How much support staff is reasonable to expect? Plaintiff PI, med mal/aviation and we’ve lost 2/4 “paralegals” in the last month. Lack of support staff really beginning to feel like it will limit my ability to handle the usual caseload. Was on an island before, and only going to get worse…

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We have just about a 1 to 1 ratio right now and feel understaffed.

Sounds like you need to discuss this issue with your supervisor and the managing partner. It may not get you more support in the immediate, but at least you will have flagged the problem before your productivity drops, if it does

At my office, most paralegals are responsible for caseloads of 80-85.

Most in litigation.

We have had a very hard time finding qualified support staff.

Same. We finally had to hire recruiters

If anyone would like to send me their Job posting, I’m open to new opportunities. I am a litigation paralegal in PI

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