Avoid this place - Attorney Kennedys Employee Review

2.0
Aug 13, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Some good clients and interesting work. Good experience to get better jobs elsewhere.

Cons

Partners in the U.S. are greedy and self-centered with terrible people management skills. There is a lot of attorney turnover, from young associates to newly minted partners to senior partners. The firm is a mill where padding of bills is expected and encouraged, although clients have caught on to the fact that defense spend is higher than other firms.

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5.0
Jun 19, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Amazing office manager - Amazing colleagues who help and stay long late when needed - Attorneys are great to with for and are very helpful

Cons

- Bathrooms, especially those in female restroom, could use more soap. Otherwise, amazing place to work and no cons.

4.0
May 27, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Your experience in Defense group is highly dependent on who your managing partner is. Good work-life balance. Manageable case load. Fellow associates generally nice and willing to help. Secondment program allows you to take a week long work trip to another Kennedys office anywhere in the globe and learn about foreign legal system. Depending on your team, you can handle some really interesting cases that even go outside of ID realm.

Cons

Support staff sucks. Management doesn't want to invest in support staff. Pay is not the best. NY firm is a bit siloed. Its still ID work so it can get miserable at times. Sometimes firm culture can be a bit catty - lots of people talking behind your back and you gotta watch what you say to certain folks.

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