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      3.0

      58% would recommend to a friend

      (20 total reviews)
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      Charles Park

      71% approve of CEO

      42% positive business outlook

      NSIP Law has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 20 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The NSIP Law employee rating is 20% below average for employers within the Legal industry (3.8 stars).

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      20 reviews
      1.0
      15 Nov 2017

      Use, abuse and throw away.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Flexible hours, hard working staff and decent benefits.

      Cons

      This place is an internal mess. Not only is there no HR department to handle sensitive issues (i.e. sexual harassment accusations, promotions, demotions and new job assignments) but the partners who "lead" the firm are petty insensitive and cruel. During my time working at NSIP not only were all staff and associates treated like replaceable space holders but associates or supporting staff were let go with no notice every quarter. Any kind of friendships that were formed were unacceptable (i.e. the "partner" who is in charge of hiring and firing would target individuals who formed friendships and fire them one by one.) This mentioned partner would also have staff and associates escorted from the building and left on the curb not allowed access to their belongings after she let them go. Said partner would then also keep tabs on what associates and staff were doing outside of work hours and even on days off to the point where even a texting group was no longer allowed. Favoritism for Korean speaking employees from one of the partners was so blatant that many others were left feeling uncomfortable. (i.e. said partner would give the Korean Employees allowances for them to go out to lunch among themselves. Many other staff witnessed said partner take his wallet out and give the group of Korean speaking employees cash for them to go out.) All in all the partners who are in charge of this firm are unorganized and are only interested in keeping people for no more then 2 years. They shame you for having children, ridicule you for becoming a first time parent, mistreat you for taking any kind of vacation or for any family emergencies that may happen. If you are a single Korean woman with no children looking for experience this is a great stepping stone to move into a more established firm as they prefer to hire supporting staff and associates with little to no experience. Otherwise prepare to be used until they find someone else. Abused by the treatment of "upper management" until they toss you on the literal curb when your shelf life of 1 -2 yrs expires.

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      NSIP Law Response
      7y
      On occasion, the firm faces a difficult decision to let go one of its members. Often, the decision comes about due to the incidents, including, but not limited to, negative client feed backs and repeated mistakes in handling important matters for our clients. We try to do our best to provide a fair number of warnings before the decision to terminate the relationship. In the case of the above, what appears to be one of the multiple posts by the same poster, the firm respectfully disagrees and would like to set the records straight. Readers may also refer to the firm’s Response to similar allegations in the below post. The concept of being “used and thrown away” is inconsistent with the business of law. The firm invests great deal of resources, including the paid training and the training provided by the other paid senior employees, to bring someone with little experience to fully competent professional. This may take 1-2 years. To then, “throw away” this trained employee goes against all reason. As the readers can discover from the firm website, we are proud of our diversity. The firm currently has a member out on a second maternity leave, and the position will be waiting when our member returns. Our members are free interact on their own in their own time outside the firm without anyone’s say. Although rarely occurs, an employee let go may be escorted out the door discreetly. This is because the firm handles confidential client information, and we value our employee’s privacy as well as the trust placed by our clients with their confidential information. To keep the post short, we refrain from addressing each-and-every inaccuracies of the above post. The managing partner heads the HR matters for the firm. The firm is actually proud when it comes to promptly addressing HR matters and requests. We are also proud of our family-oriented atmosphere. Those interested in joining our practice are encouraged to apply in confidence in response to our next hiring ads. Sincerely, NSIP Law
      1.0
      27 June 2017

      They layoff an Associate almost every quarter

      Associate
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      Pros

      The billable hours requirement is pretty reasonable

      Cons

      They layoff at least one Associate almost every quarter

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      NSIP Law Response
      8y
      NSIP Law is a prospering boutique intellectual property law firm located in downtown Washington, D.C. Our practice has steadily grown over the years. NSIP Law offers a competitive salary with the rare opportunity to grow along with our practice. We value highly driven team players, motivated to provide top-quality work products for the firm and the firm’s fortune 500 clients. We also value a balanced life style for our members. The firm on occasion is faced with a difficult decision to let go one of its members. Often this is based on incidents, including, but not limited to, a negative client feedback and lack of production numbers. However, the firm provides our members monthly feedback along with a fair number of warnings before a decision is made to terminate the relationship. We regret to hear the reviewer above felt that advance notice was not provided before the termination. The firm respectfully disagrees but the reviewer is entitled to his/her opinion. The firm, however, wishes to set the record straight about the reviewer’s misleading statement that the firm lays off “at least one Associate almost every quarter.” The reviewer is being less than honest with this statement. This is obvious based on the admission by the reviewer of being employed less than a year. This is also why the reviewer appears to have inserted the word “almost” in his/her statement to hide not knowing the fact. NSIP Law is proud of our low turn-around rate compared to some of the other law firms in the greater Washington, D.C. area. Those interested in joining the firm are advised to submit their inquiries in confidence in response to the next hiring ads.
      1.0
      25 Apr 2018

      Unethical Firm

      Specialist
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Flexibility of work hours; Health insurance, building security staff is friendly. Building has nice restrooms. Building workers clean daily. Cleaning staff is extremely friendly.

      Cons

      Everything else. As the previous reviews mentioned, unless your Korean you have no chance of surviving here. Retaliation, favoritism, abs abuse of power is definitely what you’ll get working here. If you happen to upset one of the Korean workers unintentionally... or if they just don’t like you prepared to be fired! Management is very deceitful and none of the managing partner can be trusted in my opinion. During my time there, several people were terminated without cause and the constant fear if you could be the next is stressful. Consider other firms before seeking employment with this firm.

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      NSIP Law Response
      7y
      We regret to hear that your experience with NSIP Law was not as positive. Thank you for noting our flexible hours. Our health insurance is also excellent and some of our departing employees have decided to retain their coverage through our firm for as long as possible. We, however, respectfully disagree with your opinion about favoritism and our ethics. We value transparency and diversity. The managing partner heads the HR matters for the firm, and in most cases, there exists HR records in support of the termination. The firm invests great deal of resources, often including the paid training and the training provided by the other paid senior employees, to bring someone with little experience to competent professional. This may take 1-2 years. To then, “terminate without cause” this trained employee makes little business sense. Again, we regret you feel your experience was not as positive and we will continue to better ourselves for our employees. Sincerely, NSIP Law
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