Pros
It is absolutely guaranteed that you will have a renewed lust for life after getting the hell out of here.
Cons
Cooper & Dunham: where a partner will scream at you not to mess up his "quarter of a million dollar deal" while refusing to pay you $30 in overtime for the work. Every single member of management and HR here is Ebenezer Scrooge incarnate. You will get yelled at for mistakes the partner made, mistakes former employees made years ago, and whenever a partner is in a bad mood and decides that you're wrong even when you're not. It is a supremely abusive environment. The main partner does not believe in computers or the cloud, so everything is done on paper. There is no digital document management system or even a system for tracking paper files. You aren't allowed to look at your phone, close your office door during lunch, or even so much as speak to your coworkers for longer than a partner deems necessary. Pay is pitiful and benefits are abysmal. You won't be able to survive in New York on a paralegal's salary here unless you get a second job or have rich parents and a trust fund. Racist and sexist harassment are commonplace. Rumor has it that an employee here years ago committed suicide while at work. That about sums it up.