The firm provided the ideal combination of technical acumen and enthusiastic customer service. They worked diligently to achieve the overarching objectives and improvement. The team paid close attention to detail and offered rapid response times.
Review Left On 02/28/2020
Nicol Pietrowski
Doing a Farmers Market at the Kirkland Law Office. How wonderful!
Kirkland & Ellis is based in Chicago where I currently reside. I worked in the Washington, DC office as a legal assistant for three years prior to law school. I enjoyed working for the firm and generally fit well into the firm culture. However, I was discriminated against due to my sexual orientation and my rating is reflective of their inappropriate conduct. In addition, I believe that the firm has intentionally used my identity without permission to appear more diverse. I do acknowledge, however, that the firm culture may be different in each office.
After graduating from college, I accepted a position as a Case Assistant and then as a Legal Assistant with Kirkland & Ellis in DC. At the time, attorneys often joked about a partner in San Francisco being a closeted homosexual. It created an uncomfortable environment, especially when a vendor noticed I was singing in the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington and brought me a news clipping at work.
I learned that my sexual orientation had been discussed prior to joining the firm because my resume listed the “Yale Coalition for Marriage Equality.” In one instance, I was unfairly denied pay for overtime when working on an election fraud case in Ohio. During my third performance review, I should have been promoted to Legal Assistant II but was told that it was too much paperwork for someone who is leaving for law school in a month. I had been scored at the highest possible level by almost every reviewer in every category (with only a few items listed as “5 - exceeds expectations” instead of “6 - outstanding” which was described as being almost never used.). I believe I was denied the promotion to justify denying employment after law school. Nevertheless, I applied to work in the Washington, DC office and the San Francisco,CA office for my 1L and 2L summer employment. I was never granted an interview in DC and was only provided with an initial interview for the 2L summer in San Francisco.
Seven years after leaving Kirkland & Ellis, I was researching jobs online and found my name listed in the Capitol LGBTQ Bar Association online directory. Although no title was given, it suggested that I worked for Kirkland & Ellis and showed my former office telephone number. I tried calling the number and was surprised to hear my own voice on the voicemail still accepting messages. I immediately requested removal of the listing. I never expected the telephone number and voicemail to be active seven years after separating from the firm. No other employees of Kirkland & Ellis were listed in that directory during those seven years.
Although I was naive at the time, I now recognize this as workplace discrimination. To make matters worse, my primary assignment had been on a securities fraud case involving 310 technology companies and every major investment bank. It created conflicts with a huge number of companies and made alternate employment more difficult to obtain.
Kirkland & Ellis is a highly rated firm with very talented attorneys. However, my personal experience leads me to question the firm’s ethics. Kirkland & Ellis charges a lot of money and rarely provides meaningful descriptions on billing statements. Does this seem like a firm you should trust with your business?!
Review Left On 07/28/2019
Sarah Sanchez
One of the most corrupt law firms in our country. Who worked there? Kavenaugh, Acosta, Barr, Dershowitz and Bolton. CORRUPT and helping Trump commit treason with their sleazy lawyers. They should all be disbarred.
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After graduating from college, I accepted a position as a Case Assistant and then as a Legal Assistant with Kirkland & Ellis in DC. At the time, attorneys often joked about a partner in San Francisco being a closeted homosexual. It created an uncomfortable environment, especially when a vendor noticed I was singing in the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington and brought me a news clipping at work.
I learned that my sexual orientation had been discussed prior to joining the firm because my resume listed the “Yale Coalition for Marriage Equality.” In one instance, I was unfairly denied pay for overtime when working on an election fraud case in Ohio. During my third performance review, I should have been promoted to Legal Assistant II but was told that it was too much paperwork for someone who is leaving for law school in a month. I had been scored at the highest possible level by almost every reviewer in every category (with only a few items listed as “5 - exceeds expectations” instead of “6 - outstanding” which was described as being almost never used.). I believe I was denied the promotion to justify denying employment after law school. Nevertheless, I applied to work in the Washington, DC office and the San Francisco,CA office for my 1L and 2L summer employment. I was never granted an interview in DC and was only provided with an initial interview for the 2L summer in San Francisco.
Seven years after leaving Kirkland & Ellis, I was researching jobs online and found my name listed in the Capitol LGBTQ Bar Association online directory. Although no title was given, it suggested that I worked for Kirkland & Ellis and showed my former office telephone number. I tried calling the number and was surprised to hear my own voice on the voicemail still accepting messages. I immediately requested removal of the listing. I never expected the telephone number and voicemail to be active seven years after separating from the firm. No other employees of Kirkland & Ellis were listed in that directory during those seven years.
Although I was naive at the time, I now recognize this as workplace discrimination. To make matters worse, my primary assignment had been on a securities fraud case involving 310 technology companies and every major investment bank. It created conflicts with a huge number of companies and made alternate employment more difficult to obtain.
Kirkland & Ellis is a highly rated firm with very talented attorneys. However, my personal experience leads me to question the firm’s ethics. Kirkland & Ellis charges a lot of money and rarely provides meaningful descriptions on billing statements. Does this seem like a firm you should trust with your business?!