About Part Time Legal Services
Many growing businesses require the same type of legal services enjoyed by their large competitors, but are faced with a dilemma: they can’t support or can’t afford to employ a full time in-house counsel, nor can they afford the astronomically high hourly fees charged by traditional law firms.1
Large corporations employ full time in-house counsel for three main reasons:
- They recognize the business advantage in having a legal professional attend to the legal service needs of their organization;
- Improved quality, responsiveness, and loss prevention are achieved by an intimate knowledge of the business and the development of strong relationships with ownership, management and employees;
- Where there are more than 30-40 hours per week of required legal services, the salary/benefit costs of employing a full time in-house counsel is substantially less than utilizing traditional law firms for the same amount of hours.
This model provides growing businesses with the same type and quality of in-house legal services enjoyed by their large competitors, at a fraction of the cost of traditional law firms, by providing as needed in-house counsel services as a part time employee. Like full time in house counsel, services are provided by an experienced attorney who understands your organization and goals, but at significantly reduced overhead cost, and only when necessary.
Now, since your in-house counsel will be a part time employee, there are no medical benefits to provide, and no overhead costs associated with office space, vacation or other benefits.2 Your part time attorney is on your payroll when you need it, and off it when you don’t. As your part time attorney, I provide your organization with legal services just as your competitor’s full-time in-house counsel does, but at a fraction of the cost.
Welcome to the future of legal services for growing businesses: part time in-house counsel.
(1) Click here to learn about annual lawyer billing rate surveys.
(2) Normal federal and state wage withholdings still apply as with any part time employee.