Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson P.A.

It might be all the Miami sunshine, but Stearns Weaver associates are quite the happy bunch. "This is a great place to work and I couldn't be happier," declares a fourth-year associate. Stearns Weaver is a "great firm with great people," echoes a real estate lawyer. Insiders uniformly describe the firm culture as collegial, fostering relationships between partners and associates that are "the best I have ever seen," according to a junior attorney. "One of the best things about the firm is the culture. People are friendly and laid back, and genuinely like each other. It is not hierarchical. There is a genuine respect for people's lives outside the office," reports a litigator. Similarly, a mid-level relates that "I wouldn't want to hang out with all the partners in my department, but I feel like I could if I wanted to. Like any firm, when things are tight, folks get snippy, but there is never a question of respect." Overall, another source concludes that "the firm culture is fairly laidback. Most of the attorneys and staff have been with the firm for decades and it has a genuine family feel--though nobody would think of Gene Stearns as the kindly old grandfather!"