Pollack, Pollack, Isaac & DeCicco, LLP

Pros: I enjoy how dynamic and fast-paced it is. Gaining experience with such a hands-on firm has been a gratifying affair. The team is quick to help when needed and everyone is genuinely friendly.

Cons: The emotional toll it takes on you wanting to help our clients in the currently rough political environment. Additionally, more remote days would be appreciated.

Partners to Avoid and Why: Not in my experience.

Current or former employee?: Current Employee

Job type: Full time

Pros: Every case represents someone's future—the chance to reunite with family, pursue education or career goals, or find safety and stability. Guiding clients through such an emotional and often complex process is incredibly rewarding.

Cons: This role requires on-site presence and isn't available for remote work.

Partners to Avoid and Why: Not at all.

Current or former employee?: Current Employee

Job type: Full time

Advice to law firm management: Keep nurturing the learning culture — it's what sets PPID apart. The experience shapes strong, capable lawyers, but goes a long way. Balancing intensity with mentorship keeps the best people here longer

Pros: You'll get hands-on experience with complex, high-stakes work early on.
The PPID group is full of incredibly intelligent, driven attorneys who set the bar high and push you to rise with them.
You learn more in one year here than many learn in five elsewhere.
The partners values initiative: self-starters thrive, and hard work doesn't go unnoticed.
Excellent training in judgment, precision, and professionalism.

Cons: It's demanding and high expectations are the norm.
The learning curve is steep and you have to be proactive and knowledgeable to succeed.
Structure can feel rigid at times, but that's part of what keeps quality consistent.

Partners to Avoid and Why: Keep nurturing the learning culture; it's what people need to thrive and grow. The work already develops strong lawyers, and continued investment in guidance and career development will take the team even further

Current or former employee?: Current Employee

Job type: Full time

Cons: 2.0 Former Employee, less than 1 yearPPID has a revolving door of administrative staff and paralegals.Immigration Paralegal in New York, NY ProsClean and comfortable work environment, latest technology and installations all over the office. Office casual wear is acceptable, casual Friday's.ConsTitle says it all. Employees are not valued and there is a constantly revolving door. Time is invested into training each person on hiring sprees and then they are fired on short notice, no warnings given. Partners are prone to yelling at at staff. Very little room to grow.Hire an ethical representative to assistant admin on how to treat staff

Current or former employee?: Former Employee

Last Year at Employer: 2022

Job type: Full time

Cons: 1.0 Former Employee, less than 1 year Terrible Employer 12 Oct 2021 - Support Staff Pros For an employee, there is nothing. Cons Decicco was incredibly cruel and temperamental. this is a REVOLVING DOOR and not for the reasons management claims. there are so many law firms with excellent staff that don't treat their employees badly. if there are constant complaints about treatment and the revolving door, then the problem isn't the employees it's the firm and firm mangement. it's not that hard to figure out. 1.0 Former Employee, more than 5 years Poorly managed firm with a revolving door of staff. 16 Mar 2019 - Associate Attorney in New York, NY Pros If you work there long enough you will gain experience. You will get to see some very interesting cases. Management is almost non-existent so you get to work without having someone over your shoulder all the time. The office is very nice and pretty high tech. Cons The lack of management means that things fall through the cracks and that employees are often unsure of what their job duties are. Management also had no idea who was doing what a lot of the time so they would keep giving you more work even when you already a massive caseload you could barely keep up with. I don't think management actually knew how difficult and stressful our jobs were. There is no room for growth. The staff is mostly young people that would come and go. The associate attorneys would usually be entry-level or close to it and if they lasted more than a couple of years they would either leave or bet let go and be replaced by a new entry-level attorney. I saw this cycle at least 5 times while I was working there. It seemed to be the main way they kept operating costs down. Employees are let go or terminated regularly. Most employees were constantly in fear of being terminated. Even staff members that had been working at the firm for a long period of time would get fired for minor infractions, having a bad attitude, calling in sick, or simply because business slowed down. People were often hired and fired within as little as 3 months. Every day was a busy day. I never really knew what my day would be like when I showed up to work. I would also be assigned things last minute so at 4pm I might be given something and told it must go out before you leave and now I am working until 8pm, so it was difficult to have any sort of life outside of work. I could be about to leave work and at 5-5:30pm I'd be told I have to be in court the next morning at 7am for a case you know nothing about. Some times I would have to travel for overnight trips on short notice. I had to work on holidays and on weekends sometimes. You may also pick up some bad habits working here. This firm doesn't operate like most and the way things are done at PPID are not the way things are done at most other firms and are sometimes not the right way to do things. Conrad Pollack is not a particularly nice person. He sees the world in decimals and dollars. He will say that he has a business to run so he has to operate the way he does, and he may honestly believe that, but as a result, he sees his employees as nothing more than mechanisms to be used for his financial gain. Advice to Management Treat your staff better. Try to think of your employees as people rather than commodities traded for your personal financial gain.Mohiuddin Faisol1 review6 months agoCharge too much. I had a contract for a-z $10000 of my asylum case. I paid him $14000 over the time and still asked for another $2500 for an RFE, which is nothing but send my school ID to USCIS.Avoid.

Current or former employee?: Former Employee

Last Year at Employer: 2022

Job type: Full time

Cons: I had the unfortunate experience of working with Allen Kay, who is an extremely greedy lawyer. He consistently charges more than what was agreed upon in the contract and takes advantage of vulnerable people. For example, he charged me $350 as a fee for simply sending paperwork to USCIS. I would not recommend this lawyer to anyone.

Current or former employee?: Former Employee

Last Year at Employer: 2021

Job type: Full time