Lee Udelsman

Lee Udelsman is the Managing Partner of the New Jersey office, formerly was Managing Partner of the New York office, and is a leader in the firm's In-House Practice Group where he focuses on recruitment and retention for in-house legal departments across the U.S. and internationally. Since joining the firm in 2005, Lee has partnered successfully with hundreds of companies on matters ranging from legal department optimization, including legal spend, compensation benchmarking and use of alternative legal resources, to recruiting high performance legal teams to support the business objectives of those companies. Committed to promoting diversity in the legal profession, more than half of Lee’s in-house counsel placements are diverse candidates. Lee also is a member of the firm's Life Sciences and Healthcare segment team, helping all types of healthcare organizations recruit talent.

As one of the firm’s most experienced in-house recruiters, Lee knows the intracies of the in-house legal market. His disciplined approach to executing searches enables him to make client and candidate matches that result in long-lasting placements. Lee places a premium on communicating frequently and transparently with his clients and candidates. These traits collectively inspire confidence in those who work with Lee, and have consistently made him one of the firm’s top recruiters.

Lee is regularly quoted in the press on emerging trends impacting in-house counsel. He has written articles on the General Counsel function titled “Successful General Counsel Successional Planning,” and “Today’s General Counsel Must Be a Jack of All Trades” that have been published by the American Lawyer, “Stay or Go: Reading the Tea Leaves of a CEO Transition as General Counsel” published by Corporate Counsel, and “Its Time to Evaluate CEO Successors Differently” published by NASDAQ. He has also served on panels with the Association for Corporate Counsel, the American Bar Association and the National Association of Corporate Directors. Before joining Major, Lindsey & Africa, Lee was a labor and employment lawyer for 15 years working closely with the human resource leaders of his clients, and the hiring partner for a former prominent New Jersey law firm. He also worked for two Fin Tech public companies in senior client-facing roles. Collectively, these varied experiences honed the skills and insights Lee brings to the recruitment process enabling him to capture the individual cultural nuances and dynanics of each client.