Biographies
New England Legal Search’s Managing Directors and team of Legal Recruiters are all attorneys. Our strong legal backgrounds and experience help us to understand and address your interests and concerns.
Linda Kline
Linda Kline is the Managing Partner of New England Legal Search. She received her J.D. cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center where she served on the editorial board of the Georgetown Law Journal. Following a clerkship in the United States First Circuit Court of Appeals, she was associated with Nutter, McClennen & Fish. She joined New England Legal Search in 1987.
Sarah Wickham-Rothstein
Sarah Wickham-Rothstein, Managing Director of New England Legal Search, received her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law. Following law school she was associated with McDermott, Will & Emery and White & McDermott. Prior to her legal career, Ms. Wickham-Rothstein spent ten years as a marketing professional advising Boston-area high technology corporations. She joined New England Legal Search in 2003.
Ann Ketchen
Ann Ketchen, Managing Director of New England Legal Search, received her JD from the University of Connecticut School of Law. Following law school she was associated with the Hartford office of Edwards & Angell (now Edwards Wildman Palmer) and the Boston office of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi. She joined New England Legal Search in 2012.
Neil Paterson
Neil Paterson, Managing Director of New England Legal Search, received his J.D. from Boston University School of Law. Following law school he was associated with Kirkpatrick & Lockhart and Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo and with the business law boutique McNamara, Koenig & McCarthy. He joined New England Legal Search in 2004.
Kimberly Spelman
Kimberly Spelman, Managing Director of New England Legal Search, received her J.D. from the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law. Following law school, she practiced law in Baltimore, at Miles & Stockbridge and then at Martin, Snyder & Bernstein. Upon moving to Boston, she joined the litigation boutique Demeo & Associates, and in addition to her legal practice, became the Business & Human Resources Manager for the firm. In 2014, she entered the legal recruiting/search industry as a Director at Tallwood Legal, LLC, and then moved to WinterWyman. She joined New England Legal Search in 2019.
