Jessica Chin Somers, Esq., is a Managing Director at Kinney Recruiting, where she matches attorneys to law firm and in-house opportunities in New York and Nationwide. Prior to joining Kinney, Jessica was a top-performing legal recruiter in the New York office of another legal recruiting agency where she placed attorneys in law firms and corporations in New York City, Long Island, and across the United States. More >>
Jack P. Hopper, Esq., is a Managing Director in the Houston office and Austin office of Kinney Recruiting. Jack has over twenty years of legal recruiting experience and has placed scores of attorneys, including partners, associates and corporate counsel in markets across the globe. He has lived and recruited in Austin, Houston, Miami and Atlanta during his long career, and knows the intricacies of the practice of law and the stringent requirements of his clients. Jack comes from a long tradition of lawyers. His father was a Senior Partner and Head of the Labor Section at Vinson & Elkins in Houston. He graduated from The University of Texas at Austin, where he received a BA in History and was also a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Following his undergraduate studies, Jack attended South Texas College of Law where he obtained his JD. More >>
Robert E. Kinney, Esq., is President of Kinney Recruiting. Robert is an alumnus of Phillips Academy at Andover, Massachusetts, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Texas School of Law. As an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, Robert studied International Relations and German and was a member of Psi Upsilon Fraternity and the Owl Society. Robert spent a year studying abroad at Ludwig Maximillians Universität in Munich prior to law school, and later interned at a law firm in Duisburg, Germany. At the University of Texas School of Law, Robert’s most valuable experience was working closely in Edinburgh, Scotland with noted University of Texas professor Hans W. Baade on the Piper Alpha Disaster litigation, a major litigation matter involving Scottish and Texas law issues that became the longest running trial in Scottish history.
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Katherine Loanzon, Esq., is a Managing Director at Kinney Recruiting where she matches attorneys to law firm and in-house opportunities in New York and Nationwide. Prior to joining Kinney Recruiting, Katherine was an Attorney Search Director and Division Director of another legal recruitment agency in New York City where she was a top producing recruiter quickly promoted to the top role in her office. Katherine has good judgment, is driven to work hard for her clients and candidates, and knows how to be aggressive without pushing too hard. More >>
