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Contract Staffing | Case Studies | Request Staffing | Perspective Papers | Offshore-Legal.com
Case Studies: Contract StaffingWho: Corporation with multistate operations What: Need for a senior-level paralegal Challenge: Corporation could not add permanent staff due to a company-wide hiring freeze Solution: The Lumen Legal database was leveraged to quickly identify dozens of experienced legal professionals in the work-site area. Three were interviewed and reference-checked, and their profiles submitted to the client. After six months on the assignment, the chosen interim paralegal was notified of the corporation’s intention to make her a permanent employee once the hiring freeze was lifted.
Who: Midsized law firm What: Needed a real estate transactions attorney experienced with construction and lending issues Challenge: Accomplish current heavy workload without commitment to additional permanent staff Solution: Multiple candidates were identified by Lumen Legal, and an attorney with 10 years of commercial real estate experience was chosen. The $75 hourly rate was billed to the client at $150/hour (pursuant to ABA Ethics Opinion 00-420). During the first year, 1,600 billable hours yielded a profit of $120,000 for the firm. |
