PORTFOLIO GROUP EXPERIENCE
The driving force behind The Portfolio Group's success is our President, Richard Kolodny, named by California Law Business as one of the top legal recruiters in California. Before he founded The Portfolio Group in 1995, Rick practiced law at O'Melveny & Myers and served as general counsel of one of the largest private companies in California. Rick received a BA, summa cum laude, from Clark University, an MA in history from Columbia University, and a JD, cum laude, from The University of Michigan Law School. Rick and his team have placed hundreds of lawyers in law firms and in-house legal departments, including many of the most prominent partner, practice group and general counsel placements in California.
Nima Aghili
Nima received his B.A. in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin.
He also received his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law.
Before joining The Portfolio Group, Nima was a labor & employment
associate at Quarles & Brady. He is fluent in Farsi. Nima places
attorneys at every level with law firms.
Laura Fahey
Laura Fahey received her B.A. from the University of Virginia and her
J.D. from Duke Law School. A former attorney, Laura has practiced in the
private equity and financial services areas of some of the leading law
firms in the country, including O’Melveny & Myers, O’Sullivan
Graev & Karabell and Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel. Laura
focuses on the placement of partners, counsel and associates with law
firms, corporations and investment banks.
Parvaneh Givi
Parvaneh Givi graduated with honors from the University of California,
Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance and minors
in German Studies and Exercise Science. She graduated from the University
of Southern California, Gould School of Law in 2008. Parvaneh places attorneys
at every level with law firms and corporations.
Angelina Kwong
Angelina Kwong graduated cum laude from the University of California, Berkeley.
She received her J.D. from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles where she was a
member of The Loyola Law Review. Angelina is an active community volunteer,
and has been a board member of numerous non-profit organizations including
Meals-On-Wheels, The Los Angeles Library Foundation, The California Master
Plan for Education, and Boys & Girls Town of Los Angeles. Angelina focuses
on the placement of partners, practice groups and counsel for national and
regional law firms and corporations.
Vinci Ng
Vinci Ng devoted her studies to the theater arts at Ithaca College and
at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City. She completed
her B.F.A. at The New School University in New York. After graduation,
Vinci worked on various community and regional theater as well as television
productions. She is fluent in Cantonese. Vinci is the Office Manager for
The Portfolio Group.
Quimby Pierce
Quimby Pierce received her B.A. from Dartmouth College and her J.D. at
University of Southern California. Quimby began her practice in the corporate
department of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. She later joined Kaye Scholer
LLP as a corporate associate, where she specialized in mergers and acquisitions,
public offerings and financings. Quimby places lawyers at law firms, corporations
and investment banks, with an emphasis on mid-level and senior attorneys.
Melissa Tom
Melissa graduated with a B.A., cum laude, in Business and Economics from
University of California, Los Angeles. Upon graduation, Melissa worked
in commercial real estate and co-founded a company that managed real estate
projects in Southern California. She places attorneys in all practice
areas with national, mid-size and boutique law firms as well as with in-house
legal departments. Melissa is Director of the Associate Practice Team
of The Portfolio Group.