Meet My Assistant
Legal Virtual Assistant
Calendar, intake, document prep, and client communication so attorneys stay on billable work.
- Top 1% applicants
- Time-zone aligned
- 98% retention
A legal virtual assistant from Meet My Assistant is a college-educated, bilingual (English/Spanish) partner for small firms and growing practices. We match you, run onboarding, and assign a US-based Customer Success Manager — so the non-billable pile has an owner who is not you.
Law firms do not lose hours to mystery. They lose them to the calendar, the intake queue, the document that still needs exhibits, and the client who called three times about a status the file already shows. A virtual assistant for law firms takes that operational work so attorneys stay in billable matters.
What a legal virtual assistant does
This is law-firm administration under your supervision — not the practice of law.
- Calendar, court dates, depositions, and internal meeting coordination
- New-client intake: forms, conflict-check packets you define, scheduling consults
- Document prep: assembling packets, formatting, exhibits, and e-sign routing
- Client communication: status updates you approve, appointment reminders, portal nudges
- File hygiene: naming, checklist tracking, and follow-up on missing items
- Vendor and expert scheduling (medical records, court reporters, translators)
- Bilingual intake and client updates for Spanish-speaking callers
If it keeps a partner off a billable hour, it belongs on this list.
Built for small firms, not a staffing mill
Solo and small practices use a legal virtual assistant as the first dedicated ops seat: phones, calendar, and intake that would otherwise interrupt drafting.
Growing firms need intake and document throughput that does not depend on whoever is already late to a hearing. The assistant becomes the checklist owner between attorneys, staff, and clients.
Consumer-facing practices (personal injury, family, estate, immigration-adjacent admin) often need bilingual coverage so the first call is not a voicemail in the wrong language.
Assistants work in the practice software you already run. Common tools include Clio, MyCase, PracticePanther, Smokeball, Outlook, Google Workspace, DocuSign, Dropbox, and your phone system. We do not migrate you to a new platform to make the hire work.
What a virtual legal assistant does not do
A legal VA is not your lawyer, and is not a substitute for licensed counsel.
They do not give legal advice, appear in court, negotiate on behalf of clients, or hold themselves out as the firm. Document work is assembly and formatting under attorney direction — not independent legal analysis.
If you need paralegal-level experience for a specific docket, say so on the discovery call. We screen for the seat you actually have, instead of selling a generic “legal assistant” who has never opened a matter file.
Confidentiality agreements are standard. Access is limited to systems you grant.
Why firms hire us instead of another in-house legal secretary
Local legal admin is expensive, slow to hire, and painful to backfill. Pure US remote shops charge a premium for the same calendar-and-intake work. Freelance platforms leave a firm managing a contractor who has seen other clients’ files.
Meet My Assistant is a US-managed virtual assistant agency. Talent is college-educated and based in Latin America. You interview before anyone touches a matter. Onboarding and performance sit with our US team. Bilingual intake is a practical advantage for firms whose callers are not all English-first.
Need a broader ops seat alongside legal admin? See virtual executive assistant for attorney calendar-and-inbox coverage, or virtual administrative assistant for firm-wide coordination.
How hiring a legal virtual assistant works
- Discovery. We map practice area, software, intake rules, and what can be delegated without touching advice.
- Match. You interview pre-screened assistants who can handle calendar, documents, and client communication with discretion.
- Onboard. Access, naming conventions, and escalation paths get documented so the assistant starts inside your real matters.
- Support. A Customer Success Manager stays on the account as caseload, staff, or tools change.
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FAQ
FAQ
A legal virtual assistant handles calendar, client intake, document prep, filing follow-up, and client communication so attorneys stay on billable work. They do not practice law or give legal advice.
Not by default. We match to the seat you need — legal admin, intake, and document support under attorney supervision. If you require paralegal-level experience, we screen for that on the discovery call.
Yes. Assistants work in the tools you already use after you grant access — Clio, MyCase, PracticePanther, Outlook, Google Workspace, DocuSign, and your phone system.
Confidentiality agreements are standard. Access is limited to the systems you grant. Assistants do not speak as counsel, appear in court, or advise clients on legal strategy.
English and Spanish intake and client updates help firms serve more clients without missed calls. That matters for PI, immigration-adjacent admin, family, and consumer practices with bilingual caseloads.
Book a discovery call. We map calendar, intake, and document workflow, you interview shortlisted assistants, and we onboard with a Customer Success Manager on the account.