| Are you a solo attorney spending most of your | | | | time to invoice your clients, your VLA can |
| time tending to time-consuming legal | | | | generate your invoices and forward them to your |
| administrative tasks? Do you often leave the | | | | clients for payment. |
| office exhausted only to recall you haven't billed a | | | | 2. Digital Transcription |
| single hour that day? If this sounds like you, you'll | | | | Have you finally realized you can get more done |
| want to continue reading. | | | | when you dictate your letters and pleadings? A |
| The good news is you have decided to go solo at | | | | virtual legal assistant can transcribe your digital |
| an ideal time. With the growth of the internet, and | | | | recordings and analog tapes. Just dictate your |
| the exploding virtual assistance industry, you can | | | | letters, pleadings or a long list of tasks, and have |
| now get the support you need without incurring | | | | your VLA transcribe your recordings and deliver |
| the costs of a full-time salaried legal assistant. | | | | them to your inbox. If you want, you can |
| There is a simple two step process, which I | | | | phone-in your dictation to your virtual legal |
| recommend you follow if you wish to free up | | | | assistant for prompt transcription. |
| more time to practice law. | | | | 3. Deposition Scheduling |
| First, come to the realization you cannot do it all | | | | Depositions are essential to most legal matters. |
| on your own. Going solo does not have to mean | | | | However, scheduling depositions can be a |
| working solo. Once you have reached that | | | | headache when you are continuously playing |
| conclusion, hire a virtual legal assistant (VLA) to | | | | phone tag with the other party. Let your VLA |
| help you manage your law practice. | | | | coordinate the deposition with you, the witness, |
| Legal Administrative Tasks your VLA can Handle | | | | and the other attorney. Your VLA can add the |
| Now that I have your attention, I'm going to list | | | | deposition to your calendar, secure a court |
| three essential tasks a virtual legal assistant can | | | | reporter, reserve the conference room, prepare |
| take off of your to-do list today. | | | | and mail the deposition notices for you. |
| 1. Time Tracking & Invoicing | | | | When you decided to go solo surely you didn't |
| If you are not keeping track of each moment | | | | expect to carry everything on your shoulders. |
| you spend working on your clients' cases, you are | | | | Delegate those time-consuming legal administrative |
| probably losing more money than you'd like to | | | | tasks to a virtual legal assistant, and get back to |
| admit. Let a virtual legal assistant keep track of | | | | practicing law. A VLA will help you increase |
| the time you spend on each case. Just email or | | | | productivity and your billable hours. |
| fax your timesheets to your VLA daily. When it is | | | | |