For Nicole Sharpe, law and staffing have never been separate worlds—they have been part of her life since childhood.

Nicole grew up watching her mother operate a family law practice, giving Nicole a front-row seat to a demanding profession where great professionals can lose enormous amounts of valuable time when they don't have the right people supporting them.

That realization ultimately became the foundation of her career. At just 15 years old, Nicole began answering phones and performing administrative work in her mother's law firm. She continued working while attending college, using the income to help finance her education. But she was learning something far more valuable than administrative skills—she was learning how a law practice actually operates.

Her mother frequently complained about the countless hours she spent handling administrative responsibilities instead of practicing law. Nicole's response was instinctive: find good people who could take that work off her plate.

Nicole began recruiting help for the practice and quickly discovered an unusual strength. She didn't simply match résumés with job descriptions; she had an instinct for matching personality, work ethic, communication style and experience with the culture of the organization. Her mother was so impressed with the results that Nicole was given responsibility for the firm's staffing and HR needs.

That ability eventually became a profession.

In 2013, Nicole entered staffing full-time in Los Angeles, building experience recruiting and placing professionals while developing long-term relationships with employers and candidates. Over the years, one thing has remained remarkably consistent: clients appreciate her ability to listen carefully, understand what they actually need, and find people who fit—not simply people who qualify.

Today, as Founder and CEO of Sharpe Legal Staffing, Nicole brings years of staffing experience together with the industry that shaped her earliest professional life: law.

Her philosophy remains the same one she discovered years ago in her mother's office:

The right person doesn't simply fill a position. The right person gives you your time back.

With more than 20 years of experience spanning legal services, staffing, and workforce solutions, Josh Rivers brings a unique understanding of the operational and talent challenges facing law firms and their clients.

Josh has worked extensively with organizations navigating complex legal matters, with experience involving contracts, claims documentation, litigation support, discovery and e-discovery, case records, contract administration, risk management, and legal workforce strategy. His combined knowledge of legal operations enables him to understand not simply the position a firm needs filled, but the work that needs to get done.

Josh earned his MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, complementing his legal background with advanced training in business strategy, organizational leadership, and operations.

At Sharpe Legal Staffing, Josh focuses on developing specialized talent solutions for law firms. He works with firms to identify areas where attorneys and senior staff are losing valuable time to document-intensive and operational work and develops flexible staffing solutions designed to improve efficiency, control costs, and allow legal teams to concentrate on higher-value legal strategy.

Josh believes the best staffing partnerships go beyond filling positions. His approach is centered on understanding each firm's workflow, anticipating its needs, and delivering professionals who can become an effective extension of the client's team.

Katherine "Kate" Sullivan brings more than 30 years of legal experience to Sharpe Legal Staffing, including an extensive career as a litigation attorney in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Before joining Sharpe Legal Staffing, Kate practiced as a litigation attorney, representing clients in complex disputes involving contracts, business disputes, property owners, and insurers. Her experience spans civil litigation, contract disputes, payment claims, discovery, mediation, arbitration, and complex commercial litigation.

During her legal career, Kate developed particular expertise in document-intensive matters, where a single dispute can involve thousands of pages of contracts, correspondence, schedules, reports, and discovery materials.

After retiring from the active practice of law, Kate brought that experience to Sharpe Legal Staffing, where she helps law firms identify the specialized legal and technical talent necessary to support demanding caseloads.

Her attorney background gives her an uncommon advantage in legal staffing: she understands the work because she has done the work. Kate can speak directly with attorneys about their workflow, caseload pressures, discovery demands, and staffing gaps and help identify professionals whose experience matches the actual needs of the matter.

Rachel Jones brings more than 20 years of experience in staffing, human resources, and workforce operations to Sharpe Legal Staffing. A graduate of Howard University with a degree in Human Resource Management, Rachel has spent her career building and managing the systems that allow staffing organizations to serve clients efficiently while supporting their employees and talent.

Throughout her career, Rachel has overseen staffing operations, employee onboarding, workforce coordination, client implementation, compliance processes, payroll coordination, performance management, employee relations, and service delivery. Her extensive staffing background gives her a practical understanding of what must happen behind the scenes to ensure that every placement runs smoothly.

As Director of Operations for Sharpe Legal Staffing, Rachel oversees the company's day-to-day operational infrastructure. She coordinates the processes that take a professional from selection through onboarding and assignment, while helping ensure that client requirements, documentation, communication, and workforce procedures are handled accurately and efficiently.

Rachel also plays an important role in Sharpe Legal Staffing's growing legal staffing and remote workforce operations, helping establish processes that allow professionals to integrate effectively into client systems and workflows.

Known for her organized, people-centered approach to operations, Rachel believes exceptional staffing requires more than finding great talent—it requires an operational structure capable of supporting that talent after the placement is made.