By Holly A. Sheriff, MSLS, Edited By Lawrence A. Constance, BME, AS You’ve received plenty of emails that end with “sent from my iPhone or my iPad” or other mobile email signatures. But are you and your staff using them the right way? Is your law firm sending the message you want or need to [..]
With the Latest Technology By: Holly A. Sheriff, MSLS, Editor: Lawrence A. Constance, BME, AS In the last decade, the legal community and technology have finally caught up with my vision for Best Virtual Paralegal. On February 2, 1991, I set the original mission in motion when I drafted a small business plan on a [..]
By: Holly A. Sheriff, MSLS, Editor: Lawrence A. Constance, BME, AS As we begin the New Year, many attorneys are looking for ways to reduce their overhead expenses in the coming months and have decided to add a virtual paralegal to their team. Here are the top two tips for utilizing a virtual paralegal in any [..]
The Attorney Panic Button’s™ TOP 20 Paralegal Guidelines For Client Communication Whether you retain the services of a virtual paralegal or your law practice employs a traditional paralegal it is extremely important that you train, educate, and set Client Contact Guidelines for your paralegal and other support staff to follow when they are tasked with dealing with [..]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 5, 2018 Follow Jackie on LinkedIn Read: Jackie’s full bio Best Virtual Paralegal. LLC is pleased to announce that Jackie A. Van Dyke has accepted a freelance contract editor position, with the company effective September 4, 2018. Jackie will be responsible for assisting clients with a wide variety of copywriting and [..]
We are accepting New Attorney-Clients and Law Firm-Clients If you are ready to improve your law firm’s productivity and efficiency, so are we. Best Virtual Paralegal, LLC is a paralegal service provider exclusively for law firms and solo practitioners throughout the United States. Our experienced highly skilled and educated paralegals are ready to help you [..]
At the request of a reader, our editorial team has compiled a list of some of the legal industry’s best practices for proofreading and editing. Proofreading is tough to do unless you are a proofreading and editing someone else’s work. What do you do when you are the attorney or paralegal asked to not only [..]
Best Virtual Paralegal, LLC is looking to expand and grow its team with experienced, self-motivating paralegals who share in our enthusiasm for creating the BEST experience for our supervising attorney-clients. Ideal Candidates The ideal candidates for our paralegal positions require 5 or more years of experience working in-house paralegal coupled with 2 or more years [..]
As a paralegal, I use Microsoft Excel every day to create spreadsheets, graphics, and trial exhibits. Here are some of the most common shortcuts: CTRL + 1 Format Box ALT + E + S + T Copy Format ALT + H + 0 Increase Decimal CTRL + SHIFT + 7 Boxing ALT + H + [..]
By: Holly A. Sheriff, MSLS Edited by: Jackie Van Dyke, MPS, CP – Legal Writing Trainer Being a paralegal entrepreneur is rewarding, fun, and arduous work. Becoming a paralegal entrepreneur was easy. It’s operating a business; my competition finds to be hard. Some days are better than others. Sometimes you have one or two clients, [..]