Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

OUR SURVEY SAYS

Vault’s Verdict: The troops at Akin Gump certainly put in the hours, but they see the results in their paychecks and in the firm’s outlook, and manage to put in some friendly socializing in between late nights.

Associate Life

Satisfaction
• “My job is interesting and challenging. I have constant client contact, work on interesting issues and have a great deal of responsibility. My biggest complaint is that the workload can be overwhelming.”
• “I feel very fortunate to be in a place where I receive substantive work, with (mostly) reasonable hours, and very humane attorneys.”
• “Overall, my experience at Akin has been very positive. I have gotten more substantive experience than friends at other big firms, and my cases are interesting.”
• “If your section is busy, you're crushed. Although we're a big firm, each section is its own island and management refuses to let us use slow associates from other sections to help because it won't count towards our section’s bottom line.”

The firm says: “Akin Gump provides numerous opportunities for cross-collaboration.”