President, Founder & Senior Legal Recruiter
Amy Shanks is the President and Founder of Strategic Recruitment Solutions (SRS), a national legal recruiting firm based in New Orleans, Louisiana.
For more than 20 years, Amy has helped law firms and corporate legal departments hire exceptional legal talent. She also helps legal professionals navigate important career decisions and career transitions.
Amy recruits for attorneys, partners, associates, law firm administrators, and corporate legal professionals, paralegals and legal secretaries and has personally placed more than 2000 legal professionals in her career.
As a result, Amy has become a trusted recruiting partner for law firms seeking experienced legal professionals.
Amy works with law firms throughout Louisiana and across the United States. Her experience includes direct-hire recruiting for:
- Paralegals
- Legal Secretaries
- Legal Assistants
- Litigation Support Professionals
- Legal Administrative Professionals
- Attorneys
- Associates
- Partners
- Law Firm Administrators
- Corporate Legal Staff
Her approach is relationship-driven. Every search begins with understanding the organization’s culture, leadership style, and long-term goals.
Amy believes successful recruiting involves more than matching skills to a job description. The best placements occur when experience, personality, work style, and career goals align.
She works closely with hiring managers throughout the recruiting process. She also provides candidates with honest career advice, interview guidance, and market insight.
As a legal recruiter, Amy regularly advises legal support professionals and attorneys on career opportunities, compensation trends, workplace culture, and professional growth.
Community Leadership & Philanthropy
Giving back to the community is an important part of Amy’s personal and professional mission. Amy currently serves on the Board of Directors of Take Paws Rescue, one of Louisiana’s leading animal rescue organizations.
As a board member, Amy supports fundraising initiatives, donor outreach, corporate sponsorship development, community partnerships, and capital campaign efforts designed to expand animal welfare services throughout the Greater New Orleans region. She has played an active role in promoting Take Paws Rescue’s Another Stray Cafe initiative, a transformational project that will provide a permanent rescue headquarters, expand rescue capacity, and enhanced veterinary services for animals in need.
Through Amy’s leadership and advocacy, Strategic Recruitment Solutions has partnered with Take Paws Rescue to raise awareness, recruit community supporters, and contribute financial support toward the organization’s mission. These efforts reflect the same values that shape Amy’s recruiting practice: service, relationships, trust, and creating meaningful impact within the community.