Does Venable LLP pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Venable LLP employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Venable LLP. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Venable LLP?

49% of Venable LLP employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Venable LLP 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Venable LLP?

Associate (23) , Legal Administrative Assistant (16) , Legal Assistant (9) , Practice Group Assistant (7) , Associate Attorney (6) , Attorney (6) , Legal Secretary (5) , Paralegal (5) , Analyst (4) , Partner (4) , Administrative (2) , Billing Coordinator (2) , Counsel (2) , Litigation Paralegal (2) , Staff Attorney (2)

What are the pros of working at Venable LLP according to real employee reviews?

"Great people to work with" ((in 28 reviews)); "Good benefits" ((in 19 reviews)); "Lots of potential growth and good work environment" ((in 10 reviews)); "good work life balance" ((in 9 reviews)); "The salaries are decent." ((in 8 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Venable LLP according to real employee reviews?

"Failure for executive leadership to land clients lead to significant amount of billable hours filed as "business development," reducing analyst utilization and thus decreased bonus." ((in 7 reviews)); "The culture is toxic and anyone who is at the associate or paralegal or analyst level, particularly doing non" ((in 7 reviews)); "Many of the attorneys like to pretend the support staff doesn't exist, like an Indian caste system." ((in 5 reviews)); "Specific individuals contribute to a highly abusive work environment, and leadership does very little to curb the behavior." ((in 3 reviews)); "Long hours; not enough staff" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Venable LLP layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Venable LLP layoffs and their outlook for job security at Venable LLP in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Venable LLP locations?

Washington , Baltimore , New York , Los Angeles , San Francisco , Century City , Tysons Corner , Fairfax , Columbia , Towson , Silver Spring , Timonium , Chicago

Venable LLP reviews

3.6

49% would recommend to a friend

(199 total reviews)

Stuart Ingis

78% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

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Venable LLP has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 199 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Venable LLP employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Legal industry (3.8 stars).

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199 reviews

1.0

Nov 28, 2016

Abusive Work Environment

Anonymous employee

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Pros

The attorneys at Venable are competent, well-educated people for the most part.

Cons

Specific individuals contribute to a highly abusive work environment, and leadership does very little to curb the behavior.

3.0

May 13, 2016

Attorney

Associate attorney

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Firm has a great reputation and looks good on your resume if this is your first job out of law school

Cons

No development or mentoring of attorneys; good old boys club; untrustworthy human resources department; very little work and life balance

3.0

Mar 16, 2016

Average

Anonymous employee

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Firm has a long history and a great reputation. They have made changes to allow a bit more flexibility recently. Beautiful offices in great, convenient locations. Professional environment. the firm pays well, but other factors bring pay down somewhat.

Cons

parking/transit and benefits are very expensive due to central downtown office locations. Plan for your take home pay to be a minimum of 3 - 4k lower per year as a result. culture/environment is very stratified and hierarchical. Attorneys get away with unprofessional behavior. Admin employees are held to a different set of rules/standards which put them at a disadvantage in terms of flexibility and balance. firm is also behind the times in many ways and the status quo is hard to challenge.

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