Law Firm Administration with Julia Taylor

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In this episode, Alay and Julia discuss:

Why a virtual law firm administrator can help your firm.
Limitations of virtual law firm staff and paralegals.
When to add someone to your team.

Key Takeaways:

Law firm administrators can help with tasks that aren’t necessarily billable but are revenue-generating like case management, newsletters, marketing, billing, and more.
If your firm is relying on paper, it will take longer to get up to speed quickly with a virtual administrator or paralegal.
Having a fractional COO can turn into a long-term partnership as you grow.

Tweetable Moments:

“While we don’t call it online business manager, we term it virtual firm administrator or fractional COO so that it resonates with our law firms.” — Julia Taylor
“There are a lot of things that could be done remotely for firms that I’m handling myself. Where there’s a will, there’s certainly a way.” — Julia Taylor
“A really good firm administrator is a six-figure position, and so that prices out a lot of law firms from being able to have that back office support they need. We’re able to give that to our firms on a subscription basis.” — Julia Taylor

About Julia Taylor:

Julia Taylor is the owner and managing paralegal of LevLegal, LLC, and one of the Co-Founders of Hirics, LLC. Although LevLegal started out as a virtual paralegal business, it has quickly turned into a one-stop shop for attorneys and law firms looking to start up or reinvent their practices. Julia and her team now provide virtual paralegal/assistant, Virtual Firm Administrator/Business Manager, operations/software consulting, and staff training for law firm clients nationwide.

Julia dedicates her time to helping her clients streamline office processes, train staff, reduce overhead, and properly outsource their needs so that they can focus more on actually practicing law. She also manages a team of dedicated and experienced paralegals who serve LevLegal clients in various practice areas throughout the country.

In her capacity as co-owner of Hirics, a nationwide recruiting firm that has broken the traditional recruiting model, Julia helps her law firm clients find top talent from file clerks to lateral partners by leveraging technology, building intimate relationships with decision-makers, and reducing recruiting fees so that recruiting is a service available to law firms of all sizes and revenue levels.