Pathways Personnel Recruiting Professionals

Chris Crowley: Chris joined Pathways Personnel in 1996 and has over 15 years of recruiting experience. He took over as president and owner of Pathways Personnel in February, 2005. Still an active recruiter himself, Chris specializes in the placement of paralegals, litigation support professionals, contract attorneys and all levels of corporate and law firm management on a contract and direct hire basis. Prior to coming to Pathways Personnel, Chris was with a large international staffing corporation for one year. Prior to his recruiting days, Chris spent four years as a litigation paralegal at a large San Francisco law firm. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Florida State University and a paralegal certificate from Saint Mary's College in Moraga.

Terri Kent: Terri joined Pathways Personnel in 1989. She has more than twenty years of experience in corporate human resources and the personnel service industry to go with her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and a Masters Degree in industrial psychology from Cal State University Hayward. Terri is extremely effective in matching corporation and law firm needs with highly qualified candidates. She believes that success as a recruiter comes from listening closely to find out the needs of both your job applicant and your client. Terri specializes in all levels of corporate and law firm staffing, from clerical to management.

Jessica Jones: Jessica Jones joined Pathways Personnel 2007 having over 4 years of staffing industry experience. Jessica began her professional career as an Executive Assistant for an International Legal Recruiting firm where she assisted with the recruiting of IP, Patent and Corporate Attorneys. Jessica came to Pathways Personnel from an international staffing company where she was a Recruiting Specialist concentrating on temporary and direct hire placement of Administrative, Accounting and Finance professionals. Jessica specializes in the placement of paralegals, contract attorneys executive and administrative assistants and all levels of legal and non-legal support staff.

Elle Byram: Elle joined Pathways in 2010 with more than 10 years of experience in the legal community. Elle was a Litigation Paralegal at Latham & Watkins prior to attending the University of California, Davis School of Law. While in law school, Elle was a senior articles editor of the UC Davis Law Review and she was a student representative for Lexis Nexis. She earned her J.D. in 2005 and began her practice as an associate at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman where her primary focus was in Corporate and Securities. Elle continued her practice as a litigation associate at a boutique litigation firm in Chicago, IL. After moving to New York, Elle accepted a position as a legal recruiter at Clutch Group where she focused on the recruitment of attorneys and paralegals for temporary and permanent placements in the New York market. Prior to her legal career, Elle attended graduate school for clinical psychology where she earned a master's degree. Elle's primary focus at Pathways is on client relations and business development for the placement of attorneys on a contract and temporary projects.

Karen Ward: Karen comes to Pathways Personnel with more than 25 years experience in the legal community, during which she was a member of the management team at Gordon & Rees and as a senior paralegal at Latham & Watkins in San Francisco. She has traveled extensively throughout Europe and the Middle East. At Pathways, Karen specializes in the placement of paralegals, legal secretaries, support staff, contract attorneys and all levels of management.

Gerry Gatchalian: Gerry has been the Office Administrator for Pathways Personnel since 1999. Before joining Pathways, Gerry's career proved diverse. He has worked in industries such as Retail, I.T. and Banking. In this time, he worked as an Auditor, Recruiter, Operations Manager and Regional Trainer. During his 15 year tenure in the financial industry, Gerry has been honored with several customer service awards.