Greenberg Glusker LLP

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 VAULT'S VERDICT:

Greenberg Glusker typically hires associates with strong academic backgrounds from top-tier California law schools who can handle the work and mesh well with coworkers. Office settings are friendly, positive, and social, though there is a healthy respect for lives outside the office. Collegiality extends to partners, who value associates and treat them well. Where formal training is minimal, associates learn on the job, as well as through associate and partner mentors who answer questions and discuss matters. Assigned mentors and introductory events promote lateral integration into the firm. As associates are often the only associate assigned to a case, they experience a wide range of meaningful tasks and opportunities for client interaction. Practice group leaders and work coordinators allocate projects evenly among associates, and the firm’s manageable billable requirement of 1,750 hours lets them have work-life balance. Salaries are below market and in line with Greenberg Glusker’s billable hours, and discretionary bonuses are awarded for hours worked and firm citizenship. Firm technology includes a good document management system and a recent switch to Relativity; however, some systems are slow, and innovative tools are needed. The firm has an employee engagement coordinator and offers free counseling services, and people respect others’ vacation time. Pro bono work is encouraged, and the firm circulates information about opportunities, the hours for which count as billable. Associates see clear paths to non-equity and equity partnership, and those who leave go in-house, not to other firms.