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Posted By n/a on 7/21/2008 10:06:18 PM
Subject: Charging for freelance work - suggestions?
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I've been unofficially doing freelance paralegal work for various attorneys for about a year since getting my degree.  I specialize in researching issues and writing reports for the attorneys, briefs to the courts, motions, etc.  I have generally "wowed" every attorney who has used me.

In my area, most lawyers and law firms hire a full-time secretary, but don't have the resources to also hire a full-time paralegal to do the things I do.  Whenever they need services like mine, they contract out.  So, with the encouragement of a local defense attorney and prosecutor, I am considering filing an LLC and advertising myself.

My problem is:  What should I charge?

I don't want to rip myself off, but I also don't want to seem audacious on accident.  I want to have a fair price that attorneys won't bristle at, but also make enough to live on.

So, paralegals:  What do you feel comfortable charging?
And, attorneys:  What do you feel comfortable being charged?

Any and all advice is appreciated.  Thank you!

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