How common is it for lawyers to have affairs with paralegals?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:biglaw lawyer of 20 years.... Law firms barely even have paralegals anymore. At least not on the regulatory and corporate sides. Are there still a lot on the litigation side?

And those post-college 2 year "legal clerk/paralegal" jobs that folks are mentioning.... those disappeared 20 years ago, to my knowledge. In my department, if you were an an attorney doing it with the paralegal, that would mean you were banging 62 year old Patty. Because there are no other options.

Huh? My practice group has 30 attorneys and professionals; we have a dozen paralegals.

Yeah, paralegals are still a thing-- we have like one paralegal for every 3 attorneys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:biglaw lawyer of 20 years.... Law firms barely even have paralegals anymore. At least not on the regulatory and corporate sides. Are there still a lot on the litigation side?

And those post-college 2 year "legal clerk/paralegal" jobs that folks are mentioning.... those disappeared 20 years ago, to my knowledge. In my department, if you were an an attorney doing it with the paralegal, that would mean you were banging 62 year old Patty. Because there are no other options.

Huh? My practice group has 30 attorneys and professionals; we have a dozen paralegals.

Yeah, paralegals are still a thing-- we have like one paralegal for every 3 attorneys.

Agree. Paralegals are hugely profitable. They earn $60k base which works out to about $31 an hour. Yet they bill out at $300 to $400 an hour. Obviously, you have to subtract benefits (401k, insurance, FICA, etc.), but paralegals are quite profitable.