Paralegal - Chavez Legal Group - Fred Loya - Nightmare - Yikes!
Pros
Co-workers and attorneys are awesome to work with. A good law firm to do your time until a better opportunity comes along. Rarely work after 5:30pm and never work on weekends. Cases are low value routine car accidents.
Cons
I wish I had read the reviews before joining the firm. Worst Law Firm I've Ever Worked For - Due To The Inept Management Team. Nepotism in upper management. Run like an assembly line. Management is ineffective and literally unqualified. They send intimidating emails, conferences, incorrect disciplinary actions, abuse of management discretion in regards to tardiness/absenteeism policy, incorrectly accusing employees of misleading ethical/legal violations, threats, inequity, retaliation, etc. you name it. Z and V. No raises ever... No bonuses. No open door policy. Qualified people aren't promoted because they are not liked. Management is threatened by intelligent people since management doesn't have many qualifications/much experience. As a paralegal they will low ball you in salary if you let them. You are not able to email other paralegals at others firm. You will not do much paralegal work since they don't trust you as a professional. You will be held responsible for the mistakes of attorneys at your firm and opposing counse's mistakes for not advising them how to be attorneys.. Most of your days will be non paralegal work completing checklists that have nothing to do with moving the cases forward and that are often inconsistent with the Rules of Civil Procedure. Unqualified management makes up policy on the spot and changes internal procedures without informing anyone; however, you will be held responsible. You will repeatedly scan entire files (weekly) for no good reason and email them to non-attorney management. You will need a doctor's note to take off any days or partial days. No PTO the first year. After a year, you have 5 days of PTO. If something comes up in your life that requires you to take time off you will be disciplined. You will be notified of tardiness even if by one (1) minute. Checklists and invoice requests that you will be completing daily will be rejected due to a typo and you will have to resubmit each checklist for each case multiple times in order to keep you busy. There is just too much to type here, I haven't scratched the surface of what goes on in this law firm. A disgrace.
