About Karen Welling Consulting

Karen Welling Consulting is built around the premise that the best hiring and growth strategies include customized, focused and highly professional support. 

After practicing law for over seven years, Karen became the head of the legal recruiting division at an executive search firm in Boston. During that time it became clear to her what was missing: it was a numbers game based on rapid placement of attorneys without really understanding the goals of either party.

Karen founded her company in 2001 and with her detailed and customized approach - she immediately found a place with Boston's best firms and attorneys. 

Community Minded

Karen is a businesswoman who works with lawyers, legal professionals, firms, and companies across the country. She is active with several legal networking and professional associations including the Massachusetts Women's Bar Association (WBA) and New England School of Law.  In addition Karen provides professional career counseling at workshops and seminars in the Boston legal community. Her programs range from career counseling for new law school graduates to personal business plan development for partner-level attorneys.

She has spoken before the WBA and at law schools on recruiting matters and has been quoted in the more mainstream media (Working Mother Magazine) on issues regarding the legal community.

Karen Welling Consulting adheres to the code of ethics as set forth by the National Association of Legal Search Consultants (NALSC). She is a lawyer in good standing and her company is registered with the State of Massachusetts.

Education

Karen graduated from Colby College in 1987 and then received her law degree from New England School of Law in Boston in 1991.