Pros
There are no pros, unfortunately.
Cons
The attorney that owns the firm will mislead you to think you'll only be working 40 hours a week when really its more like 50-60 hours a week, he will ask you to come in on weekends because he takes on more clients than he can handle and does not let any associates take clients for themselves. The attorney is a narcissist and he speaks to his employees condescendingly, he will swear at you and yell at you in front of everyone in the office (the suite is shared with another firm). He uses his employees as an extension of his personal agenda; like making you walk across the street to starbucks to get him coffee because he's too lazy to do it himself when he's on his way back from court. He makes racist and sexist comments and makes fun of his own clients calling them fat, ugly, and a bunch of other horrible things. He shames people who are overweight and tends to hire young petite females. He gets mad if you have to leave work early or take time off due to an illness. Good luck asking to leave early during a winter weather warning, he will either say no or give you a hard time about it. Attorney Halks has a bad reputation in family law and many family law attorneys do not like him or respect him at all because of his personality and hostility. Everyone at the Suffolk Probate and Family Court dislikes him as well after they witnessed him yelling at an associate of his on the phone for missing his calls while she was speaking to the clerks. If you want to have a good reputation in law, avoid working here. The only good reviews he has are on his website from his clients which don't mean much since he calls them and asks them to leave good reviews and will keep calling them till they do. No bad reviews are on his website because he chooses which ones he wants to display so don't be fooled. Since March 2019, he's had 7 employees quit because of how disrespectful and unprofessional he is. He has a hard time keeping employees because of his behavior and fails to realize that HE is the problem. I had co-workers at his firm that were going to therapy because of him and losing their hair from the mental distress he caused. Save yourself, don't work here.