INFORMATION AND DETAILS

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Full litigation and temp services including drafting and formatting pleadings, motions, service of process documents, trial documents, appellate documents and support, written discovery,  discovery document management and production, trial preparation including trial support, general legal secretary services including drafting of letters etc., electronic filing in 9th Circuit, Federal District Courts, Federal Bankruptcy Courts, Montana Supreme Court, and other inferior Courts and legal billing to private clients and insurance companies.  Comfortable working in Word, Word Perfect, Excel, and numerous other programs.  If we have not worked with it, we will figure it out!  All work product we generate, is absolutely subject to the attorney's review and approval as required by law.  

TEMP WORK (Paralegal & Legal Billing)

In a pinch and need a temporary experienced paralegal or someone with experience in legal billing and insurance billing codes?  We can help you with that too!  Why hire a temp with little to no legal experience when you can hire someone who does?  Our paralegals are hired out on an hourly basis unless other arrangements are made in writing.  Additionally, we are located in the Gallatin County, Bozeman, Montana area.  For services requested outside the Gallatin County, additional costs may by added.  

Licensed Notary Public

Completely self contained office so you won't have to worry come trial time.

Montana Litigation Support Services and its staff, fully abide by the laws of confidentiality and take it very seriously.  Therefore, a conflict check will be completed prior to our commitment to work with you and the signing of the Paralegal Retainer Agreement.  We will not accept work from an opposing party on the same matter.

No need to worry about bringing anything extra with you to trial.  If hired for trial work, we will bring all the equipment necessary to provide Courtroom electronic support (including working with you to design demonstrative electronic exhibits, enlarging text, highlighting text and pictures, video deposition redactions, publishing, etc.) trial notebook(s), a witness folder for each witness including the exhibits you may offer during their examination, exhibit books, pens, highlighters, sticky notes, paper and even a tide to go stick for unforeseen spills and tissue for the emotional client.

* Staff of Montana Litigation Support Services always contact the Court far in advance of trial to make arrangements to test out our equipment.  Like you, we want no surprises!

Montana Litigation Support Services fully performs as a certified independent contractor and is insured.  Please contact us to request a copy of our liability policy or independent contract exemption certificate(s).

DISCLAIMER

Montana Litigation Support Services and its staff are prohibited by law to provide legal advise to anyone and will not do so under any work or duties to be performed under our Paralegal Retainer Agreement.

Additionally, Montana Litigation Support Services and its staff only provide services to licensed attorneys and/or established law firms.  Montana Litigation Support Services does not provide services to the public.

• How much do you charge?  Our fees are charged based on a supply and demand basis, including, under some circumstances, additional fees when we are to provide you immediate service in crucial situations.  Therefore, our paralegals are billed out on a case by case basis based upon the circumstances and the work requested to be performed under the parties' set Paralegal Retainer Agreement.  Costs are billed in addition to the paralegal fees.

• What are considered costs?  Costs are billed for items such as filing fees, binders, folders, travel costs, hotel, copies (the first two-hundred (200) black and white copies are free), storage devices (i.e. cd, dvd, usb flash drive) and other costs not associated with our normal business operations, but due to the client's/firm's needs for that particular case.

• How does hiring a contract/freelance paralegal save money?  Think about this, an experienced paralegal will make around $50,000/year.  Now add on the overhead of insurance, worker's compensation, vacation pay, sick-leave, etc.  With a contract/freelance paralegal, you have no overhead and you only pay for the time you hire them.  Also, you can usually bill out their time to your clients and potentially make money on them.  The top advantage... you don't have to train and monitor them!  Kim Briggs is approved with several insurance companies making the billing of Kim's hours that much easier.

• How does the process work?  First you will need to contact our office to discuss your needs.  Once the parties have discussed the options and, if necessary, a conflict check is completed, we will send you a Paralegal Retainer Agreement ("Agreement") containing the parties' terms.  An authorized individual will sign the Agreement and our work will begin.  Your firm will need to email or mail us all necessary information and what jobs you need us to complete on your clients/firms behalf.  If cost effective, we will come to your office to pick up/drop off documents, discuss the case or prep for trial. Depending on the circumstances, we can negotiate situations that would require us to be present to perform our work at your place of business.  Obvioulsy, if hired on a temporary (temp) basis, we would be present at your place of buisiness.  It's that easy!