Paralegal Services

JusVox connects attorneys, law firms, businesses, and legal professionals with experienced paralegals available for freelance, contract, remote, temporary, and full-time work. Find paralegals by location, specialty, experience, availability, practice area, and services offered. Need help with discovery, trial preparation, legal research, case management, filings, document organization, or litigation support?

What Is a Paralegal?

A paralegal is a legal professional who performs a wide range of substantive legal-support tasks under the supervision of an attorney or other authorized legal professional.

Paralegals can help attorneys and legal teams organize cases, conduct research, prepare documents, manage discovery, coordinate litigation activities, communicate with clients and witnesses, and prepare materials for hearings and trials.

The exact duties a paralegal may perform depend on the jurisdiction, practice area, employer, attorney supervision, and applicable rules governing the unauthorized practice of law.

What Does a Paralegal Do?

Paralegals can perform many of the tasks that keep a legal matter organized and moving forward.

Common paralegal responsibilities include:

  • Legal research
  • Case organization
  • Document preparation
  • Discovery management
  • Document review
  • Trial preparation
  • Deposition preparation
  • Exhibit preparation
  • Court filing assistance
  • Docket management
  • Case calendaring
  • Client communication
  • Witness coordination
  • Litigation support
  • Legal document organization
  • Medical-record organization
  • Chronologies
  • Trial binders
  • Settlement preparation
  • Administrative legal support
  • Attorney support
  • Case management

Paralegal Services

Litigation Support

Experienced litigation paralegals can assist attorneys throughout the life of a case.

Services may include:

  • Case intake
  • Case organization
  • Discovery
  • Document review
  • Deposition preparation
  • Witness files
  • Exhibit organization
  • Trial preparation
  • Hearing preparation
  • Trial binders
  • Litigation calendars
  • Court filings
  • Case chronologies
  • Settlement support

Discovery Support

Organize the Information Behind the Case

Discovery can generate thousands of pages of documents, emails, photographs, medical records, financial records, videos, transcripts, and other materials.

Paralegals can assist with:

  • Discovery organization
  • Document review
  • Bates numbering
  • Document indexing
  • Privilege-log preparation
  • Discovery responses
  • Production preparation
  • Document categorization
  • Deposition exhibits
  • Discovery tracking

Legal Research Support

Paralegals can assist attorneys with legal research and case preparation under appropriate attorney supervision.

Research support may involve:

  • Case law research
  • Statutory research
  • Regulations
  • Court rules
  • Legal databases
  • Case citations
  • Jurisdictional research
  • Research memoranda
  • Case background research

Deposition Support

Prepare for the Deposition Before Anyone Enters the Room

Paralegals can help litigation teams prepare for depositions by organizing:

  • Pleadings
  • Discovery
  • Medical records
  • Prior testimony
  • Exhibits
  • Witness information
  • Chronologies
  • Relevant correspondence
  • Expert materials
  • Deposition notices
  • Subpoenas

A paralegal can also help coordinate the logistics surrounding a deposition, including communication with attorneys, court reporters, videographers, interpreters, witnesses, and other litigation professionals.


Trial Preparation

Get the Case Ready for Court

Trial preparation can require months of organization.

Paralegals may assist with:

  • Trial binders
  • Exhibits
  • Witness files
  • Exhibit lists
  • Witness lists
  • Deposition designations
  • Trial timelines
  • Opening and closing materials
  • Demonstrative exhibits
  • Evidence organization
  • Court filings
  • Trial logistics
  • Attorney preparation

Trial Technology Support

Modern litigation often involves sophisticated technology.

Paralegals may work alongside trial technicians and litigation-support professionals to organize:

  • Digital exhibits
  • Deposition video
  • Trial presentation files
  • Electronic evidence
  • Demonstrative exhibits
  • Documents
  • Audio and video
  • Trial presentation materials

JusVox can also help legal teams find trial technicians, legal videographers, legal animators, litigation graphics professionals, and other trial-support specialists.


Medical Records & Personal Injury Support

Personal injury cases can involve enormous amounts of medical documentation.

Paralegals can assist with:

  • Medical-record organization
  • Medical chronology
  • Billing records
  • Treatment timelines
  • Provider information
  • Medical-record requests
  • Insurance information
  • Injury documentation
  • Demand-package preparation
  • Expert materials

Personal Injury Paralegals

Find paralegals experienced with:

  • Auto accidents
  • Truck accidents
  • Motorcycle accidents
  • Pedestrian accidents
  • Premises liability
  • Wrongful death
  • Product liability
  • Medical malpractice
  • Construction accidents
  • Workers' compensation
  • Catastrophic injury

Family Law Paralegals

Family-law paralegals may assist with:

  • Divorce matters
  • Custody cases
  • Child support
  • Spousal support
  • Property division
  • Discovery
  • Financial documentation
  • Court filings
  • Case organization
  • Hearing preparation

Estate Planning & Probate Paralegals

Paralegals can provide support for:

  • Estate planning
  • Trust administration
  • Probate
  • Conservatorships
  • Wills
  • Estate documentation
  • Asset inventories
  • Court filings
  • Beneficiary documentation
  • Probate case organization

Real Estate Paralegals

Real-estate legal support can include:

