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<blockquote data-quote="Jena" data-source="post: 204182" data-attributes="member: 4514"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>No, I like all the advice I knew i'd get it straight here and not sugar coated......why do you think i came to all of you?? lol</p><p></p><p>yes I thought of that as well, right now i'm covered under the attorneys malpractice insurance because i'm working under an attorney. If i were to do it on my own i would have to go ligit open a llc, get insurance, also ein number the whole thing. </p><p></p><p>I billed hourly for my time, and alot of attorneys' i'm running into now locally with small practices are doing a one time fee deal as opposed to the larger firms that bill out on 15 min. increments. There are certain laws pertaining to legal assistants and paralegals with whom enter into this field. I cannot give legal advice. I can only give Procedural advice such as ok this is what we need to do, these are the forms, here are the steps. I cant "sway" them in anyway by stating well i think you should do this or that. </p><p></p><p>plus, the work i do is basic to be quite honest, as long as you know the steps, it can get hairy yet it's basically probating lwt's, filing petitions, filling out the petition, having client appointed as fiduciary of the estate and then walking them through the process, the only problematic area i can see is the return dates. I could go with the client yet i couldn't speak on their behalf at all, or advice them in court. i'd just be there as a grounding force for them. the guardianships are my true passion i worked on two this past 5 mos. helping people on that level, the parents it's unlike anything i've ever done before. going with them and their children to various doctor appointments, seeing their faces light up that for the first time in a long time someone is there to help them, stand by their side at the doctor's and talk to the doctors about the various affidavit's that need to be filled out and how. cases i've handled are children with down syndrome and simply exhausted parents. anyone can do anything here in new york on their own pertaining to any court. Yet they make the laws seem so complicated and the forms, and the process so they run to an attorney with whom overcharges for their time, etc.</p><p></p><p>i saw it in my court alot. I often dealt with people abroad who stood to gain a financial sum due to a relatives passing, and they were bewildered with how to proceed. I got in a trouble a few times because i told them what to do so as not to pay an attorney here in new york to handle it for them. </p><p></p><p>anyway good points from all of you. Trinity that was a great idea on how to market myself. I have to say I worked for a private law firm once, a rather large one i was there for four mos and than ran back to my oldjob begging to come back. i made the most money i ever made in my life, teh work was tedious and long, the attorneys were a horror. i would do the work and it would sit on their desks for days, literally until they reviewed it. than they would find one sentence that they'd decide they wanted different wording on (their own choice) and they'd bill the client for it. Every min. of my day was accountable for, even my bathroom trips. main aim was to see how much i could bill out on any given day. just for example my billable rate per hour there was $200 an hour/my pay was umm a fraction, very very small fraction of that billable hour.</p><p></p><p>ok i ran on bigtime here. thanks for your thoughts and honesty</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jena, post: 204182, member: 4514"] Hi, No, I like all the advice I knew i'd get it straight here and not sugar coated......why do you think i came to all of you?? lol yes I thought of that as well, right now i'm covered under the attorneys malpractice insurance because i'm working under an attorney. If i were to do it on my own i would have to go ligit open a llc, get insurance, also ein number the whole thing. I billed hourly for my time, and alot of attorneys' i'm running into now locally with small practices are doing a one time fee deal as opposed to the larger firms that bill out on 15 min. increments. There are certain laws pertaining to legal assistants and paralegals with whom enter into this field. I cannot give legal advice. I can only give Procedural advice such as ok this is what we need to do, these are the forms, here are the steps. I cant "sway" them in anyway by stating well i think you should do this or that. plus, the work i do is basic to be quite honest, as long as you know the steps, it can get hairy yet it's basically probating lwt's, filing petitions, filling out the petition, having client appointed as fiduciary of the estate and then walking them through the process, the only problematic area i can see is the return dates. I could go with the client yet i couldn't speak on their behalf at all, or advice them in court. i'd just be there as a grounding force for them. the guardianships are my true passion i worked on two this past 5 mos. helping people on that level, the parents it's unlike anything i've ever done before. going with them and their children to various doctor appointments, seeing their faces light up that for the first time in a long time someone is there to help them, stand by their side at the doctor's and talk to the doctors about the various affidavit's that need to be filled out and how. cases i've handled are children with down syndrome and simply exhausted parents. anyone can do anything here in new york on their own pertaining to any court. Yet they make the laws seem so complicated and the forms, and the process so they run to an attorney with whom overcharges for their time, etc. i saw it in my court alot. I often dealt with people abroad who stood to gain a financial sum due to a relatives passing, and they were bewildered with how to proceed. I got in a trouble a few times because i told them what to do so as not to pay an attorney here in new york to handle it for them. anyway good points from all of you. Trinity that was a great idea on how to market myself. I have to say I worked for a private law firm once, a rather large one i was there for four mos and than ran back to my oldjob begging to come back. i made the most money i ever made in my life, teh work was tedious and long, the attorneys were a horror. i would do the work and it would sit on their desks for days, literally until they reviewed it. than they would find one sentence that they'd decide they wanted different wording on (their own choice) and they'd bill the client for it. Every min. of my day was accountable for, even my bathroom trips. main aim was to see how much i could bill out on any given day. just for example my billable rate per hour there was $200 an hour/my pay was umm a fraction, very very small fraction of that billable hour. ok i ran on bigtime here. thanks for your thoughts and honesty [/QUOTE]
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