Wednesday, February 25, 2009

compared to paralegals working from a home office

compared to paralegals working from a home office. While it is true that before the bankruptcy law changed on October 17, 2005 there were unscrupulous people with no experience who attempted to prepare petitions directly for the general public – the new bankruptcy law now makes that almost impossible.
Additionally, non-attorneys preparers who used to draft petitions for the general public (and some of them did a better job than some law firm employees) found they can earn a higher income and maintain a steadier stream of work by working under the direction of attorneys. Therefore, non-attorney petition preparers working for the general public are a dying breed.
Matt: But what about due diligence? The bankruptcy law now imposes a fine for attorneys if they do not exercise due diligence.
Dennis: Personally, I have never had any of these problems occur. The virtual assistant verifies all the information provided by the client on the intake forms. The virtual assistant also conducts an online

Hiring virtual assistants helps to eliminate “office gossip”
that is common with salaried employees and
costs your law firm money.

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