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Boutique Ontario law firm.

David — Paralegal · 11 months in

Replaced an open paralegal seat with David. NDA turnaround dropped from 36 hours to 4. Partners each reclaimed ~6 billable hours per week.

36h → 4hNDA turnaround
+6 hrs/wkper partner billed
$0recruiter fees saved
Meet David

The setup

12-person commercial-litigation firm with a backlog of NDA and vendor-MSA reviews. They'd been trying to hire a junior paralegal for 8 months and couldn't find one in their budget ($65–75K). Partners were doing first-pass redlines after hours.

What they did

Hired David (Paralegal) at $1,997/mo on the Growth package. Connected him to their Clio Manage repository and DocuSign CLM. Set a rule: David flags, partners decide.

What changed

NDA turnaround dropped from 36 hours to 4. Average MSA review fell from 4 hours of partner time to 25 minutes of partner review on David's draft. Partners reclaimed roughly 6 billable hours each per week — about $1,800/wk in additional billings per partner. The paralegal job posting was withdrawn; the firm now plans to hire a senior associate instead, using the recovered margin.

The partner-friendly part

Their external recruiter still gets the senior-associate search. Their managing CPA still does year-end. Clio's contract is unchanged. Nobody got squeezed — the firm simply ran with one fewer empty seat and got more capable.

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