  • Transaction organization
  • Title documentation
  • Lease documentation
  • Property records
  • Closing support
  • Due diligence
  • Document review
  • Real-estate litigation support

Corporate & Business Paralegals

Find paralegals experienced with:

  • Corporate records
  • Entity formation
  • Contracts
  • Corporate filings
  • Compliance
  • Business transactions
  • Due diligence
  • Corporate governance
  • Contract management
  • Regulatory documentation

Intellectual Property Paralegals

IP paralegals may assist with:

  • Trademark matters
  • Patent matters
  • Copyright matters
  • IP litigation
  • Filing coordination
  • Docket management
  • Portfolio management
  • Document organization
  • Intellectual-property research

Immigration Paralegals

Immigration paralegals can assist legal teams with:

  • Case organization
  • Document collection
  • Application preparation
  • Filing coordination
  • Client communication
  • Evidence organization
  • Immigration case tracking

Bankruptcy Paralegals

Find professionals experienced with:

  • Bankruptcy filings
  • Creditor documentation
  • Case organization
  • Financial records
  • Court filings
  • Discovery
  • Client documentation

Employment Law Paralegals

Paralegal support may include:

  • Employment records
  • Personnel files
  • Discovery
  • Document review
  • Litigation support
  • Case chronologies
  • Wage-and-hour documentation
  • Workplace investigation support

Government & Regulatory Paralegals

Find paralegals with experience supporting:

  • Government agencies
  • Regulatory matters
  • Administrative proceedings
  • Compliance
  • Investigations
  • Public records
  • Government litigation

Remote Paralegal Services

Hire a Paralegal Without Hiring Someone Full-Time

Remote paralegals can provide flexible support for law firms and attorneys that don't need a full-time employee.

Find professionals available for:

  • One-time projects
  • Overflow work
  • Temporary assignments
  • Litigation projects
  • Discovery projects
  • Trial preparation
  • Research
  • Document review
  • Case management
  • Ongoing contract work

Freelance Paralegal Services

Get Help When Your Caseload Increases

Law firms don't always need another full-time employee.

Sometimes they need help:

This week.

This month.

For one trial.

For one discovery project.

For one case.

JusVox helps attorneys find paralegals available for freelance and contract assignments.


Virtual Paralegals

Virtual paralegals can provide legal-support services remotely while working with attorneys and legal teams across jurisdictions, subject to applicable rules and attorney supervision.

Services may include:

  • Case management
  • Legal research
  • Discovery
  • Document organization
  • Calendaring
  • Client communication
  • Filing support
  • Trial preparation
  • Administrative legal support

Paralegal Case Management

Keep the Case Moving

Paralegals can help attorneys manage the enormous amount of information involved in litigation.

Services may include:

  • Case calendars
  • Deadlines
  • Court dates
  • Discovery deadlines
  • Deposition dates
  • Expert deadlines
  • Document tracking
  • Witness tracking
  • Task management
  • Filing tracking

Legal Document Preparation

Paralegals may assist attorneys with preparing and organizing:

  • Pleadings
  • Discovery
  • Interrogatories
  • Requests for production
  • Requests for admission
  • Subpoenas
  • Motions
  • Notices
  • Correspondence
  • Exhibits
  • Court forms
  • Settlement documentation

All substantive legal work should be performed under appropriate attorney supervision and within applicable legal and ethical requirements.


E-Discovery Support

Organize Digital Evidence

Modern cases increasingly involve:

  • Emails
  • Text messages
  • Social media
  • Digital photographs
  • Video
  • Audio
  • Cloud documents
  • Business records
  • Electronic communications

Paralegals can assist litigation teams with organizing and managing electronic discovery.

They may also work alongside:

eDiscovery professionals

litigation-support specialists

trial technicians

legal technology professionals


Deposition Transcript Management

Paralegals frequently work with deposition transcripts after the deposition is completed.

Services can include:

  • Transcript organization
  • Exhibit organization
  • Deposition summaries
  • Key testimony identification
  • Witness files
  • Transcript indexing
  • Deposition chronology
  • Trial preparation

JusVox can also connect attorneys with court reporters and transcript professionals when a proceeding needs to be scheduled.


Legal Calendaring & Docket Support

A missed deadline can create serious problems.

Paralegals can assist with tracking:

  • Court dates
  • Filing deadlines
  • Discovery deadlines
  • Deposition deadlines
  • Expert deadlines
  • Trial dates
  • Hearing dates
  • Statutory deadlines
  • Client meetings
  • Internal case deadlines

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Practice Area

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  • Litigation
  • Personal injury
  • Family law
  • Real estate
  • Corporate
  • Bankruptcy
  • Immigration
  • Employment
  • Intellectual property
  • Probate
  • Criminal defense
  • Insurance defense

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Paralegal Jobs & Opportunities

Looking for Your Next Paralegal Position?

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Discover:

  • Full-time jobs
  • Part-time jobs
  • Freelance assignments
  • Contract positions
  • Temporary work
  • Remote jobs
  • Hybrid positions
  • Litigation projects
  • Trial assignments
  • Discovery projects
  • Legal research projects

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Whether you need a freelance litigation paralegal, remote paralegal, trial-preparation specialist, discovery professional, legal research assistant, or full-time paralegal, JusVox helps connect you with professionals based on your actual needs.

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