An okay place to work - Legal Assistant/Paralegal Dutton Law Group Employee Review

I have been with this company over 4.5 years and at two different offices. I am given freedom to work my cases, i.e. no micro-managing, I am given any resource I have asked for, and I have a mentor that has assisted me when encountering something new and providing that guidance I needed. Of course there are areas of improvement. Every company has that. But - you have to work. If I worked my cases and pushed them forward, negotiated smartly, billed properly and contemporaneously, and was professionally aggressive and obtained good results for the client, the company offered me trust. This trust built my confidence as an attorney. I could not be more thankful for my time with them.

If I had to give a negative it would employee turnover but I account that to people who don't want to work and put forth the effort. If you work, you succeed here. Another negative may be that there is not a clear path of how one can advance or move into others areas of practice if one wants to but this was not a negative so much for me. Every time I asked to take on a one-off case, I was given permission and that also made me grow as an attorney.

Free downtown parking and that's about it.

No one knows what's going on. Poorly managed company. Legal timeframes are an option and could jeopardize any attorney licensure. Way too many files for attorneys to handle and unrealistic billing expectations.