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      DLA Piper

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      DLA Piper reviews

      3.7

      67% would recommend to a friend

      (1,040 total reviews)
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      Charles Severs and Frank Ryan

      69% approve of CEO

      65% positive business outlook

      DLA Piper has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,040 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The DLA Piper employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Legal industry (3.8 stars).

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      1.0
      Oct 6, 2013

      Not honest people

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      salary and benefit package a plus.

      Cons

      If you play up to attorneys you might stand a chance. HR although on site, not on site, people are not valued.

      3.0
      Jun 30, 2009

      The good, the bad and the ugly.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The pay is decent, higher than most firms in the area. The lawyers, both partners and associates, are nice to work with and very good at what they do. The office building is top quality, the admins' cubes are spacious and private, and each admin has his or her own printer. There are regularly scheduled technical training sessions, both in-person and online.

      Cons

      The people with the best skills get all the work and the long hours, but not necessarily the higher pay. Some lawyers can't give their assistants anything remotely complex, because it won't get done correctly. The lawyers then have to find other competent admins in the office to do the work or do it themselves. Often times, the admin they seek out makes less money than their own incompetent assistant, so you end up with lower skilled people enjoying a work/life balance and more money while the highly skilled people do all the work and earn less per hour.

      4.0
      Dec 12, 2025

      S

      Senior associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Friendly, supportive environment; smart people; flexibility with remote working; breadth of practice for transactional lawyers

      Cons

      Lack of internal communication; high attrition; partners join and leave the firm constantly which doesn't help with stability; 'valuable firm time' system to recognise non-billable contributions towards bonuses has been scrapped; target hours for bonus at 1750 similar to MC without the pay

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