MANAGEMENT

Vera J. Wright
vwright@legalplacementspecialists.com

Vera Wright has over thirty years experience working in law firms and in legal recruiting.  She graduated from Hardbarger Business College and attended North Carolina State University and the University of Virginia.  Her experience in the legal community began in Raleigh, North Carolina and later as Director of Lawyer Recruitment and Associate Development with the national law firm of McGuire Woods (formerly McGuire Woods Battle & Boothe).    

In 1993, Vera founded Legal Placement Specialists, Inc., the first legal search firm in North Carolina.  Vera’s experience in the legal search industry has enabled her to develop comprehensive knowledge in a wide variety of practice areas.   Her knowledge of the legal market and its people, combined with her business background, make her an asset to all clients.  Her specialties include opening new offices, in-house counsel, placing partners, practice groups and law firm mergers, in addition to working with associates.   

In January 2000, Vera opened an office in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.  Vera is a member of the National Association of Women Business Owners and served five years on the Board of Directors of The National Association of Legal Search Consultants (NALSC).  She was past Secretary and Chair of the Ethics Committee of NALSC. 

A proud grandmother of eight, Vera enjoys golfing, playing bridge, and shagging (the South Carolina state dance.)

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Margie Toy Case, Esquire

mcase@legalplacementspecialists.com

Margie Case co-manages the business and works in the Raleigh office.  Margie graduated from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, with majors in both Latin and Ancient Greek.  She also has a Masters Degree in Classics/Latin and Greek from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.  She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where she was on the Law Review.

Margie has practiced in law firms and in-house.  Most recently, she was a partner for over 20 years with Maupin Taylor, a distinguished and respected North Carolina firm, where she represented management in the Labor and Employment section.  In fact, Vera Wright also worked at Maupin Taylor, which is how she and Margie were originally acquainted.

Margie has also been raising a couple of great kids; stayed married to the same first-rate husband for 25 years; studied in Italy and Greece; dug in an archaeology dig at Mycenae (an ancient Bronze-age site in Greece); had a law practice doing everything from negotiating with labor unions to arguing before the North Carolina Supreme Court; and met a lot of wonderful people over the time she practiced law.  She looks back on a law practice with the best partners and clients imaginable, and looks now at a great new career where WE PLACE LAWYERS!