A hierarchical crony shop that admittedly only looks to hire and retain mediocre attorneys.
Pros
No one micro-manages your activities.
Cons
Despite lip service being paid to the so-called "Chartwell family", you are only as valuable as your current billing numbers and how much money you are making for the firm, regardless of how long you may have worked there, what courtroom successes you may have had, or how skilled you may be. The titular head of the firm believes that all attorneys are fungible and only looks to hire and retain mediocre attorneys, which perhaps explains why attorneys and staff are underpaid and the raises are significantly below market rate. If you want your career to be boiled down to just how much money you make for the firm and you have no desire to excel or be surrounded by the best, this is the place for you.