Jennifer Koithan Joins MLA to Further Business Development in Houston

Hanover, MD (October 21, 2019) — Major, Lindsey & Africa (MLA), the world’s leading legal search firm, announced today that Jennifer Koithan has joined the firm as managing director of client development with the firm’s Interim Legal Talent team, based in Houston. Interim Legal Talent provides in-house legal departments and law firms with talent resources to address skill gaps, headcount shortage or other bandwidth issues where an extra set of hands (or even a team) can improve the productivity, efficiency and work quality of an organization. Jenny specializes in the recruitment and placement of experienced attorneys, paralegals, contracts manager and compliance professionals for substantive assignments in both law firms and in-house legal departments.

“Jenny will lead our business development efforts targeting Texas-based corporations and law firms,” said Matthew Weaver, executive director for the Interim Legal Talent – North America. “Jenny is experienced in consultative legal sales and strategic partnership development with law firms, corporate legal departments and government entities. We believe her strong business development skill set combined with her knowledge of the Texas legal market and ties to the local business community are a great match for MLA Interim in Texas.”

Jenny joined MLA after 18 years with Thomson Reuters. As government account manager, she managed a portfolio of government accounts, establishing solid relationships built on trust and cultivating new business opportunities by presenting solutions and addressing customer concerns.

“I am excited to join Major, Lindsey & Africa’s Interim Legal Talent Group,” said Jenny. “It’s a wonderful opportunity to use my experience to help clients find solutions to their business challenges. The Interim Legal Talent group is a great team of professionals in a growing industry.”

Jenny earned her J.D. from Creighton University School of Law and her B.S. from Iowa State University.