A freelance or independent contract paralegal is one who is self employed and available to take on work for attorneys and others within the legal profession. As a freelance paralegal, I may assist you on cases for the short term, long term, per diem or per case projects with no commitments beyond any commissioned assignment.
If
your staff is too busy or you are a sole practitioner, simply
stated, it is cost effective to hire an independent paralegal to
work on specific projects or cases that will not require your
firm's commitment to a full time salaried employee. Your firm
will be free from the usual expenses required for a salaried
employee. There are no overhead expenses, no health
benefits, no vacation time, no sick time or employment taxes.
You are billed only for the work completed, per a prearranged
agreement.
The sole practitioner or small law firm will certainly benefit from my more than sixteen years of experience in the areas of Estate Administration, including probate, administration and small estate proceedings, Guardianship proceedings both Article 81 and SCPA Article 17 and 17A and all accountings associated with these proceedings. I have also worked in the areas of real estate, formation of corporations, adoptions, name changes and Social Security Disability proceedings. I am familiar with the Surrogate's Courts and Supreme Courts in the five boroughs and Westchester County, Nassau County and Suffolk County.