Legal Services
As a Virtual Paralegal, I can create work product for your firm off-site and online, resulting in billable client hours for your practice.
All projects are completed with the highest levels of integrity and confidentiality. I am a Freelance Paralegal who can provide legal assistance to your firm by the hour, the project or by retainer.
- Draft legal pleadings
- Prepare discovery responses
- Draft Interrogatory responses
- Order medical records/police and ambulance reports
- Abstract Depositions
- Legal and Internet research
- Summarize transcripts and depositions
- Prepare medical transcript summaries
- Draft demand letters for collections
- Scheduling meetings
- Scheduling mediation appointments and deposition statements
- Organize files and chronologies
- Coordinate with outside vendors for trial preparation
- Create and maintain client files
- Follow up calls
What is a Freelance Paralegal?
A freelance paralegal, also known as a contract paralegal, is no different than a traditional paralegal except to the extent that s/he is not employed by an attorney in a traditional setting such as a law firm, governmental entity or corporation. Rather, a freelance paralegal is retained on an as-needed basis by many supervising attorneys in these settings. Freelance paralegals are educated and qualified to perform paralegal work just the same as traditionally-employed paralegals.
What is the difference between a Freelance Paralegal and an Independent Paralegal?
An independent paralegal, also referred to as a forms practitioner or document preparer, usually performs work without attorney supervision. Often, this work is not considered legally substantive, but clerical in nature. Work is performed directly for, and delivered directly to the consumer, or member of the public. This is completely different than work performed by freelance or contract paralegals.
Freelance paralegals perform paralegal work with attorney supervision, unless otherwise permitted by statute, administrative regulation or court rule. The paralegal work is legally substantive, delegated and reviewed by the supervising attorney, delivered to the attorney and would be accomplished by an attorney, but for the paralegal performing the work.
The above statements are taken from the NFPA website: (“Freelance Paralegals: Trade Secrets of Success.” NFPA – National Federation of Paralegal Associations. NFPA, Web. 11 Dec 2009. <http://www.paralegals.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=336>.
I am not an attorney and therefore cannot give legal advice. Any work requested to be performed must be reviewed by an attorney prior to filing with any court in any jurisdiction of the United States of America.
