Carrington Legal Placement was founded by Carrie Smith Trabue, Esq. Carrie was previously at Major, Lindsey & Africa, the world's largest legal search firm, where she was a top producer and served as Head of the In-House Practice Group for Texas.

Carrie has managed searches on behalf of legal departments across the country. She has experience managing searches for General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Executive level (SVP, VP, AVP, Director) positions in the areas of Securities law, Compliance, Litigation, EMEA, Latin America, Banking, E-Commerce & Marketing, Property & Casualty Insurance and many others.

She has conducted searches on behalf of Fortune 500 companies in the Technology, Financial Services, Consumer Products, Forest Products, Transportation, Distribution, Pharma, Telecommunications, Home Building and Defense Industry sectors.

In addition to the wealth of her experience handling in-house searches, Carrie has completed partner searches on behalf of AMLAW 100 law firms and placed numerous associates in law firms.

Carrie has been active in the Texas legal market for fifteen years. She practiced as a litigator for seven years and has worked as a legal recruiter for nearly eight years. She was a member of the Austin Bar Association Board of Directors from 2001 to 2003 and the Austin Young Lawyers Association Board of Directors from 1996 to 2000. While serving as a Director for the Austin Bar Association, Carrie was instrumental in bringing the Austin in-house legal community together by forming the Corporate Counsel section of the Bar, whose leadership eventually led to the formation of the Austin Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel.

Carrie lived in the Seattle area during her youth and attended Washington State University before transferring to the University of Texas at Austin. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Texas in 1989. She received her Doctor of Jurisprudence from Tulane Law School in 1993, where she served as an Associate Editor of the Tulane Environmental Law Journal. In addition to her bar activities, Carrie has been involved with the Junior League of Austin, Delta Delta Delta alumni activities and helping with various fundraising projects for charities. Carrie is a voracious reader and an active participant in a local book group. She enjoys 'reviewing' the latest restaurants and traveling with her family and friends. Carrie is the proud mother of two boys.