Indep. Consultant for small recruiting firm...should I get credit for the candidates that I recruited after my departure?

I recently left a recruiting company working as an independent consultant to pursue another opportunity in a different field. I recruited several quality candidates during my two month interim. I just found out that my neighbor got placed in a position and she approached me and thanked me for placing her. I didn't get any credit for it, although I was the one who recruited her. I just left the position last month (March). I worked there from January -March. My question is...do I legally have rights to those candidates that I recruited? The origal setup was a 50/50 split with the owner of the company. During my time there none of my candidates were placed, but one was going through an interview process. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I feel that alhtough I did not place any individuals during those two months, I recruited some quality individuals and feel that I should get some type of credit for the placement of them. Thanks so much for any feedback!

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Comment by Edward Caliguiri on April 13, 2009 at 2:12pm
The question is, did you have an agreement in place while you were there regarding candidate ownership? My guess is no or you would not be asking this question. Morally, you should receive some payment for the applicant that is placed after your departure (although the percentage is open to discussion since you did not walk that person through the process). If you were independent, and not receiving any salary during your time, but were working on straight commission, I would say that you are entitled. I don't know whether or not you have "legal" rights as I'm not an attorney.

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