How a Mid-Sized Law Firm Scaled to Handling More than 1,000 Cases Leveraging Virtual Staff

Mid-Sized
10
Virtual Staff
$1.02M
Annual Cost Savings
1,000+
Cases Managed
$2.5M
Added Annualized Revenue

A mid-sized law firm was able to make the leap from a solo practice to operating at scale by hiring virtual staff. Over the course of 3 months, they hired over 10 virtual staff members to help establish a foundation to ramp up their caseload. The key challenge was balancing their need for core support and specialized roles throughout their organization. Legal Soft successfully navigated these challenges, assisting the client in scaling up resources as needed over time.

Three years ago, I was a solo attorney drowning in admin work and unable to grow because of high overhead costs. By adding virtual staff to my team, we tripled our caseload. Today, we’re a growing mid-sized firm with faster turnaround times, two new practice areas, and a 220% revenue increase.
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Lawyer

By choosing to staff up with Legal Soft's premier pool of U.S.-experienced legal professionals, our client was able to improve the quality of their work, control hiring costs, and ensure client satisfaction.

Goals & Objectives

Our case study determined the increased revenue, cost savings, and efficiency improvements associated with hiring remote staff for U.S. Law Firms. The firm compared the financial impact of employing remote staff versus full-time, in-house staff.

Cost Savings Breakdown

Remote

Attorney

vs. In-House

Attorney

Annual Salary
Benefits & Bonus
Space & Equipment
Total Cost Per Year
3 Remote Attorney
$120,000
$0
$0
$120,000
3 In-House Attorney
$548,000
$137,000
$18,000
$703,000

Remote

Case Manager

vs. In-House

Case Manager

Annual Salary
Benefits & Bonus
Office Space & Equipment
Total Cost Per Year
2 Remote Case Managers
$61,000
$0
$0
$61,000
2 In-House Case Managers
$172,000
$43,000
$12,000
$227,000

Remote

Paralegal

vs. In-House

Paralegal

Annual Salary
Benefits & Bonus
Office Space & Equipment
Total Cost Per Year
5 Remote Parelegals
$175,000
$0
$0
$175,000
5 In-House Paralegals
$333,000
$83,000
$30,000
$446,000

Remote

Attorney

vs. In-House

Attorney

Annual Salary
Benefits & Bonus
Space & Equipment
Total Cost Per Year
3 Remote Attorney
$120,000
$0
$0
$120,000

Remote

Attorney

vs. In-House

Attorney

Annual Salary
Benefits & Bonus
Space & Equipment
Total Cost Per Year
3 In-House Attorney
$548,000
$137,000
$18,000
$703,000

Summary Savings

Mid-SizedMid-Sized
Attorneys:
$583,000
Case Managers
$166,000
Paralegals
$271,000
Total Annual Savings
$1,020,000

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