I wouldn’t normally do this but it’s more of a public service. I would strongly advise anyone considering working with boutique securities firm Sichenzia Ross Ference, to avoid it. You will be underpaid ($100k for 1st years in NYC), worked harder than BigLaw (nights and weekends) and likely to be verbally abused. Feel free to reach out to former associates there and you may get some morsels of what I’m telling you. See comments for more.

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Just came here to say thank you. I don’t work in this area or geographic market but you’ve done your fellow attorneys a real service.

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This is so juicy and I love the drama. That voicemail is insane. Out who the woman is!

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I can’t. I just can’t. I don’t know what could possibly ever justify this kind of treatment. I’m sorry OP.

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She appears to have deleted her LinkedIn...

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Jeeeeez. My loans were just forgiven thru PSLF but I think I’ll stick with public employment for a bit longer if this is how partners treat associates.

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Where do you work A19?!

Here for this. The more we call out people like this the faster this type of behavior will be stopped!

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I’ve actually been on the opposite side of deals with this firm and I had no idea they were this toxic. Omg.

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Why is someone this much of a hard ass for someone who is probably shomer Shabbos

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Lol I was thinking that too!

It appears that Avital Perlman has deleted herself from LinkedIn. I initially viewed her profile a few days ago and now it’s gone.

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Highly intrigued, but the file will only play with download. Anyway, I hope you’ve landed somewhere better.

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Viruses. I downloaded it anyway. Fingers crossed!

She’s awful.

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She’s been at 3 firms in how many years? Surefire sign someone sucks

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3 firms since 2010 is not unusual but it’s true: she sucks

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If I had heard that years ago I would have never went to law school. F that b****

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Any update on Avital?

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The firm supported her.

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Just commenting to say that I had a client come to me with a potential follow on for a VC financing for an SRF client come across my desk. Their legal work was shoddy and the deal was outright scammy.

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Damn.

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I remember this story from a few weeks ago. Hope you’ve settled in at your new place and doing well!

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Here. I’m assuming the OP is fine with people having the background since they keep posting in this bowl. Search for voicemail and you’ll get to a string of posts

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No person should speak to you like this even if she believed you had to be on call

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There are a couple of more securities boutiques like that.

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Mintz and Fraade had an epic glass door account. I think the named partners were both disbarred.

https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2019/11/14/2-manhattan-attorneys-resign-from-bar-in-wake-of-allegations-of-misappropriated-funds/

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WOW

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I saw the article on ATL and while her behavior doesn’t warrant any bar action, this was clearly a litigation related matter not an active deal. Look at this person’s practice area. Just ridiculous.

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it was litigation?! that makes the partner's behavior even worse

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