Pros
You get a lot of experience very fast… Some might say too fast.
Cons
- attorneys bear the burden of signing as many new clients as possible to pay for a giant in-house marketing team and failing offices in other states, among other things - new clients are signed to the detriment of existing clients - no standard operating procedure (you will inherit a case that 3 other attorneys have been assigned to previously that has 5 different documents saved as “passport” but somehow they’re all passport photos and not a copy of the client’s actual passport) - no organizational chart to let people know where to go for specific issues (probably no point because of the high turnover) - “partners” who only vaguely understand the concept of leadership and who really like the idea of being in charge - I have heard (though did not observe myself) that Gunther berates paralegals, calls them names, and acts in other ways to demean employees - unethical - you will be berated by judges because of the firm’s (in)action - can’t tell clients to run the other way or to hire anyone else - I do not remember a week where there wasn’t a missed filing deadline or court appearance