Three decades of Senior Leadership Experience at AmLaw Top 30 Firms
WHAT WE DO
Most Recruiters are Common— We Do the Uncommon
We empower law firms, corporations, and top legal talent to achieve real time strategic advantages in hiring and placement. Most recruiters match resumes. We match vision, capability, and long-term success. As a boutique firm we offer unmatched personal service.
Our work blends rigorous independent market research and hands-on collaboration with firm and practice leadership to identify the talent—and opportunities—that truly move the needle. Firms trust us with their most critical hires. Candidates trust us to help them make career-defining decisions.
SERVICES
Strategic legal recruiting for high-stakes hiring decisions.
COGO Partners advises elite law firms on lateral partner hiring where the goal isn’t headcount—it’s platform strength. We begin with market intelligence, mapping the partner landscape and competitive dynamics, then define the success profile, and engage the right partners—evaluating for practice depth, reputation, leadership, and fit. The result is partner talent that reinforces market position and accelerates strategic growth.
COGO Partners places associates and counsel across the market—especially in high-demand areas. We don’t just surface active candidates; we leverage long-standing relationships to expand the talent network. The result is a disciplined, high-trust process that delivers exceptional talent—often the kind that isn’t “on the market,” but absolutely willing to move for the right platform.
Some hires don’t add capacity—they change what the platform can do. COGO Partners executes practice and platform buildouts for elite law firms and legal departments when the objective is market position, revenue growth, and durable competitive advantage. We bring market mapping, precise targeting, and high-trust candidate engagement—then guide the realities that make buildouts succeed: platform fit, economics, portability, and integration. The outcome is talent that elevates the platform.
COGO Partners leads senior in-house counsel searches where the mandate is strategic growth, risk control, or capability-building—and the hire must be truly high-impact. We operate as an extension of legal leadership, starting with clear role definition and a success profile tied to the business, then executing a disciplined, confidential search built on credibility in the market. The result isn’t simply a filled seat—it’s a stronger in-house platform.
HOW WE DO IT
Comprehensive Recruitment
Market Intelligence
We analyze the competitive landscape before a search begins—so every hire is made with context, leverage, and precision.
Strategic Collaboration
We work directly with managing partners, practice leaders, and GCs to define what success actually looks like.
Positioning & Execution
We hear what you need and identify what will make it compelling to the right candidate.
MEET THE TEAM
Built by Leaders Who Understand How Firms Actually Make Decisions.
Drew Titus
Managing Partner & Founder
Drew Titus is the Managing Partner and Founder of COGO Partners, a premier boutique legal executive search and staffing firm focused on helping leading law firms and corporate legal departments strategically build, scale, and strengthen their legal platforms. With more than 30 years of legal-industry marketing and consulting expertise, Drew advises senior leadership on critical talent decisions that directly impact revenue, leadership depth, and long-term competitive position—going far beyond traditional recruiting.
Naima Walker-Fierce
Partner
Naima is a partner at COGO Partners, where she brings more than 20 years of experience designing and executing high-impact legal recruiting strategies. Her career has been defined by the ability to align talent with firm-wide business objectives and deliver measurable results at the highest levels of the legal industry.
Amy Stisser
Partner
Amy is a partner at COGO Partners where she focuses on lateral partner, counsel and associate placements. Prior to joining COGO, Amy spent 15 years with the legal recruiting departments of two global firms in New York - first as a manager at Weil, and later as head of Milbank’s global recruiting team.
PROVEN RESULTS
That strategic, growth-first approach is reflected in a series of high-impact engagements where COGO has helped organizations transform their legal platforms through targeted, senior-level hires.
