Pros
You learn what to work on a fast track pace.
Cons
From my attorney point of view, working at Sanabria & Associates can be extremely frustrating due to structural and management issues that directly affect both lawyers and clients. Attorneys are often overloaded with an unreasonable number of cases, many of them urgent and complex, with little advance notice and insufficient support or realistic timelines to prepare quality work. Attorneys spend a lot of daily hours on PNC (possible new clients) calls to make contracts, not focusing in real advocacy and prepare to hearings. There is a strong sense of disorganization: files are not always updated, information is scattered, and attorneys are frequently brought into cases late, after months of poor communication, and are then expected to “fix” problems created by prior delays or mismanagement. Management tends to prioritize volume and new client intake over sustainable workloads and quality of representation, which leaves attorneys constantly in crisis mode rather than doing proactive, strategic work. Communication systems are another major pain point: calls are scheduled or promised without checking attorney availability, messages accumulate, and lawyers end up starting conversations with clients who are already angry because they have been ignored for weeks or months. This not only damages client trust but also puts attorneys in the position of taking the blame for systemic failures they do not control. There is limited transparency in decision-making about refunds, contract scope, and case strategy, and attorneys may feel that their professional judgment is undermined by billing or management priorities. Overall, many lawyers would describe the environment as high-pressure, poorly managed, and emotionally draining, where it is very difficult to maintain ethical, client-centered practice while meeting the firm’s internal expectations. Also bonus are often not paid due to a trick system.
