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Covington

Firm Culture: Paranoia reigns. Little long term prospects.
Work & Hours: You cannot put in enough hours. 200+. No excuses. NO vacation, no bereavement. You are a fool and/or desperate to work here.
Salary & Benefits: Little pay, esp. given incredibly high billing requirements. NO dental.
The Interview process: nothing special
Overall Impression: They undercut other firms, offering work to clients cheaper. Therefore, they demand incredibly high hours from attorneys to make up for it. Family time and a balanced life are frowned upon. work hours: 7am-7,8pm

Clients - check your billing carefully.

Attys- You've been warned. This is a total sweatshop, low pay with high hours, horrible atmosphere, admin crying outbursts at least once per week. Everyone here hates it.

Covington

Firm Culture: As the previous reviewer mentioned, paranoia is the daily order of business. Crazy John Rabalais is always causing both the partners and the associates below him to question themselves and question thier alliances and pitting everyone against each other so he can scare everyone into putting up as many hours as possible.

Time sheets, which must contain at least 10 hours per day are due at 5 p.m. SHARP everyday. Don't have them in? Need another hour next morning to finish up? To bad, you'll be fined for this, money will be deducted from your check. It's illegal to do that? Not in Johnny's world.

If you mess something up, John will announce it to the firm via the intercom system. By calling your name in a very sarcastic tone and then demanding that you phone him at his extension.

The staff and administration are either spies for Crazy Johnny or unite together to protect themselves.

The entire place is kind of like playing a game of survivor but the only person who ever wins the million is John.
Work & Hours: Attorneys are required to bill 200 hours at a minimum. The only way to truly satisfy John is to move a cot into your office.

Salary & Benefits: Reasonable.
The Interview process: Turnover is so rampant that they are professional interviewers.
Overall Impression: Every single day revolves around a crises, some melodrama, internal arguing amongst the partners, and John's paranoia.

Covington

Firm Culture: A joke. John Rabalais fancied himself some sort of blueblood with comments like "if it isn't starbucks, it's dogsht*t" or the tacky art in his office, but in reality he is one generation away from poor white trash. A miserable creature, and he enjoys instilling misery in everyone else around him.
Work & Hours: 200+
Salary & Benefits: 50k
The Interview process: Quick, in and out, keep that revolving door moving
Overall Impression: What a nightmare. A true embodiment of every scary story you've heard about BAD law firms. If you give them the benefit of the doubt, you will get a reality check pretty quickly. They go through about 5-10 attorneys every year, with a overall size of like 15, SO...the letterhead from each successive year is completely different.

There is no reward for working hard for Assholes. You just make them richer and you and your family miserable.

Fellow veterans laugh about it now.

Covington

Firm Culture: it was tense at times, calm at times, not that different from other places
Work & Hours: lots of hours, but there is no demand for 7 am to 7pm like other people have put. myth, not fact.
Salary & Benefits: it offered best salary in the area, extremely competitive with biggest N.O. firms. the 50K post before was probably a high paid secretary
The Interview process: normal
Overall Impression: if you can take actually working for your money rather than working at some other big firm being lost in the mix and going to 2 hour lunches, if that keeps you feeling as though you accomplished something, then stay away. that firm offers challenges that some are up for, some are not. not much social interaction, but the prior postings on here are obviously from people who were let go because they slacked in billing or had personality conflicts. i got along with most everyone, it just wasn't the fit for me because too much of the same type of work.

Covington

Firm Culture: Scary!!!! Everyone is on edge waiting for the intercom screaming to begin, especially when the billable hours are down at the end of the month.
Work & Hours: 8 - 5 Monday thru Friday. They don't tell you to work late or on the weekends, but if you don't work extra it will be mentioned at some point. And don't expect a nice raise, if you are there long enough to get one.
Salary & Benefits: Highest for the northshore. However, they don't compare to the big firms in New Orleans like the last poster said. He/She is on crack.
The Interview process: Quick! If you are a warm body, and you know how to type, you'll do!!!
Overall Impression: Welcome to Johnny's nightmare. However, if you don't bill your ass off and be willing to kiss some ass---do expect to some day be called to Bob's office and be told "it's just not working out"!!!!!!

Covington

Firm Culture: Top service for clients.

There are lots of lies from 1-2 disgruntled former employees who were dismissed.

Paranoia? Only for losers that surf the internet fantasy football sites instead of working.

No vacation/bereavement? Outright lies!

Timesheets at 5 PM sharp? Personal vendetta for someone who never got timesheets in before the middle of the trailing month.

Spies? Come on. Who's on crack?

