You don't matter unless you're an attorney - Marketing & HR Maynard Nexsen Employee Review

1.0
Nov 16, 2023
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Pros

-Some of the attorneys were nice -The pay was average for the position. -The work was interesting due to the variety of different practices.

Cons

-Incredibly high turnover particularly among HR and Marketing departments -Staff and non-attorney positions are not valued. You can tell by the differing benefit packages. Staff gets 6 weeks maternity leave and attorneys get 16 weeks. An attorney's word will always be taken over a member of staff's and one attorney not liking a marketing/HR/IT/etc project will be enough to kill it even if that attorney has no experience with that type of project. -Speaking for the Birmingham office (which is the largest office by a lot), it has the type of culture where you can be on the same floor for a year and most attorneys will never bother to talk to you or introduce themselves. There was at least one attorney that new employees are instructed not to introduce themselves to. -I'll second another reviewer that mentioned their DEI program is a joke. It also doesn't include staff as they only pretend to care about diversity in attorneys. -Many attorneys seem to forget that their staff are not being paid several hundred thousand a year to work around the clock like they are. Last minute requests and work on nights/weekends happened regularly.

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5.0
Jan 31, 2026
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Pros

Great benefits and pay package (plus bonus incentives for billable time). There are great opportunities to pick up work across the entire firm footprint nationally if you're willing to learn something new as the firm is expanding. Some of the most knowledgeable attorneys I have ever worked with and the vast majority are super appreciative of your efforts.

Cons

TOO much technology (and constant retiring of others that had more robust features and were more user friendly). Sometimes there is entirely too much work on short deadlines; however, there's a good pool of varied experienced paralegals willing to pitch in (however, you have to monitor their work while performing your own).

1.0
Mar 1, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Depending on your office location, the atmosphere might be ok.

Cons

Communication is nonexistent. Support staff do not matter. Admin will tell you to your face that you matter but there's zero proof of that. The only goal of the firm is to grow, grow, grow. They're obsessed with becoming "big law" and AmLaw status but refuse to invest and improve the infrastructure for day to day operations to make the firm function. HR is abysmal. Policies are gray. There is no consistency or accountability. Good employees get more work and bad employees are allowed to continue doing whatever they want. Tech is horrific. Programs and applications across the firm are inconsistent. Machines constantly break. Good luck getting help from the service desk. It's a good old boys club run by mediocre white men.

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