Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

OUR SURVEY SAYS

Vault’s Verdict: With Silicon Valley’s most promising start-ups and some of tech’s biggest names as clients, Wilson Sonsini associates are happy to be doing, in the words of one lucky attorney, “sexy work” with “sexy clients.” On the downside, working deals for those clients can be a 24/7 affair.

Associate Life

Satisfaction
• “I am satisfied with the quality/type of work I am doing and the amount of client interaction I am receiving. This is not a micro-managing firm—you are left with enough freedom to operate.”
• “Clients are exciting. There is opportunity for growth and learning. My one gripe is that work comes in waves and you sometimes have to work just to find work. Sometimes there is more work than you can handle, and other times it is up to you to bother people about handing some work to you.”
• “The work is challenging and often interesting. The attorneys in my group are generally supportive and open to discussion. However, the hours are unpredictable.”
• “Despite the expected document review assignments, the work has been relatively interesting for a first-year workload. The clients that we work with here in the Silicon Valley are top notch, which leads to interesting cases.”