TMP WORLDWIDE EXECUTIVE SEARCH APPOINTS CO-LEADERS OF LEGAL PRACTICE
TMP Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: TMPW), the world's leading supplier of human capital solutions, including the pre-eminent Internet career portal Monster®, today announced the appointment of Kristin Hebert and Latham Williams as co-leaders of the Legal Practice Group of TMP Worldwide Executive Search.
(PRWEB) May 24, 2002
TMP WORLDWIDE EXECUTIVE SEARCH APPOINTS CO-LEADERS OF LEGAL PRACTICE
Latham Williams and Kristin Hebert Bring Wealth of Legal Industry Experience
New York, May 23, 2002-- TMP Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: TMPW), the world's leading supplier of human capital solutions, including the pre-eminent Internet career portal Monster®, today announced the appointment of Kristin Hebert and Latham Williams as co-leaders of the Legal Practice Group of TMP Worldwide Executive Search.
“TMP Worldwide Executive Search is extremely fortunate to have the talent and experience that Latham and Kristin bring to the management of this important practice,” said Michael Kelly, President of Executive Search, North America. “Together they will take our legal search capabilities to a whole new level.”
Ms. Hebert, based in San Francisco, focuses on the recruitment of senior level attorneys and executives for clients throughout California and the West Coast. She represents large national law firms, prominent small firms and traditional and emerging companies in fulfilling their legal and executive recruitment needs.
Prior to her association with TMP Worldwide, Ms. Hebert owned Kristin Hebert Associates, a San Francisco-based legal search consulting firm, which she founded in 1993. Before establishing her own firm, Ms. Hebert was associated with a large Los Angeles-based legal recruiting firm for four years as a search consultant in both its San Francisco and Los Angeles offices. Ms. Hebert earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of Southern California in 1987.
Based in the Chicago office, Mr. Williams is a member of the Legal Search Practice Group, Global Healthcare Sector and the Global Insurance Practice Group that focuses on recruiting senior executives for corporations and law firms. Prior to his association with TMP Worldwide, Mr. Williams was an equity partner for seven years with the international law firm of Sidley Austin Brown & Wood specializing in healthcare mergers and acquisitions, and managed care and other insurance arrangements. Before joining Sidley, he was an associate, and later, equity partner in the Chicago-based law firm of Gardner, Carton & Douglas.
During most of his legal career, Mr. Williams has been involved in law firm recruiting and retention, and has served or headed several law firm committees relating to recruiting and retention. He currently serves, and has served, on numerous boards including the Illinois State Bar Association, the Chicago Medical School, the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, the Law Board of Northwestern University, the Lawyers Club of Chicago, and was elected Chairman of the Fielding Graduate Institute (Santa Barbara, California) Board of Directors in May. He is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the Leadership Greater Chicago Program. He also is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, Chicago Committee of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, and the Union League Club of Chicago. Mr. Williams earned his law degree from Northwestern University, his MasterÂ’s degree in Business/Health Services Administration from the University of Wisconsin (Madison), and his undergraduate degree, with honors, in psychology from Macalester College.
About TMP Worldwide
Founded in 1967, TMP Worldwide Inc., with more than 10,000 employees in 32 countries, is the online recruitment leader, the worldÂ’s largest Recruitment Advertising agency network, and one of the worldÂ’s largest Executive Search & Executive Selection agencies. TMP Worldwide, headquartered in New York, is also the worldÂ’s largest Yellow Pages advertising agency and a provider of direct marketing services. The Company's clients include more than 90 of the Fortune 100 and more than 490 of the Fortune 500 companies. In June 2001, TMP Worldwide was added to the S&P 500 Index. More information about TMP Worldwide is available at www. tmp. com.
Monster, headquartered in Maynard, Mass., is the leading global careers website, recording over 47 million unique visits during the month of April 2002 according to independent research conducted by I/PRO. Monster connects the most progressive companies with the most qualified career-minded individuals, offering innovative technology and superior services that give them more control over the recruiting process. The Monster global network consists of local content and language sites in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Belgium, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Luxembourg, India, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Finland and Scotland. Monster is the official online career management services sponsor of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games and 2002 and 2004 U. S. Olympic Teams. More information about Monster is available at www. monster. com or by calling 1-800-MONSTER.
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