How Remote Staff Can Help Small Firms Punch Above Their Weight
Modern, cloud-based technology makes it easier than ever before to manage these relationships. The post How Remote Staff Can Help Small Firms Punch Above Their Weight appeared first on Above the Law.
What was a forced decision five years ago is now an option that is being warmly welcomed by law firm owners everywhere: The use of remote staff as a viable method for managing workload.
Attorneys are utilizing virtual staffers (admininstrators and paralegals), as well as lawyers of all experience levels, on projects or on a fractional basis. Modern, cloud-based technology makes it easier than ever before to manage these relationships, and using virtual staff allows law firms to work with the best people, without being limited by geography.
That’s why we brought law partners Carlin Phillips and Andrew Garcia of Phillips & Garcia PC onto the Non-Eventcast podcast: to talk over how they use remote staff in their practice.
I kicked things off by talking about Portuguese culture (and, food) — as one does — which is a very important part of the community that Carlin & Andy practice in (4:32, 6:35).
Then, we moved on to a discussion of outsourcing, by chatting about how that’s accomplished in a high-end litigation practice (10:22), as well as how the firm uses the LawClerk platform to find contractors (11:04, 11:59, 14:48).
After that, I asked the attorneys about some of the challenges they’ve had, in bringing on contractors (20:00, 22:36), including how and when AI comes into play (25:45).
Next, Andy and Carlin discussed the option of co-counseling as a potential alternative to utilizing contractors (30:22). Finally, the attorneys addressed how contractors can allow law firms to scale effectively at lower cost (31:47), and help smaller firms to punch above their weight (32:52).
If you’ve been thinking about using outside contractors in your law firm, but aren’t sure where to even start, we’ve got all your bases covered, in this episode of the Non-Eventcast podcast.
Jared Correia, a consultant and legal technology expert, is the host of the Non-Eventcast, the featured podcast of the Above the Law Non-Event for Tech-Perplexed Lawyers.
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