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The Profiting Paralegal Ensuring Paralegal Fee Recovery  Through Proper Billing Standards Jacqueline S. Vinaccia, Esq. Sara A. Youngers Lounsbery Ferguson Altona & Peak, LLP Presented to the Orange County Paralegal Association July 1, 2010
WE ALL NEED TO BE PROFITABLE!
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
Missouri v. Jenkins 491 U.S. 274, 109 S.Ct.2463 (1989) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Richlin Security Service Co.  v.  Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security  218 S.Ct. 2007(2008) ,[object Object],[object Object]
NALA Definition ,[object Object],[object Object]
NFPA Definition ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
NFPA Definition ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
“ Substantive Legal Work” ,[object Object],[object Object]
California Business & Professions Code Section 6450(a) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
California Business & Professions Code Section 6450(a) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Making the Paralegal Profitable ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Start at the beginning…. COMMUNICATE!
COMMUNICATE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Communicate Through Your Billing Descriptions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Improper Billing Practices
CLERICAL BILLING ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Example of Clerical Billing
BLOCK BILLING ,[object Object],[object Object]
Example of Block Billing
INADEQUATE BILLING ,[object Object],[object Object]
Example of Inadequate Billing
INTRA-OFFICE CONFERENCING ,[object Object]
Example of Intra-Office Conferencing
Billing in the Modern Era
E-Document Tasks  ,[object Object],[object Object]
USE GOOD BILLING JUDGMENT ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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