Perfect? Far from it. But no worse than any other law firm.
Work & Hours: 8 to 4:30

You are expected to handle matters and pay attention to court appearances and deadlines. Young attorneys have the partners to give them direction.

Previous post of 7 AM to 7,8 PM is a total lie.
Salary & Benefits: Competitive salaries, especially for the North Shore (no drive to downtown New Orleans).
The Interview process: Normal. Writing samples are required.
Overall Impression: Previous multiple postings are outdated postings from a disgruntled troublemaker (he quotes a previous poster as being on crack). Do you want to practice law, or play golf?

If you are intelligent and work, you are rewarded. If you surf the internet all day long, then do not apply because yes, you will not last.

Client watch your billing? Time is routinely written DOWN when associates attempt to pad hours (cause for dismissal - and bad "Judged" reviews).

Former employees who have left have asked to be rehired.

Covington

Firm Culture: Paranoia is a perfect description . John Rabalais is impossible to work with . The other partners , his puppets , are worse . The problem is that they do instill misery in everyone else around them . I think they enjoy it . They are miserable people who care only about lining their own pockets . Don't kid yourself , at this place if you don't bill in excess of 200 hours each and every month , you will hear about it .
Work & Hours: While they say 8:30 to 5:00 , it is really much more than that . No work on weekends , you will be trashed behind your back . Leave at 4:55 , you will be reprimanded . And let's not forget to mention the Friday afternoon mandatory "calendar" meeting ... Usually occurs at around 4PM , to make sure all attorneys are at the office late on Friday afternoon . Don't dare miss it ... or make sure you are available by phone.
Salary & Benefits: Competitive . However , you better be ready to put up with excessive crap from the three partners to get it .
The Interview process: A Joke ...if you have a license to practice you can get on here.
Overall Impression: I would not recommend working for these folks . It is a terrible place to work , with unrealistic expectations and miserable people . It is worse for the staff . Don't think about getting up from you desk , ever . Don't be 5 minutes late , ever . A previous reviewer said it best, "family time and a balanced life are frowned upon ." Don't be fooled by the firms entry above . Stay away , and enjoy the practice of law . Get hired on here and be miserable .

Covington

Firm Culture: Oh my...WARNING! Please read carefully. Before I was hired at this firm I came to this website to check out information, and I chose to ignore this information posted thinking maybe it was untrue or just people who were mad/angry they were fired. However, all the information printed is absoultely true. The hours are not 8 to 5, if you even try working this time, you will have conversation with a partner about how you need to put more hours into your work. Everyone I spoke with at the firm hated their job. It was a miserable atmosphere to work in. You work day to day not when you are going to be fired. Over 5 people were terminated during the time I worked here. Everyone basically keeps to themselves so it does not look like "they are causing waves." ONe person on this post stated it correctly "after working here in this type of atmosphere you began to hate the practe of law. If you like the practice of law, than please stay away." These people who work here have no lives, their work is their life, and they expect you to follow that rule also. If you chose not to or try to balance a work life with family life, your chances of surviving here are none. If you are woman with kids DO NOT WORK HERE...I REPEAT DO NOT WORK HERE. Unless you like the fact (like one partner who is always in the office, and I wondered when she ever saw her kid) that you will have no time to spend with your child or watching your child grow. It was so bad, I had dreams about the files. I was speaking to another person who worked here at one time and we both agreed that working there was so miserable you get to the point that you don't want to drive to work, you don't want to get dress or comb your hair. Not that it would matter, based on how the other attorneys and some of the partners dressed.
Work & Hours: They say 8 to 5:30, but this is not true. More like 8 until the last partner leaves M-F, and make sure you come on the weekends.
Salary & Benefits: The salary is good for the Northshore and the benefits were good. But will you have time to enjoy the salary, NOT.
The Interview process: Anyone can get on here, "professional interviewers."
Overall Impression: Read the posts on here carefully for they do not lie. If you need to work here to get by due to the economy than do so, but in the mean time look for another job that will provide stability. "May the Force be with You." Cause you are going to need it working here.

Covington

Firm Culture: Seemed fine at first, everyone was nice. Then, they started just firing people left and right. Some I could understand, others I wasn't so sure. Either way, they were dropping like flies. So, everyone in the firm just started hustling their asses off. And, at that time, it suddenly became impossible to satisfy one partner in particular. Nothing I turned in was even close to acceptible and I quickly learned (
was told)that I would need to know all of my files front to back. One poster said "unrealistic expectations." I'm not sure, but I don't think anyone can memorize every detail of twenty workers comp files which could fill a room and are constantly changing. With all of the other work I had to do just to try to keep up with my inbox, I had no time to pull all of my files and totally memorize them.

