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{{Infobox website
| logo = ]
| caption = BCG Attorney Search
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| url = {{URL|http://www.bcgsearch.com|BCG Attorney Search}} (US)
| commercial = Yes
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| language = ]
| owner = A. Harrison Barnes
| launch date = {{start date|2000|1|1}}
| current status = Active
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'''BCG Attorney Search''' is a staffing company that caters to ] and law professionals seeking employment in law firms and corporate legal departments. It also publishes the ''BCG Attorney Search Guide to America’s Top 50 Law Schools,'' as well as a state of the market report for attorneys looking for open positions.<ref name="Educational Debt Burden and Career Choice: Evidence from a Financial Aid Experiment at NYU Law School">{{Cite web |url= http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/field/files/field_nyu_13108-1.pdf |publisher= Harvard University|title= Educational Debt Burden and Career Choice: Evidence from a Financial Aid Experiment at NYU Law School}}</ref> The firm's owner and founder, Andrew Harrison Barnes, was also involved in a lawsuit involving ] rights watched by media professionals.<ref name="Legal Recruiter Asks Texas High Court To Block Web Posts">{{Cite web |url= http://www.law360.com/articles/463422/legal-recruiter-asks-texas-high-court-to-block-web-posts|publisher= Law360|title= Legal Recruiter Asks Texas High Court To Block Web Posts}}</ref><ref name="Bloggers versus the courts">{{Cite web |url= http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/sued_bloggers_state-level_free.php?page=all |publisher= Columbia Journalism Review|title= Bloggers versus the courts}}</ref>

BCGSearch.com has offices in ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].<ref name="Contact BCG Attorney Search">{{Cite web |url= http://www.bcgsearch.com/contact.php|publisher= BCG Attorney Search|title= Contact BCG Attorney Search}}</ref> It is headed by Harrison Barnes, founder of the Employment Research Institute. The Employment Research Institute operates over 150 employment websites, including job sites ], Granted.com and ] (which collects job data from employer websites, aggregating information directly from their sites) as well as legal referral site Law.net.<ref name="About">{{Cite web |url= http://www.hb.org/about/|publisher= HB.org|title= About}}</ref>

In a case that was argued before the ], Barnes accused a former BCGSearch.com employee, Robert Kinney, of bribery. Kinney accused Barnes of defamation and asked for an injunction against BCG and ''JD Journal'', a legal blog also operated by Barnes. Kinney’s lawsuit was dismissed on the grounds of unconstitutional limitations on speech; an Austin Appeals Court also found for BCG on the grounds that a permanent injunction would be ] under the laws of the ].<ref name="Legal Recruiter Asks Texas High Court To Block Web Posts"/><ref name="Bloggers versus the courts"/><ref name="Texas Supreme Court to Consider Online Defamation Case">{{Cite web |url= https://www.texastribune.org/2014/01/08/texas-supreme-court-will-review-online-defamation-/ |publisher= Texas Tribune|title= Texas Supreme Court to Consider Online Defamation Case}}</ref> The Texas supreme court found in favor of Kinney.<ref name="Kinney v. Barnes (Opinion)">{{Cite web |url= http://law.justia.com/cases/texas/supreme-court/2014/13-0043.html|publisher= Justia|title= Kinney v. Barnes (Opinion)}}</ref> The case is currently being appealed to the ].

The ongoing legal dispute between Harrison Barnes and former BCGSearch.com employee, Robert Kinney, involving litigation in Texas and California, has moved forward in recent months through deposition testimony given by the parties, and though other discovery production allowing the parties to obtain evidence needed to prove their respective claims. Barnes claims that Kinney used bribery and unethical kickbacks to obtain employment placement for BCG clients. Kinney claims that Barnes engaged in defamatory conduct by maintaining Kinney’s employment biography in the BCG’s website’s archive.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lacourt.org/paonlineservices/civilImages/externalAppLink.aspx?casenumber=BC600371|title= Online Services - LA Court}}</ref> Both parties claim the other engaged in malicious prosecution by bringing lawsuits without merit. Trial is set for April 24, 2017, in Barnes’ malicious prosecution action in the ], Case No. BC600371. A history of the litigation can be found on ''JD Journal''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jdjournal.com/2016/02/09/slime-for-cash-above-the-law-joins-alberts-a-k-a-robert-kinney-decade-long-ballistic-cyberbullying-campaign-to-destroy-competitor-for-firing-him/|title=SLIME FOR CASH: Above the Law Joins Albert’s (a.k.a. Robert Kinney’s) Decade-Long Ballistic Cyberbullying Campaign to Destroy Competitor for Firing Him|last=Barnes|first=Harrison|website=JD Journal|publisher=JD Journal}}</ref> Additional information about the case can be found in this court document. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/326540201/A-Harrison-Barnes-Minute-Order-5-24-16|title=A. Harrison Barnes Minute Order (5-24-16)|website=Scribd}}</ref>

In 2016, BCG Attorney Search was ranked the #1 legal recruiting firm in the United States by ].<ref name="LawCrossing">{{Cite web |url= http://www.lawcrossing.com/recruiter-profile/238242/BCG-Attorney-Search|publisher= LawCrossing.com|title= BCG Attorney Search - Legal Recruiter Company Profile}}</ref>
Law Crossing is a company owned by Harrison Barnes.

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