How many attorneys do you support? How much is too many?

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I support 4 attorneys right now, 3 of which need lots of support, the 4th one is a baby attorney who mostly does her own work. My workload is comfortable. I've seen legal admins supporting 6 or more attorneys, and I don't know how they do it, quite honestly.

I’m a legal assistant supporting 9 attorneys (3 partners, 1 special counsel, 3 senior associates, 1 mid-level associate, and 1 baby attorney). It’s a heavy workload for sure.

There's a big variety on what supporting an attorney can actually look like, depending on the attorney personality and working styles, plus the scope of your duties as it fits into a larger team.

The most I've had assigned to me at once is three, and when I was at that number I did not give the third nearly as much of my time as the other two.

I don't know how anyone could assist 9, that sounds insane.

Thankfully I never had a situation where the attorneys were not considerate of the fact that I get work from the others, or willing to shift priorities if another attorney had something urgent come up.

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