associate attorney

paralegal

scheduler

Conroy Simberg

 The health and insurance benefits for attorneys were stellar. That is unusual for a private sector employer. 

I don't have negative things to say about the attorneys that I worked with. For the most part, they were great. I liked them. I don't have any negative comments about the owners. They were nice to me. I liked them. 

That being said, expect to work constantly. You will have HIGH billable hour requirements. You will be given vacation time after a year, but if you take it, you still have to meet your billable hours for the month (defeats the purpose of the vacation). Also, if you take it, you will get behind because your caseload will be unmanageable to begin with. You will be micromanaged, but not necessarily by the partners. It actually comes from the administrative staff in Hollywood. That brings me to my next point. 

My biggest issue is really with the administrative/support staff. With the exception of one secretary, who was stellar, the paralegals and other support staff tended to treat female attorneys as if they were beneath them and a bother. It was impossible to get them to do assigned tasks on time or at all in some instances. I really disliked that because it often led to me wasting time on non-billable tasks that I could not effectively delegate. The administrative staff in Hollywood were ten times worse. They were the rudest people I have ever had the displeasure of working with. A lot of them are related to the owners, so complaining to management was not an option. Nepotism is also an issue there.


The whole place in general is not a great place to work for. The office manager and some people there were great and nice to you but you also have the people there that throws people under the bus so they don’t get in trouble. Some People there don’t want to do there jobs so they have the other person do their job on top of there’s. Then you have this lady that works in the Hollywood office that doesn’t know what she’s doing but because she likes to micromanage everyone she has to micromanage other offices and not let the office manager of the other office do her job without her having to always look over her back. And for the really important people that doesn’t have a clue of what’s going on in any of their offices in to wake up cause sooner or later you’re going to end up losing all the great hardworking people and end up having the people that don’t care at all about your business and it will just go to pieces. 

Office services position you’re suppose to do a job and nobody will let you. They want to do their own job and come in and take over while the people that runs that department is suppose to be doing the job just sits there because everyone else just wants to do their own stuff. 

You have people there that likes their job and bust their butts doing it but gets treated like a dog.

Extremely formal culture and code of conduct not delineated, training lacking.  Infractions treated with harsh criticism to the point of insults, such as what was done wrong (say "hold on" instead of "one moment, please") was "asinine."

Code entirely acceptable, "enforcement" not.  Also, the person taking exception to my style had no flow of supervision or superiority over the position which I occupied.  I was hired by the CEO assistant in another city and had no supervisor of record on site.  The assistant of the lead attorney took it upon herself to criticize everything from attire to attitude to communication style without benefit of prior discussion.

Best part of job was working as the assistant to the Office Manager whose directions were clear and who used praise and hands on teaching to achieve harmonious co-production of work.

I learned about attorney information management, high-speed scanning of files into electronic management system and use of portal to Florida Courts

Worked with an abusive attorney who seems to get great pleasure by bullying, screaming at and disrespecting female employees causing the firm to hire him a new assistant every few months. Do not ever accept a position here unless you are okay with feeling like a worthless employee. Employees are unhappy and almost all are rude and condescending to others.  Management is non-existent where favoritism abounds and the management style is one of bullying, insults and intimidation. Some employees in the well-known office click actually spend their entire paid day surfing the internet on their cell phones (Pinterest, Facebook, online shopping, etc.) with management's full knowledge and approval. If you are not in their self-interested inner circle, you are ignored and excluded.  So blessed to leave there and work for an actual professional organization.

I worked here a long time over 15 years when they decided to close down our division with less than a weeks notice.  I was severely overworked working 7 days a week many times plus doing a lot of no billable work in the evening.  I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone.  I could never make any of the attorneys happy.  Each wanted something different so nothing was consistent.  They hired very inexperienced attorneys to handle complex cases so there was always something being seriously messed up that had to be fixed and most of the time I was unable to bill for that which would have been ok except I had a very high billable hour requirement so there was no room to do no billable tasks.  There was never enough support.

Work days include scheduling of depositions, private mediations, rescheduling of state mediations and final hearings.  Duties also include subpoenaing of medical records, employment records, insurance records, as well as preparation of numerous types of motions, especially those in obtaining blood and urine sample in connection with questionable accidents.  The job also included to prepare a variety of stipulations and to finalize settlement documents, request child support information in connection with same, along with the required medical information for the Judge of Compensation Claims review and approval.  Also the request for the issuance of settlement checks in the proper allocation of funds.  The most burdensome task was to follow up on the subpoena deadlines.

If you like big computers and no updates to any technology, this is the place for you! Also, if you like to be yelled at by managing partners and being their slave, this is the job for you! If you like to get stabbed in the back by everyone you work with, this is definitely the place for you! Turnover rate is one of the highest. They keep transfer cases under covers because they don't want anyone to know that they are that incompetent. I mean, the list goes on. It's not worth the "free bagels" or "luncheons" to stay here in the toxic environment. Definitely one of the worst places that anyone can work at and doubt that will change anytime soon. Only thing consistent is the employees who walk in and out of this job, it's like a revolving door.

Attorneys are allowed to bully and scream at support staff constantly causing a very toxic workplace.   Employees are all unhappy and only stay until they find a better job.  There is no comradery among employees. They have the highest turnaround in the State and have a bad reputation within the legal community.   Management is rude, insulting and has no people skills.   Management will belittle you and try to make you feel worthless and set  you up to fail.   In all my years working I have never been employed by such a poorly run and unprofessional company.    Do not ever accept a job here unless you don't mind being a target of abuse and unfairness.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The company trains you for several days, almost a week on the process n steps to take to get the  job done. Really a good  company. To work for. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
You don't get caught up which is a positive

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Pincer you are trained, they do not bother you but is always available if you have any questions.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Answer calls professional. If a deadline cannot be met, let them know. Have follow ups daily. Communicate with attorney constantly. Communication is key.

Got minimal training for my job. The person who was training came in late often, talked for long periods of time w/co-workers. Did not find the staff very friendly at all. I was told it would take me at least a year to learn ins and outs of my job. 3 months later Covid hit, we were sent home to work.
The office manager would read emails, expected me to learn the entire job by reading some notes. Was constantly critizing my work. One of the attorney's I worked with was wonderful for speaking up for me.  Was let go after just over a year because of Covid.

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