WHY SHOULD YOU HIRE A FREELANCE PARALEGAL?
Cost Efficiency: Save on overhead by hiring a freelance paralegal only when needed, avoiding full-time staff expenses.
Time Savings: Delegate time-consuming tasks like drafting documents, freeing you to focus on strategy and client advocacy.
Specialized Expertise: Access a paralegal with specific skills, such as personal injury case management, for targeted support.
Flexible Support: Scale assistance up or down based on caseload, perfect for solo or small-firm attorneys.
Improved Organization: Keep case files, evidence, and deadlines meticulously organized, reducing stress and errors.
Faster Turnaround: Speed up document preparation and discovery responses with a dedicated freelance paralegal.
Client Satisfaction: Enhance client communication and updates, as a paralegal can handle routine inquiries.
Trial Readiness: Get trial-ready with well-prepared exhibits, binders, and research, ensuring a polished presentation.
Work-Life Balance: Reduce your workload, allowing more time for personal life or business development.
Reliable Backup: Gain a trusted partner to handle overflow work during busy periods or unexpected absences.
WORK WITH THE PROFESSIONALS AT MACALESTER LEGAL SUPPORT SOLUTIONS
• Information Management: Set up and manage effective systems for organizing, accessing, and retrieving information and documents using databases, filing systems, and digital tools.
• Electronic Case Files: Create and maintain detailed electronic case files that either replicate traditional physical files or are tailored to the firm's specific needs.
• Project & Case Updates: Provide consistent updates on project progress and case status to stakeholders through reports, meetings, or other appropriate channels.
• Compliance & Docket Management: Ensure compliance with filing requirements and regulations while keeping case dockets accurate and current.
• Coordination & Collaboration: Promote seamless teamwork by coordinating tasks, responsibilities, and communication among all involved parties.
LITIGATION SUPPORT
EARLY STAGES & DISCOVERY
• Claims Investigation & Analysis: Conduct detailed research and early case assessments to pinpoint key issues and develop potential strategies.
• Document Management & Production: Support electronic document organization, including indexing, file maintenance, and preparation for review and disclosure.
• Client & Stakeholder Interaction: Engage with clients, opposing counsel, government agencies, expert witnesses, and other parties to collect information and data.
• Data Analysis & Reporting: Review documents, categorize data, create chronologies and charts, perform calculations and statistical analysis, and extract key information from transcripts.
• Legal Document Preparation: Draft and review legal documents such as correspondence, interrogatories, document requests, discovery responses, financial statements, and pleadings.
• Legal Research & Information Gathering: Perform thorough factual research using online databases, libraries, and public records.
• Litigation Support: Prepare for depositions by assembling documents and exhibits, and summarize transcripts to highlight key findings and critical issues.
• Public Records Research: Conduct extensive research into public records, including court dockets, bankruptcy filings, and secretary of state records.
TRIAL PREPARATION & SUPPORT
• Trial Readiness: Meticulously organize electronic exhibits, files, and supporting documentation to prepare for trial.
• Motion Support: Assist in preparing motions by compiling electronic documents, proofreading drafts, organizing exhibits, and creating detailed document indexes.
• Witness Binder Preparation: Electronically compile witness binders with interview memos, digests, and relevant documents.
• Subject Matter Binders: Electronically prepare binders for all pertinent subject matters.
• Research & Document Retrieval: Perform thorough document searches and factual research using electronic databases and other relevant resources as needed.
