Fredson Statmore Bitterman Reviews

This firm is extremely unethical, unprofessional and if you want to get to the top, you have to play dirty. Think of Morgan and Morgan. Because that’s what they’re aiming to be if they haven’t so already. Partners get promoted NOT due to merit. Attorneys getting the most money they can from clients while not even discussing the offers to them. Some get intimidating/hostile towards support staff but get swept under the rug completely due to the fact that they can bring in good money. By being able to do that, it justifies them treating their workers and peers horribly. You can be friendly with them, but if they find something that they don’t like about you, they WILL find a way to fire you. And if you speak up on it, you will get retaliated. Staff will not provide constructive feedback to your face. No, but you will hear their complaints from the partners and office manager but no sort of feedback from the person who made the complaint themselves. Non-attorneys are settling cases, with one in particular due to their direct connections with providers’ offices because the firm will thoughtlessly send letters of protections to them because they send their clients there by default. Yet, that person is being subtlety advertised as an attorney on their site. Attorneys/partners will pressure clients to get injections, or even surgery from the firm’s preferred medical provider because it adds more value to a case and brings more money for BOTH parties. Some of the medical providers’ offices don’t function very ethically themselves either. One was under fire for functioning under an expired license, the other for over billing their clients. Yet, the firm continues still work with them. Office manager has no HR experience yet has been leading all three offices. She is friendly with the problematic support staff and will let them slide with almost anything you can think of, which has included hostility and almost violence in the workplace. Yet, for the ones her and upper management doesn’t favor, they will go through great lengths to find any mistake to micromanage you on until you break and leave the firm. The Clark location is another mess of its own. They will spew racist and political ideals that have nothing to do with these cases and be proud of it. What does any of that have to do with the work itself??? Where is the professionalism there??? Where’s HR in that case? But, the paralegals really do run the firm. The 75% that are there are extremely knowledgeable and very nice. However, intake is a mess. I can’t blame the workers at all (at least in that regard), they’re just so backed up. They open files without having all the information. They don’t follow up on it either because of how many cases they need to open on a daily basis. Up to a year can go by, and there’s still missing documents that they never followed up on. Health insurance cards, medical records, police reports, no claim open... This is due to the high influx of new clients that the partner keeps making them take. As great as the paralegals can be, they can act extremely catty and sometimes disrespectful to other support staff. But it’s understandable given how catty the attorneys are themselves and are proud of it. It’s just the culture of the firm. They brag and thrive under working unethically.

Working at this firm was exciting at first. The opportunity seemed promising, and I was eager to contribute. However, that excitement quickly turned into a nightmare. The amount of work expected is absurd. At first it feels almost manageable, but before long, it becomes overwhelming. You’re constantly assigned new cases without any consideration for your current load. Even when you're struggling or burning out, it's treated as your fault. Higher-ups, including one of the partners, consistently refused to take responsibility for anything. They were extremely rude and self-centered. There's no system of accountability in place, especially for those in power. Speaking up or questioning anything is immediately met with reprimand, while certain individuals face zero consequences no matter what they do. Some partners are kind and supportive, but others are extremely shady. They’ll smile, shake your hand, and already be plotting to fire you or remove you from a case. Many of them are closely connected, and if you ever raise concerns or file a complaint against one, you should be ready to look for a new job. They do not tolerate being questioned and will find a way to get rid of you if you step out of line - (they'll find a punctuation error in a form you submitted 9 months ago and question your performance) It feels like someone is promoted to partner every other month. I don’t know what the structure is supposed to be, but it seems like everyone eventually becomes a partner regardless of merit. Meanwhile, people are constantly being fired for minor or unexplained reasons. It makes the entire operation feel unstable and untrustworthy. Once the ONLY HR person in the entire firm goes into your office, you know someone's getting fired! The hiring practices are disorganized at best. People show up for interviews that no one was even aware were scheduled. Office management is a mess. It might look polished from the outside, but that is entirely because of the paralegals. Without them, the firm would fall apart within an hour. The paralegals are not just the backbone of the firm. THEY ARE THE ENTIRE BODY. They run everything, keep the structure intact, and hold the place together. If they left, the entire operation would collapse. There are serious ethical concerns. I witnessed non-attorneys settling cases, which should never happen, but at FSB that is fine. The firm clearly prioritizes profit over professionalism or protocol - so if you have morals get ready to look away as they urge a client to get treatment they don't want. As long as attorneys get paid, it doesn’t matter if the client walks away with nothing. Paralegals are left to explain this to clients and are often told to frame it as if the client is lucky to have received anything at all, or point the finger at the big bad insurance company. Letters of protection are issued without proper case review. Internal systems, even basic tasks like coordinating lunch, are poorly handled. If you're expecting a nice Holiday party, just take the day off and go to your local bar -it's literally the same thing. Everything is chaotic and reactive rather than thoughtful or professional. Honestly, I’m surprised there hasn’t been a malpractice lawsuit against this firm yet. The lack of structure, ethical oversight, and accountability makes it incredibly difficult to do your job with integrity or peace of mind. It's not just dysfunctional. It’s dangerous.