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I started a legal support business last year. I work from home and have part time assistant. 150K with 4 firms as clients.

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I thought about doing that all last year and I’m not sure why I didn’t take the leap. I guess I was afraid of failure. Although, I still do freelance work on the side.

IP (specifically patent prosecution). At the senior level, we often are making over $100k base pay (I’m in the Indianapolis area, 17 YOE). It’s also a specialized area of law without any crossover into other areas (prosecution of patents have their own courts through the PTOs) - this is a big driver of our pay scale

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Corporate pays well, especially biglaw.

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How does one break into it?

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With 11+ years of experience in corporate and private equity I’m at $150k base with $30-35k annual bonus.

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I agree with others that corporate law and intellectual property (IP) tend to pay higher salaries for paralegals, especially if you're in a big city like Chicago. The work can be demanding, but the compensation often reflects that.

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Antitrust is also quite lucrative. 3rd year para 80k plus OT and bonus puts me at about $105-108k by EOY. In NYC, and that is very average if not slightly below

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I am a newly trained paralegal in the DFW, Texas area. Do any of you know of any law firms that would take in a new paralegal, like me?

Contact Emily at Robert Half 214.999.0909 or Whitney at Wegman Partners mailto:wreilly@wegmanpartners.com

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Corporate/M&A/Securities, real estate (learn title and survey!), IP. I’ve always been in Biglaw, so this is for Biglaw. I did corporate for 20ish years and am now in finance. I make very good money.

I've been in real estate for 20yrs. The difference in pay between a private firm and in-house corporate is about $40k/yr. Commercial also pays higher than residential. Firms can be sweatshops especially solo practitioners. Corporate is a much more reasonable pace. Real estate seldom has a billable requirement.

IP is where the money is and at some firms mergers and acquisitions. That’s not too bad to be working PI in Chicago. I have been a PI/Insurance Defense paralegal for 19+ years and can get 75-80 but without any large bonuses like that in NYC.

That sounds low to me, but I am in the NYC metro area, I would say this though the rates for paralegals on the West Bank of the Hudson (NJ) are typically 10-20% lower than on its East Bank (NYC) for the same work. Tax and T&E paralegals along with IP are the top payers, then Corporate than litigation.

IP and in-house counsel. Corporate does well but they have a lot of scary layoffs

I am a litigation paralegal with 29 years of experience. Love Plaintiff personal injury. BUT, the money is definitely in insurance defense. Bigger pockets.

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