Bridgeline Solutions

Bridgeline Solutions operates at the intersection of legal excellence and strategic talent management, delivering staffing solutions designed for the real-world demands of modern law practice. Built to support law firms and legal departments navigating fluctuating workloads, heightened regulatory scrutiny, and increasing client expectations, the firm provides agile, high-caliber talent without sacrificing quality or continuity. Guided by leadership with deep roots in the practice of law, Bridgeline Solutions brings a practitioner’s perspective to legal staffing, one that prioritizes judgment, credibility, and long-term partnership over transactional placement.

Bridgeline Solutions: Legal Staffing Built on Experience, Precision, and Leadership

Bridgeline Solutions is a premier legal staffing and document review firm purpose-built to meet the evolving needs of law firms and legal departments operating in an increasingly complex, fast-paced environment. As part of the Lateral Link family of legal recruiting and placement companies, Bridgeline Solutions was founded with a clear vision: to serve as a single, trusted partner capable of delivering elite temporary legal talent, high-impact compliance professionals, and permanent legal support staff, without compromise.

That vision is deeply shaped by the leadership of Craig Brown, CEO and Co-Founder of Bridgeline Solutions and one of the true pioneers of the contract attorney industry. With firsthand experience as a practicing attorney and decades of influence in legal staffing, Brown’s perspective informs every aspect of Bridgeline Solutions’ approach. Craig Brown of Bridgeline Solutions believes that legal staffing should be driven by quality, judgment, and real understanding of legal work, not simply volume. This has positioned the firm as a respected partner to law firms and corporations worldwide.

A One-Stop Staffing Partner for Law Firms

Bridgeline Solutions serves as a comprehensive, one-stop staffing solution for law firms seeking end-to-end legal talent support. By acting as a singular source for both temporary and permanent placements, the firm enables clients to streamline hiring, respond quickly to shifting demands, and maintain the highest standards of legal excellence.

The firm provides elite temporary and contract legal personnel, including highly credentialed attorneys and experienced legal support professionals, as well as permanent and lateral placements for a wide range of support staff roles. This integrated model allows Bridgeline Solutions to support clients across the full lifecycle of legal work, from short-term surges to long-term organizational growth.

Substantive Temporary Legal Talent Across Practice Areas

Bridgeline Solutions is widely recognized for its ability to place top-tier attorneys and specialized legal staff in substantive temporary roles. These placements include former U.S. Supreme Court Law Clerks engaged for advanced legal research and writing, as well as former BigLaw partners, counsel, and associates who support matters across nearly every major practice area.

These areas include corporate law, litigation, finance, real estate, tax, technology, cybersecurity, privacy, patents, trademarks, and trusts and estates. Attorneys placed by Bridgeline Solutions are trusted to step into complex matters quickly, integrate seamlessly with internal teams, and deliver work product that meets the expectations of the most demanding clients.

This depth of talent reflects the firm’s rigorous vetting process and its leadership’s understanding of what law firms truly need, an understanding rooted in Craig Brown’s own experience practicing at elite firms.

High-Profile Compliance and Specialized Project Staffing

In addition to traditional legal placements, Bridgeline Solutions staffs and manages high-profile legal and compliance initiatives that require specialized expertise and discretion. The firm regularly supports matters involving anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, cybersecurity and data privacy, complex contract negotiation and review, and regulatory risk management.

With particular strength in financial services, Bridgeline Solutions provides professionals experienced in asset management, ISDA documentation, derivatives, banking, trade activity, and enterprise risk management. These engagements demand not only technical knowledge but also the ability to navigate regulatory scrutiny and high-stakes environments, capabilities that are central to the firm’s reputation.

Document Review and eDiscovery Support at Scale

Document review and eDiscovery staffing represent another core pillar of Bridgeline Solutions’ services. The firm provides attorneys and paralegals for both first-level and second-level document reviews, supported by experienced team leads and project managers who ensure efficiency, quality control, and consistency.

Bridgeline Solutions also offers multilingual professionals fluent in virtually any foreign language, enabling clients to manage international and cross-border matters with confidence. Through its collaboration with sister company Cadence Counsel, a certified woman-owned business specializing in in-house corporate placements, the firm delivers scalable, cost-effective document review and eDiscovery solutions to both law firm and corporate clients.

Helping Law Firms Retain Work and Increase Profitability

A defining feature of Bridgeline Solutions’ model is its ability to help law firms retain matters that might otherwise be referred out. When a firm is asked to handle work outside its core expertise, Bridgeline Solutions can place a Contract Of Counsel to manage the engagement.

Craig Brown of Bridgeline Solutions understands that this approach allows firms to preserve client relationships, expand their service offerings, and capture additional revenue, without committing to permanent internal expansion. It is a practical, profit-driven solution grounded in a deep understanding of how law firms operate and grow.

Permanent and Lateral Placements for Legal Support Professionals

Permanent placement services are a cornerstone of Bridgeline Solutions’ offering. While Lateral Link is widely known for its leadership in lateral associate and partner placements, Bridgeline Solutions complements that focus by specializing in the permanent and lateral placement of legal support professionals.

The firm has successfully placed paralegals, legal assistants, eDiscovery professionals, DEI officers, CISOs, chief operating officers, conflicts professionals, recruiting specialists, billing clerks, project managers, and research analysts. Through a refined recruitment process and an expansive professional network, Bridgeline Solutions consistently identifies candidates who possess the skills, experience, and judgment required to excel in high-performance legal environments.

A Global Footprint with Local Insight

Bridgeline Solutions maintains an impactful global presence, serving AmLaw 200 firms, regional firms, boutiques, small practices, Fortune 500 companies, and financial institutions. With offices in more than a dozen cities across the United States and Asia, along with affiliates in India and the Philippines, the firm delivers seamless staffing solutions across jurisdictions and time zones.

This global reach allows Bridgeline Solutions to support clients wherever legal work takes place, while maintaining the personalized service and responsiveness that define its brand.

Leadership Profile: Craig Brown

Craig Brown of Bridgeline Solutions is one of the most respected figures in the legal staffing industry and a foundational force behind Bridgeline Solutions. As CEO and Co-Founder, he brings a rare combination of legal credibility and entrepreneurial leadership. He is also a Principal of Cadence Counsel and Lateral Link, giving him a comprehensive view of the legal talent market across law firms and in-house legal departments.

Craig Brown of Bridgeline Solutions began his career in public service with the Department of Justice and the Department of Labor before joining Kaye Scholer (now Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer) as an antitrust and litigation associate. He later became a partner at McLaughlin & Stern, where he specialized in litigation and sports law. Among his most notable representations was serving as counsel to the U.S. Figure Skating Association during the Winter Olympics in the widely publicized Tonya Harding matter.

As one of the few legal staffing executives who has practiced law as a partner, Brown brings an unmatched level of insight to the industry. He is widely credited with establishing many of the best practices that define the modern contract attorney market, always emphasizing quality, professionalism, and respect for the legal profession.

Bridging Talent and Opportunity

Under Craig Brown’s leadership, Bridgeline Solutions has grown into a trusted advisor for legal organizations navigating change, growth, and complexity. The firm’s success is rooted in experience, both institutional and personal, and in a clear understanding of what legal excellence truly requires.

From elite temporary attorneys to permanent support staff, from document review teams to high-profile compliance experts, Bridgeline Solutions continues to bridge talent and opportunity for law firms and corporations worldwide. Guided by leadership that understands the law from the inside out, the firm remains committed to delivering staffing solutions that are strategic, effective, and built to last.