Remote attorney services are how law firms cut non-billable overhead without cutting capacity. Legal Core recruits, vets, and places remote legal professionals into your firm — handling time tracking and payroll so you stay focused on cases, not operations. Attorneys without support staff log an average of only 2.9 billable hours per day. That number changes when the administrative burden shifts off your desk.
No long-term contract required · Replacement guaranteed within 30 days
Fully Vetted Candidates
Background checks, credentials, skills assessment, and NDA signed before any matter access.
Active in 5–7 Days
From consultation call to a remote attorney working your caseload in under a week.
Practice-Area Matched
PI firm gets PI experience. Immigration practice gets an immigration specialist — not a generalist.
Up to 60% Cost Savings
Compared to a full-time in-house hire. No payroll taxes, health insurance, or office costs.
Cost savings vs. in-house hire
Candidate match turnaround
More leads captured with live support
Replacement guarantee window
The scope is broader than most firms expect. Remote legal professionals handle substantive legal work and daily operational tasks — not just phones.
Remote attorneys support briefs, motions, contracts, and case preparation under your firm's direct supervision. Work product moves through your review process before anything goes to a client or court. Every remote legal professional signs a confidentiality agreement before receiving access to any matter. The chain of oversight stays intact.
Remote lawyers are productive from day one because placement is matched to your practice area. A personal injury firm gets a professional with PI experience. An immigration practice gets someone who knows the forms, timelines, and agency quirks — not a generalist who needs six weeks of ramp-up.
Remote legal staff handle intake calls, correspondence, deadline tracking, and file organization. Calls that currently go to voicemail get answered. Leads that currently fall through the cracks get logged and followed up. Studies show firms capture 55% more leads when live support replaces voicemail — that is revenue your firm is currently leaving unrealized.
Your caseload moves faster when someone is tracking deadlines, organizing documents, and flagging what needs attorney attention. Virtual lawyers and legal assistants work inside your existing case management system — Clio, MyCase, PracticePanther, or whatever your firm already uses.
Every candidate is recruited, screened, and tested before being presented to your firm. Final hiring decisions are made only after client approval and alignment with your firm's requirements. The vetting process covers legal background verification, skills assessment in the relevant practice area, English proficiency testing and technology proficiency.
You see only candidates who have cleared the full screening process. The process takes the hours of sourcing, interviewing, and background checking off your plate entirely.
Background and credential verification
Practice-area skills assessment
English language proficiency testing
Technology and software proficiency review
NDA signed before access to any client matter
Average billable hours per day for attorneys without support staff
That number changes when the administrative burden shifts off your desk.
More leads captured with live support
Lower cost than full-time in-house hire
From consultation call to an active remote attorney on your caseload in 5–7 days. The process has four steps.
Describe your firm's caseload, volume, practice area, and what roles are consuming your attorneys' time most. This takes 20–30 minutes.
Vetted candidates are matched to your firm's specific needs. You review profiles and select who you want to meet.
The selected remote legal professional is introduced to your team, given system access under your firm's protocols, and begins work.
Time tracking, payroll, and performance monitoring are handled. Your firm supervises the legal work. Nothing else changes in how your firm operates.
The risk structure here differs fundamentally from a traditional legal temp agency.
If the placement isn't working within the first 30 days, a new match is found at no additional cost. If a remote legal professional leaves or stops performing after placement, replacement begins within 5 business days. No restart fees. No new placement charges. The replacement guarantee is part of every engagement.
This is how the risk structure differs from a traditional legal temp agency. With a temp agency, turnover is your problem. Here, it stays ours.
The division of responsibility is clear. Your firm does not become an employer of record. You do not handle payroll taxes, benefits enrollment, or time-reporting infrastructure.
| Legal Core Handles | Your Firm Controls |
|---|---|
| Time tracking and reporting | Legal supervision of all work product |
| Salary disbursement and payroll | Case assignment and task prioritization |
| Recruitment and candidate vetting | Access permissions and system credentials |
| Work activity tracking through productivity software | Client communication standards and protocols |
| NDA and confidentiality compliance | Billing and client relationships |
A full-time in-house legal hire costs your firm between $100,000 and $250,000 per year once you account for base salary, payroll taxes, health insurance, office space, and recruiting. That number does not include the cost of turnover — which hits every 18 months on average. Remote legal staffing through this model costs up to 60% less. The table below shows where the savings come from.
| Cost Category | In-House Hire | Legal Core Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Base Salary | $100,000–$250,000/yr | Included in plan |
| Payroll Taxes (FICA) | $7,650–$19,125/yr | Not applicable |
| Health Insurance | $6,000–$12,000/yr | Not applicable |
| Office Space & Equipment | $4,000–$8,000/yr | Not applicable |
| Recruitment & Onboarding | $5,000–$15,000/yr | Handled by Legal Core |
| Turnover Risk | High — avg. 1.5 yr tenure | Free replacement within 30 days |
| Total Annual Cost | $122,650–$304,125/yr | Up to 60% lower |
Monthly engagements cover the remote legal professional's compensation, time tracking infrastructure, performance oversight, and the replacement guarantee. There are no hidden placement fees. No per-hour add-ons for reporting. No separate charge if a replacement is needed. The monthly rate is the total cost to your firm.
Pricing is based on the scope of the role, the experience level required, and whether bilingual (EN/ES) capability is needed. Exact rates are discussed on the intake call based on your firm's actual needs.
Pricing based on:
Remote legal professionals are placed across litigation, transactional, family law, immigration, criminal defense, and personal injury practices. High-volume practice areas — where intake speed, document volume, and case coordination are constant bottlenecks — see the fastest return from remote staffing.
Intake coordination, medical record requests, demand letter drafting, statute tracking.
Form preparation, USCIS correspondence, client intake, deadline management.
Discovery support, document organization, scheduling, client communication.
Research, drafting, court filing coordination, client intake.
Contract drafting and review, due diligence support, document management.
Traditional legal temp agencies place volume. A candidate clears a basic screen and goes to the next available firm. Performance accountability after placement is minimal. Replacement takes weeks, not days. And when a temp leaves, the agency's obligation ends.
The difference here is placement specificity, active performance monitoring, and a guaranteed replacement timeline. Your firm is not passed a candidate — it is matched to one. If that match fails, it gets corrected within 5 business days. A temp agency does not absorb that cost or timeline obligation.
Performance accountability doesn't end at placement. Ongoing monitoring means issues are caught and corrected — not left for your firm to manage alone.
Remote attorneys placed through this model are also held to confidentiality standards that temp agencies typically do not enforce — every placement signs an NDA before their first task.
How Remote Legal Professionals Integrate Into Your Existing Workflow
Remote staff adopt your firm's tools, communication channels, and protocols from the first week. This is not a vendor relationship where you learn a new platform — it is a staffing relationship where the remote professional adapts to how your firm already operates.
Virtual lawyers and legal assistants work inside your existing case management system, document storage, and communication tools. They join your Slack channel, your Clio workspace, your email system. Your attorneys supervise the work the same way they would supervise any staff member — through task assignment, review, and feedback.
Works inside
✓ Clio ✓ MyCase ✓ PracticePanther ✓ Slack / Email ✓ Your existing toolsGet matched with a vetted remote legal professional in 72 hours. No long-term contracts.
