Overview
Introduction
With a stronghold in Florida and offices in the Northeast, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC, Carlton Fields has grown from a long-time sole office in Tampa to 11 offices and about 330 attorneys. Collaboration, both internally among attorneys and externally with clients, is key to the firm’s success. Diversity has long been championed by Carlton Fields—Doyle Carlton, when he was governor of Florida, advocated for women’s voting rights in the 1920s and was named to the country’s first Civil Rights Commission.
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Vault Verdict
Carlton Fields generally looks for candidates with some work experience on their resumes, though they also consider candidates straight out of law school. The firm has a collaborative atmosphere, and attorneys are not in competition with each other. Firm-sponsored events are well attended, but impromptu after-hours socializing is less common. Partners are genuinely interested in mentoring associates—with whom they often work on-on-one—and the firm offers a fair amount of transparency, particularly regarding financials. Hours can ebb and flow, but associates are generally satisfied with their compensation for those hours. Associates rave about their work and the level of responsibility they are given. While attorneys don’t report a wide variety of wellness initiatives, they are pro...
About the Firm
Carlton Fields, PA is home to more than 300 lawyers practicing across 11 offices. The firm has a strong national trial practice, as well as experience in myriad areas, including antitrust, business transactions, class actions, construction, employment, healthcare, insurance, litigation, M&A, real estate—to name some.
Spreading Through the Sunshine State and Beyond
Giddings Mabry founded Carlton Fields over a century ago with the help of his father Milton Mabry—a former Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice—and Doyle Carlton—who would go on to become Florida’s 25th governor. The firm has maintained its strong reputation in Florida and is among the Top 20 firms in Vault’s Best Law Firms in Miami. Over the years, the firm has branched out beyond the sunshine state, adding offices in...
Diversity at Carlton Fields, P.A.
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