Wendeen H. Eolis

Wendeen H. Eolis (born October 13, 1944) is an American entrepreneur, the founder of EOLIS, the first search firm exclusively for attorneys, and founder of the National Association of Legal Search Consultants, noted in The American Lawyer Legal Recruiter Directory (2018) as the "inventor of the legal search industry" (digital and print edition (January 2019); she is also a government advisor and public servant currently heading Hope’s Champion Task Force, a post 9/11 crisis and disaster recovery initiative and an "internationally recognized poker player," profiled on an A&E Television Network, Biography Close Up program, among others.Eolis is the Chair of EOLIS and its operating companies; Eolis International Group, an attorney search and legal/government affairs consultancy (specializing in partnership searches, legal counsel retentions, attorney career transitions), and related legal consulting services, and Wendeen Eolis Enterprises, a legal/ business affairs and coaching consultancy, and operator of Eolis Institute for Leadership, specializing in negotiation, decision strategies, and executive coaching. Eolis is also consulted as a law firm/attorney media coach and as a special advisor to corporate boards in vetting lawyers/law firms for counsel roles and board director seats.Eolis’s public service includes assignments in New York City, New York State, federal and international venues. She currently serves as Chief Operating Officer in command of Hope’s Champion Task Force. This post 9.11 initiative advises U.S. government and overseas officials, principally, in the evaluation and retention of critical legal counsel in the aftermath of catastrophes. Eolis has previously served as a special advisor to Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and as first assistant and senior advisor to Governor George E. Pataki (NY).She was elected president of the Association of Personnel Services of New York State, and thereafter served as chairman of the board of the National Association of