Productive Environment with Career Growth - Hearing Representative Law office of Young W. Ryu Employee Review

As a first-year attorney, I have gained invaluable litigation experience from the start. The firm's senior attorneys train you to handle your own cases from their inception to settlement or trial. I feel that I am truly part of a team that values my ideas and hard work. Unlike first-year attorneys at other firms, here I get hands-on experience in all important stages of the cases including court appearances, depositions, mediation, and arbitration. The managing partner and senior attorney are supportive and will provide guidance when needed. As with most successful firms, this is a fast-paced environment. You will have your own caseload and will be in regular contact with clients and opposing counsel. It is important that you live up to your resume and the representations you make during your interview regarding your experience. If you cannot handle the most basic of litigation tasks after representing otherwise (e.g. if your resume describes yourself as "totally experienced”) you should expect to be micromanaged so as not to jeopardize your clients’ case and the integrity of this firm. After being with the firm for 1 year, my hard work has not gone unnoticed. The firm offers many incentives and just in my 1-year span, these have grown to reflect my dedication and perseverance. There is a great benefits package, salary, bonuses, and even free lunch. There is also a fully-stocked fridge and pantry with snacks and drinks!

I have been with the firm for almost exactly 1 year and have not come across any cons of working here at LOYR, APC.

I've worked here for almost two years now. The firm has a competitive commission incentive plan, and plenty of raises if you are committed to improving at the job. You'll have a lot of responsibility and tons of mentorship which makes this a great academy for new lawyers. Weekly meetings will help you get back on track and ask any questions to help you understand case progression in general. After a while, you will get the hang of case management, and your caseload (and thus commissions) will increase tremendously. Due to our growing reputation, and our willingness to put careful attention into each case, the firm has grown very fast since I started working here. Some competitors practice a "mill" type business strategy where they send out dozens of settlement demands each day hoping that some defendants will bite. Here, you get to learn all stages of litigation, while actually helping people in need in an ever-increasingly tough economy.

A lot of lawyers have not succeeded here. They all have the same issues in common: 1) Bad tech skills; 80% of this job is all about creating documents in Word/Adobe, then filing them online, all from your computer. If you struggle with technology, you will struggle as a lawyer in general, but especially here where the attorneys do their own filing/e-service/calendaring and other such tasks. 2) Poor time management. With the amount of output expected of each lawyer (actively developing all 15 to 40 cases in your case load) a failure to plan ahead will lead to huge log jams, leading to you quickly becoming the one that's holding everybody back. If your boss is telling you you are taking too much time to complete a task, learn something from that. 3) Big egos; Not being willing to recognize that as a new attorney, you are not knowledgeable about litigation and best practices for the above (especially, how to manage your time). You have to be willing to learn, and not just think you can coast along at this job. If you can't handle being educated about how to do better, then you will struggle. Come in with an open mind, and a lot of eagerness, not with a sense of entitlement just because you went to law school.