Allison Butts Helms

Allison Butts Helms is currently serving as a Legal Recruiting Manager at Kirkland & Ellis since January 2023. Prior to this role, Helms managed all aspects of attorney recruitment for Bracewell LLP in Texas from September 2017 to September 2020. Helms also has significant experience at Vinson & Elkins, where roles included Senior Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator and Senior Talent Coordinator, contributing to the firm's talent management and diversity initiatives from March 2011 to September 2017. Earlier career experiences include positions at McDermott Will & Emery as Assistant Legal Recruiting & Marketing, Vincent Ford Custom Apparel in sales, and as a Research Assistant at Texas Monthly. Helms holds a degree in Mass Communications with a focus on Public Relations and a minor in Business Administration from Louisiana State University, earned between 2005 and 2009.