Recruiters | Results

Mestel & Company is the nation’s leading attorney placement firm.  Founded in 1987, we have assisted the careers of individual associates, partners and in-house counsel and to help effectuate the movement of groups and law firm mergers.

Andrea D. Rose, Esq. Associate Director, Partners, Groups and Mergers
Andrea, a Washington, D.C. native and former practicing attorney, works with law firms and corporations to help them identify, attract, and hire the best qualified candidates for their particular needs. She has considerable insight into personal motivations and career needs and excels at matching attorneys with professional opportunities that allow them to reach their goals. Providing attorney placement services since 2005, she has placed numerous high-level attorneys at firms ranging from leading global law firms to boutique specialty shops. Andrea is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (BSN, MSN) and the Temple University School of Law (JD), cum laude. In her legal practice, Andrea worked for the Washington DC law firms Spriggs and Hollingsworth (now Hollingsworth LLP) and Crowell & Moring LLP.

Avery Ellis, Esq. Executive Managing Director and COO
Prior to opening the Washington office of Mestel & Company in 1998, Avery worked for almost six years as a Trial Attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division. He joined the Department of Justice through the Attorney General’s Honors Program. At Mestel & Company, Avery has completed numerous partner-level placements and has worked on some of the highest profile law firm mergers in the United States. In addition to leading Mestel & Company’s Washington office for more than 10 years, Avery has played a key role in the build-out of our national platform, including the opening of offices in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami and San Francisco.

Howard S. Parris, Esq. Managing Director, Partners, Groups and Mergers
Howard joined Mestel & Company in 2001 and is now the leader of our Washington office. He is a highly experienced recruiter and has placed numerous significant practice groups and individual partners since joining our Company. On a daily basis, Howard works with the senior management of our client law firms in Washington and across the country in helping them achieve their objectives for lateral growth. Previously, Howard was a Partner in the financial institutions group of a national law firm, where he practiced corporate, securities, and mergers and acquisitions law for more than 17 years. As a Partner, Howard worked closely with the officers and boards of directors of more than fifty financial institution clients on corporate, M&A, strategic planning and growth issues. He is a graduate of Pomona College and The George Washington University Law School.

Jordan Rosenthal, Esq. Director, Partners, Groups, Mergers
Jordan is based in the Washington, D.C. office of Mestel & Company and is focused on the placement of partners and practice groups into many of the leading global, national and regional law firms. Jordan is an attorney and practiced law for five years as a commercial litigator in his home town of New York City. He received his BA in Journalism from Lehigh University and earned his JD from Brooklyn Law School. Before practicing law, he founded an internet company that developed software for fantasy sports games and statistics. His company was sold to Fox Sports, a division of News Corp. Jordan began his tenure with Mestel & Company in our Miami office where he played a significant role in building our South Florida partner level practice.

Kelly Skrabak-Nutty, Esq. Associate Director - Partners, Groups, Mergers
Prior to joining the Washington, D.C. office of Mestel & Company, Kelly practiced law for thirteen years in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area in the fields of construction law and government contracts, where she litigated complex contractual matters and counseled developers and contractors. She graduated magna cum laude from the Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law, and was on the editorial board of the Law Review. After law school, Kelly served as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert J. Yock on the United States Court of Federal Claims

S. Christian Wickwire, Esq. Director, Partners, Groups, Mergers
After receiving his J.D. from the Boston University School of Law, Christian practiced business and securities litigation in the New York office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. He then returned to his hometown and practiced in the Washington, DC office of Goodwin Procter as a commercial litigation associate and Charlson, Bredehoft & Cohen as an employment litigator. Having grown up and worked extensively in the Washington, DC metro area, Christian brings to his clients his extensive contacts and insight into the legal market. Christian lives in Arlington, VA and is an avid golfer and squash player.