Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Also Known As: Moore & Van Allen, MVA, MV&A, Moore and Van Allen, M&VA

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GENERAL INFO

Headquarters: Charlotte, NC
3 offices
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THE BUZZ…

"As white shoe as Charlotte gets"
"Excellent, underrated"
"Can be a sweatshop if you're in the wrong department"
"Cream of NC"

NEWS AND UPDATES

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Uppers

Quality and sophistication of work
Collaborative work environment
Easygoing people

Downers

Bonus tied to strict billable hour threshold
Mentoring needs improvement

ABOUT THIS COMPANY:

Big on banks

Established in Charlotte in 1950, Moore & Van Allen currently employs 250 lawyers in its three offices. While including a broad-based business practice and offering the typical full range of legal services, Moore & Van Allen has a renowned financial services practice which serves such high-profile clients as the Bank of America and Wachovia Bank, two of the nation's top five banks. Beyond the banking realm, the firm also has strong departments in intellectual property, commercial litigation and real estate.

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SALARIES

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SURVEY SAYS

"Sophisticated and interesting"

Associates at Moore & Van Allen rave about the "sophisticated and interesting" work they do for clients including Wachovia and Bank of America. Despite the big-name clients, the environment at MVA is almost universally described as "laid back and friendly" and "accommodating of individuals' personalities." Partners are pleasant, for the most part, and "yelling, demeaning behavior would not be tolerated" at MVA. After-hours interaction among lawyers happens, but it's not a central part of the firm's culture: "While some lawyers socialize together and most lawyers have good relationships with their peers, many opt not to socialize with one another since they spend so many hours per weeks together already."

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Getting Hired

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Difficult and competitive, but worth it

Moore & Van Allen recruits on-campus at top law schools in the Southeast (with stops at Harvard, Yale, Michigan and Texas, as well), and favors candidates who are in the top 20 percent of their class and/or on law review. According to one insider, the firm "places a lot of importance on resume prestige"; and others confirm that MVA is "a difficult and competitive place to get a job but well worth the effort." Beyond the numbers, associates say that "the standards have become somewhat murky in recent years," but in general the partnership is seeking "motivated, energetic, communicative, intelligent applicants." It also helps to have "a sense of humor that is tempered with an understanding that we have to act as professionals in all dealings with the outside world."
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