Jeffrey S. Stillman, Esq. - President of The Advocates Group, is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and Wharton Business School. He served as a business attorney with the San Francisco law firms of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Steefel, Levitt & Weiss. Mr. Stillman specializes in counseling law firms and in-house legal groups on management and personnel issues, practice group augmentation, law firm mergers, acquisitions and formations, and full-time attorney placements.
jstillman@advocatesgroup.com

David Popky - Vice President of The Advocates Group, is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining The Advocates Group, he served as vice president of operations and sales for an international trading company operating in San Francisco and Hong Kong. Mr. Popky focuses on placement of partner and associate level attorneys, as well as general counsel and other in-house attorney searches.
dpopky@advocatesgroup.com

Linnette Lum - Search Consultant of The Advocates Group is a former paralegal who has worked with a number of California’s premier law firms, including Luce Forward and Carr McClellan. Ms. Lum joined The Advocates Group as an executive search consultant in 1998 and brings many years of experience in placing attorneys of all levels in law firm and in-house positions.
llum@advocatesgroup.com

Helene D. Colaizzi - Search Consultant of The Advocates Group earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh and her doctorate from the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine. Prior to joining The Advocates Group, she handled business development for a managing consulting company and held various positions at a global pharmaceutical company. Dr. Colaizzi primarily focuses on the placement of associate level attorneys.
hcolaizzi@advocatesgroup.com

Kristen Kotik - Search Consultant of The Advocates Group is a former international model agent and scout. Following her own European modeling career, she remained based in Milan, Italy, where she developed an outstanding reputation discovering and successfully placing models in premier markets including Paris, New York, London, Tokyo, Sydney, Miami and Los Angeles. Ms. Kotik has returned home to apply her skills to the legal profession, focusing on placing associate level attorneys.
kkotik@advocatesgroup.com