Hire Counsel Reviews

Pros

Project leads and managers are very helpful and patient. Great rotating cast of coworkers. Most of the time instructions are clear. Higher pay than other players in town. Jodie and Michael are very responsive.

Cons

Unexpected breaks between projects.

Pros

If you are experienced in doc review they pay as well as most.

Cons

The company does virtually no training, coaching or prep. They let people go very abruptly with no warning far short of the term promised at hiring

Pros

The project was interesting and the hiring law firm personnel were professional.

Cons

The quality and lack of professionalism of some of the other attorneys working on the project was horrible, I was verbally and emotionally harassed by another female attorney, who made the environment hostile to work in and I asked to be moved to a different working place. This attorney was constantly talking and not doing her work. We were working in a small office environment and she made it very difficult for the others in our small group to work. A few of the attorneys in the group weren't doing much work because of the talking and socializing, and others of us did so much more. It's easy to see who is doing work by checking with the document review software. Even document reviewers can do this. Also, doing document review in a closed space with no windows is not healthy.

Pros

It took years to get my first assignment, so consider yourself lucky when you get called....even if the project doesn't start immediately. Once you are called, being on time, a team-player and giving an honest days work will get you called again, over and over. The projects can be short or long term. I worked at other document review companies in L.A. and none compare to Hire Counsel. Bernadette Savage and Sharon Secor are hard-working professionals in a tough, competitive and stressful industry who are, nevertheless, a pleasure to work with....just do your job and don't try to cheat the company. I never felt harassed or mistreated...which seems rare in the legal industries these days. I only left because I moved away and accepted a position closer to my new home.

Cons

None. Most who complained were just not good fits for this type of work, but have no other choice. I just ignored their complaining and they seemed to washout over time with the more positive ones being retained. I'll miss the many lawyers I worked with, I met some very fascinating and cool people. Be prepared to work overtime to make big bucks!!!