Solomon Page Appoints Leader of Legal Services Practice in Washington, D.C.
November 12, 2026 – New York City-based Solomon Page has named Julian Brown as managing director, leading the firm’s legal services efforts in Washington, D.C. He will focus on delivering legal talent solutions, including contract staffing and direct hire, building on the national practice led by managing director Julie Favetta on the East Coast and managing director Wendy Sullivan on the West Coast.
With more than 25 years of experience in legal staffing, managed review, and eDiscovery, Mr. Brown brings extensive industry knowledge and insight. His career spans both sides of the legal industry.Mr. Brown began his career practicing litigation and government contracts law before transitioning into legal staffing and services. In 1999, he joined Compliance as its first hire and helped build the organization into a national legal services business, later serving as president. Mr. Brown went on to found Clearwater Legal Staffing, where he built a business serving Am Law 100 clients, and has since led business development for legal services providers.
At Solomon Page, Mr. Brown will focus on growing the firm’s legal services presence in the D.C. market, working closely with clients to deliver document review and contract staffing solutions. He will lead efforts to develop new client relationships, strengthen existing partnerships, and broaden the resources available to law firms and corporate legal departments throughout the region.
“I’m excited to return to my legal staffing roots and help grow the Solomon Page presence in Washington, D.C.,” said Mr. Brown. “Julie Favetta, Wendy Sullivan, and the recruiting team bring tremendous experience to this work. I look forward to helping law firms and corporate legal departments find the right people, while connecting candidates with opportunities to build their careers.”
New AI Retained Executive Search Practice
Solomon Page recently launched a retained executive search practice dedicated to artificial intelligence leadership. The practice is led by managing director Ryan Kellner. The practice partners with organizations in financial services, healthcare, life sciences, and venture-backed technology to place chief AI officers, heads of AI, heads of data science, and the senior technical leaders responsible for turning AI investment into business results.
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“The practice addresses a hiring problem most organizations are facing for the first time,” Solomon Page said. “Few companies are building AI teams of twenty. Most are hiring one person, and that person is expected to define strategy, build capability, and lead a transformation the organization has never attempted before.”
The practice conducts retained searches across AI strategy, engineering, research, and product leadership. Executive roles include chief AI officers, heads of AI, and directors of AI, along with heads of data science and senior data science and machine learning engineers. Applied engineering searches cover applied LLM and AI application engineers, agentic AI and generative AI engineers, forward deployed engineers, retrieval-quality and rag engineers, ai solution architects, and MLOps engineers.
Additional roles include AI product and program managers, AI research scientists, AI readiness consultants, and AI information security specialists. Searches are conducted on a retained basis and are industry-agnostic.
Mr. Kellner brings 15 years in the data and artificial intelligence talent market, spanning business intelligence, data science, machine learning, and applied AI. He has advised both large enterprises and high-growth companies, building specialized teams and placing leaders in roles that were new to the business.
Founded in 1990, Solomon Page is a specialty niche provider of recruitment and executive search solutions across a wide array of functions and industries. Lloyd Solomon and Scott Page are the firm’s co-founders and managing directors.
Mr. Solomon provides leadership and direction for the execution of Solomon Page’s vision. He is accountable for creating revenue growth and enterprise value through the implementation of profitability targets and achievement of financial goals within disciplined guidelines and parameters.
Mr. Page provides leadership and direction for the execution of the company’s vision and objectives. In addition, he has built and led the financial services division since the firm’s inception in 1990. For 30 years, the practice has served global financial institutions including investment banks, alternative asset managers, private equity, and private family offices.
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
