Sentences with phrase «served by a paralegal»

For instance, assessing the issue or challenge that a client wants resolved may determine that the client would be better served by a paralegal.

Not exact matches

Older Rhode Islanders and their families are well served by Mr. Heffner and his team of four paralegals, who guide them every step of the way with Medicaid applications, guardianship matters, special needs planning, nursing home asset protection, and wills, trusts and estate planning.

These are: (1) the role of the firm in serving the client's needs; (2) the specific assignment undertaken by the lawyer; and (3) who, or what level of a person at the legal organization, will work on the matter, including a proper division of skills (senior attorney, specialist, newly employed associate or paralegal).

The first is areas of demand that are currently served by lawyers and paralegals.

Hint: Your paralegal or assistant can help you with this by serving as part of your business development team.BigLaw #LegalMarketing tip from @DGrabein: Your contact list is one of your most important business development assets.

Eugene Meehan, Q.C. is quoted in Canadian Lawyer and Law Times as saying, «When we think of law societies, we tend to think of an «organization for lawyers, by lawyers» — but in practical reality it's now a mixture of lawyers, paralegals and non-lawyers — all of which reflect the public we serve».

h) What is the business «cost / benefit» of hiring an articling student — and would firms be more well served by hiring highly trained paralegal assistance?

Paralegals and support staff, typically employed by the shared office provider, can also help line up court reporters, file paperwork and serve subpoenas.

They are set up to be able to operate from the best place to serve the client, be it from home or from client offices, through a cloud - based system, supported by paralegals employed by the firm as well as by a roster of senior, ex-city and national firm lawyers who are happy to work on a project basis (read: gypsy lawyers).

Following her study of paralegals several years later, Paula Pevato observed that there was «substantial evidence... suggest [ing] that the legal profession's hostility toward paralegals is motivated, to a large degree, by a self - serving desire to maintain a monopoly over the delivery of legal services to the public.»

The solution, if there is one, is either to (i) provide greater public subsidies for legal aid / community clinics to serve a broader range of Ontarians or (ii) change the regulatory environment to allow for the cheaper provision of «routine» legal services by paralegals (this latter approach, I suspect, would go over like a lead balloon amongst my fellow lawyers).