal professionals globally.
ATTORNEY-OWNED EXPERTISE
Juristech is proudly attorney-owned and managed by an active-status attorney admitted to practice in Illinois, ensuring we understand the legal industry’s unique demands and challenges.
GLOBAL REACH
We are one of the few U.S.-based legal search firms to have successfully placed attorneys across North and South America, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East.
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Nicholas Kokoris
Nicholas Kokoris was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1986 and worked as a Law Editor at a Fortune 500 company. After developing a series of searchable databases, he joined a Chicago-area recruiting agency in 1987 and started his own attorney search firm, Vanguard Legal Search, in 1988. In 1990, having specialized in the placement of intellectual property professionals, he changed the name of his Illinois corporation to Juristech Associates, Ltd. In 1997, he broadened his specialization to include all areas of commercial practice. That same year, he placed his first partner with a portable business in Chicago. Juristech is currently engaged in the placement of attorneys and I.P. practitioners in law firms and corporations worldwide.

Grace Kokoris Labadi
Grace Kokoris Labadi graduated from North Central College summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology. She is a member of the Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology Honors Society and received the Betty L. Plum Endowed Scholarship for her exemplary work in her sociology program. Grace has had her research study entitled Stereotypical Victims: Visibility of #MeToo Disclosures on Twitter published in the renowned Violence Against Women post-graduate academic journal. Grace works as a legal search consultant for Juristech and has done so since October of 2023.