David Bargman - President

David Bargman practiced law for twenty years before entering legal recruiting. As an Associate in a top-tier Park Avenue law firm, he was active in law school and lateral recruiting and a board member and Chairman of the Board of the Council of New York Law Associates, now the Lawyers Alliance for New York.

He spent eight years as an in-house attorney, first at a communications conglomerate and then as General Counsel of a NYSE-listed motion picture producer and distributor. Mr. Bargman returned to private pr actice in 1991 as principal of the Law Office of David Bargman, focusing on Entertainment, Trademark, Copyright, and Employment matters.

Mr. Bargman's interest in the evolution of the legal profession and career planning led him to serve on the Bar of the City of New York's Committee on Small Firm Management. As Chairman of the Subcommittee of Mentoring, he prepared a report to the Association described in an article in the New York Law Journal that he also authored. His legal background and professional involvement have proven instrumental to his success as a recruiter by providing him with a keen perspective on the legal marketplace and the ability to understand and address his clients' needs for managed growth and practice stature.

Mr. Bargman's education includes a B.A. in Philosophy from Trinity College, an M.Sc. in Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

Jean Ashburn - Search Consultant

Jean uses her finely honed skills in marketing and communications to assist Baum, Stevens match employers and candidates. In her work for several Fortune 500 companies, she has been responsible for corporate product launches, executive level communications and e-marketing campaigns. Jean is expert in needs analysis, preparing job descriptions and resumes and effective interview preparation. She was an English major at Trinity College and is completing a book describing one woman’s journey through breast cancer.

Si Choi – Director of Research

Si is a recent graduate of Columbia College and a graduate student in Intellectual History at New School University. His idea of a good time is reading Aristotle while eating a hamburger, but just to mix it up, he bikes and hikes and keeps us up to date on the market.