RLS Consultants

Carl D. Reece, Principal

Carl D. Reece has been an attorney recruiter since 1987.  Before establishing RLS in 1999, he was a senior attorney search consultant with a nationally recognized recruiting firm based in Los Angeles.   He has placed associates and partners at premiere national law firms and Fortune 500 companies, both nationally and internationally. He has enhanced the careers of litigators and transactional attorneys with expertise in a wide array of practice specialties, including corporate securities, finance (including project finance), banking, lending, bankruptcy, tax, intellectual property, real estate and entertainment law.  A contributing panelist and seminar moderator at numerous industry conferences, Mr. Reece has also been a guest columnist for the legal trade paper, the Los Angeles Daily Journal.

He has been a guest lecturer at the University Of Southern California School Of Law. In March 2005, he was invited to be a panelist and faculty for The American Lawyer Media’s Chief Recruiting & Professional Development Officers conference held at the St. Regis in New York City. He is a former Director and Past President of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Legal Search Consultants (NALSC). In 2004, he was appointed by Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn to the Los Angeles Workforce Investment Board (WIB) Youth Council. In 2007, he was reappointed by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to the Los Angeles WIB Youth Council.  The WIB Youth Council was mandated by the United States Congress in August 1998, under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), which brings together many federal and state employment, education and training programs under a single umbrella. WIA programs in Southern California alone total over $300M per year.

Prior to his career as an attorney recruiter, Mr. Reece worked in applied technology and banking.  In Palo Alto, California, he managed the development of instructional software at Syntex Labs.  In New York, he was a credit analyst with the Swiss Bank Corporation.

In 1987, Mr. Reece received his M.A. degree in Computer-Based Training and Instructional Design from San Francisco State University.  He matriculated at New York University and The New School for Social Research, where his completed graduate courses in the areas of Latin American and Caribbean Studies and International Relations. In 1980, he earned his B.A. degree in Public Administration from the University of San Francisco.

Contact Carl D. Reece at carl@reece-search.com.

Joe Roseto, DIRECTOR

Joe Roseto has been a recruiter since 1997. In New York City, he worked for such nationally recognized executive search firms as Gundersen Partners and RSA Executive Search, Inc. He recruited talent for a wide range of industries and functions, including brand and product management, advertising, public relations, finance, operations, manufacturing, strategic planning, research and development and engineering. Later, he recruited high caliber talent such as CEOs, COOs and CFOs for entrepreneurial organizations.

In 1999, Joe relocated to Los Angeles, where he continued his career with a nationally recognized attorney search and placement firm, working with lawyers in all practice areas. In 1994, he earned a B.F.A. from New York University, graduating with honors. When not in the office recruiting, he can be seen and heard in a number of television and radio campaigns advertising foreign and domestic beers, including Molson Golden, Red Stripe, Sam Adams Light and Coors Light.  Joe joined Reece Legal Search (RLS) in 2004. Since joining RLS, he has made numerous associate and partner placements at various premiere national law firms.

Contact Joe Roseto at joe@reece-search.com.