Carrie Vawter

Senior Manager, Legal Talent

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415.735.5933
cvawter@scalefirm.com
Kansas City, MO
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Carrie leverages over 15 years of expertise in recruiting, sales, & marketing to attract high-level talent, with a proven record of successfully leading, developing, and executing recruiting strategies that align with the strategic goals and values of the firm.

Prior to Scale, Carrie managed recruiting operations and talent acquisition strategy for an AmLaw100 firm. While there, she spearheaded change management initiatives that transformed talent acquisition framework and produced striking increases in internal efficiency, while improving responsive needs and solutions to both hiring manager & candidate challenges.

Carrie has demonstrated success identifying, hiring, and retaining top talent and a proven ability to partner with key stakeholders to plan for current and future hiring needs.

She is an empowering leader who supports companies with a unique perspective and appreciation that human capital is every organization's greatest asset. Carrie is a genuine influencer who thrives on tough challenges and translates visions and strategies into actionable, value-added goals.

Areas of Expertise

Full-Cycle Recruiting
Sourcing
Onboarding & Integration
Client Relations
Coaching & Mentoring

Prior Associations

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Education

University of Kansas

Bar Admission

Articles and Press

Burnout costs firms $500K per lawyer lost; what can law firms do?

A groundbreaking research project commissioned in 2023 by the California Lawyers Association and the District of Columbia Bar found that lawyers are “twice as likely as the general population to contemplate suicide.” An earlier study conducted by the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation and the American Bar Association Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs showed that nearly 21% of lawyers and others in legal professions were considered problem drinkers, and worse, over 36% of attorneys were struggling with alcohol abuse.

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