Then, one person per week either was fired or quit from that point foreard, until one of the main partners, whos name is in the title, up and left the place--quit for good. Guess he got tired of it. I don't know. I spent every waking moment waiting to be called into the conference room to be fired like the others. I finally just quit. I couldn't handle anymore. It was miserable. I dreaded waking up everyday and yes, getting ready and driving myself to that place.
Work & Hours: 8:00-5:00 for attorneys, but if I was to acually memorize every one of my files, I would have been there 24-7. Once I realized it wasn't humanly possible, i quit the job.

I did try working weekends to "get ahead" but nobody noticed and my supervising partner certainly didn't seem to appreciate my extra work. She was more interested in crticizing my efforts.
Salary & Benefits: Ok, but probabl not worth the stress level. The constant waiting for the call to the conference room, the feel of the chopping block, the constant people coming in and out is so distracting that the stress level goes through the roof. Point being, that the salary is not quite worth the stress overall.
The Interview process: Farly quick. They do so much interviewing it must be second nature. They really do a ton. They interviewed a girl for a receptionist position to replace another receptionist while the original receptonist was still there. The first receptionist (the one who was about to get fired) had to seat the new one and call the partners to come to the front and offer her a drink and all, and probably wondered if or why she was getting fired. Then, a few days later, that first receptionist was crying in the halls because she had been fired. Couldn't believe it. Pretty balsy.
Overall Impression: I was there for a longer time than most others on this blog perhaps, and I did like some of the people. However, when it came time to really consider my longterm career practicing law, i realized that this was not the place for me. I needed something much more layed back, where hard work is rewarded and people aren't driven by fear alone. The fear tactic only works for so long before the indiviudal becomes resentful, unstable, and exhausted in the position -- hence the turnover rate. I overheared the head partner state that he wanted to keep cement floors in the building, "especially with the way our staffing is." All the musical offices (furniture moving), people coming and going, etc. would be too much on the carpets. In my final months there, I saw three to four attorneys fired and close to ten members of the support staff. One partner in particular was beginning to assert herself (and her position in the firm) in a particularly unsavory manner, making everyones lives there particlarly miserable. Every time I heard this mini-darth vader's shoes tap the cement floor on her way past my office I cringed and died a little bit inside. She might be the single most driving force behind my departure. But, to each his own in that firm. Every person in there can probably tell a different story about why they are miserable. Though I would imagine half of them start with a D. Well, its over now. I say a prayer for each person I left behind. If I could, I would come back in a rescue plane and take them all with me. For those who have been there over a longer period, the stress has taken its toll. You can see it on them. I recommend that anyone still there take that little bit of time each weekend and look to see what else is out there. You might be surprised of what you find, life really can get better :)

Covington

Firm Culture: Crazy..people getting fired from staff to attorneys no one is safe....constantly waiting to be fired until you tired of waiting to be fired and it either happes to you or you quit...miserable atmosphere. The lead partner is a miserable creature. He is not happy and never will be. The lesson you can learn from him is that money can not buy you happiness. What you can learn from the minion that is not trying to take control,this is how people act when all they know is work, and have no identiy outside of their work.
Work & Hours: Enough is never enough for this firm. a minimum of 200 hours a month. which is 10 hours a day approximately. falling behind make sure that you come in on the weekends and holidays.
Salary & Benefits: I totally agree with the other reviewer they could pay you six figures and you still would not want it due to the atmoshphere of the place and the stress.
The Interview process: Professionals they are at doing this. They actually interviewd my replacement while I was still working there. I actually covered a court date for a partner, (crazy me thinking I was helping out) so that she could attend the interview.
Overall Impression: To the last poster. You are so correct. Hard work is not rewarded at this firm. And the partner who is asserting her authority is a real pain in the ass, I just really wish she would spend some time with her child instead of making her work her life and being such a bitch. Nothing you do is every right. You can have sincerly yours on your letter and she will mark it out and tell you that using thank you would be more apporpriate. I was told that all of her asistants had quit due to her being basically crazy. The have a turnover rate that can be compared to a telemarketing firm. You can not do enough and you can never make them happy, therefore you will spend your time being unhappy and waiting for the chopping block. They actually told one attorney that in order to obtain the job he/she would have to move to the Northshore, although they hired attorneys later who were not residents of the northshore. After a few months after he/she had uprooted and moved her family to the northshore for this job, they fired this particular person. Let's be honest the mini dark vader D was all behind this. Yes, D may never lose a case, but she has lost in the game of life. She is probably already a distant memory to her child.

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