Cadwalader Wickersham Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Cadwalader Wickersham full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Super smart people, good clients

Cons – Boring office, bad location, bad cafeteria

Advice to Senior Management – learn to give constructive feedback

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Cadwalader Wickersham

Pros – Straight forward type of work

Cons – The interior isn't that great

Former Employee – worked at Cadwalader Wickersham full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Effort to improve social atmosphere.
Great pay.
Perks like dinner and car if you work late.
Depends on the department but generally good people to work with.

Cons – Long hours.
Very little room to get promoted to partner.
Try to squeeze every bit of work out of you and then discard you.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Cadwalader Wickersham full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Name carries well and the cases the firm brings in are complex

Cons – No one will be invested in you...

Advice to Senior Management – Focus on junior associates..it may decrease turnover.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Cadwalader Wickersham full-time for more than a year

Pros – As long as you understand what you're getting into with becoming a big firm lawyer, I'd imagine you can do much worse than here. CWT has some great people and great groups. The offices are top notch and the leadership with Chris White has definitely stabilized since the crisis (the fact that they survived the crisis is a minor miracle).

Cons – Hey it depends on what group you're in, who you work for and how thick your skin is. Some combination of these factors will determine your happiness (assuming you're ok with churning away at work).

Advice to Senior Management – None, nice job Chris!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Cadwalader Wickersham

Pros – Good environment to work in

Cons – A lot of supervision there

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Cadwalader Wickersham

Pros – Sophisticated transactions; good people; great offices; strong management

Cons – Capital markets have been a problem

Advice to Senior Management – Keep it up

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Cadwalader Wickersham

Pros – Some of the work, great offices, benefits and some people. Some good CLE programs.

Cons – Some, at least half, of the work. Lack of control over schedule.

Advice to Senior Management – More attention to diversity hiring. More attention to working mothers.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Cadwalader Wickersham

Pros – Very intelligent and competent co-workers make CWT a congenial place to work. Competitive pay and very good benefits. Get to participate significantly and in a meaningful way on deals and transactions that are very important to clients.

Cons – As a paralegal with no JD there's no opportunity for advancement in career unless one is content simply being a paralegal. Communication from senior leadership leaves much to be desired.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Cadwalader Wickersham

Pros – Compensation, compensation, compensation, and compensation.

Cons – Hours are brutal and the chance of making it to partner are slim.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop hoarding profits and stop burning out junior associates for the bottom line.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend