The Law Office of Jimmy Wagner specializes in family law matters throughout New York State. When Wagner’s longtime paralegal left, he faced an immediate challenge: deliver court-ready documents without spending one to two years training someone to proof to his standards.
Jimmy Wagner built his family law practice on meticulous attention to detail. When his longtime paralegal left, Wagner knew it would take one to two years to train a new paralegal to meet his family law firm’s quality standards, and court documents couldn’t wait that long.
Wagner needed a solution that ensured precision across:
“When I self-edit, my brain fills in what should be there, not what is.”
Wagner faced multiple challenges that demanded an immediate solution:
“When I’m deep in a case, writing passionately for my client, I’ll mix up ‘their’ and ‘there,’ use periods instead of commas. I knew I needed help fast.”
After an initial discovery call, Proofed launched a tailored two-week pilot with a dedicated project manager and editorial team.
Rather than offering a boilerplate service, Proofed adapted to Wagner’s practice to:
Since Wagner lacked a standardized style guide, Proofed developed one throughout the pilot process. Starting with Proofed’s standard grammar approach, the team customized it to reflect the firm’s tone and New York legal requirements to create consistency without Wagner spending extra time on documentation.
No overheads eating into the budget during slow months or scrambling when caseloads triple over one weekend. Proofed’s flexible pricing adjusts to Wagner’s reality, eliminating the fixed $10K–15K annual paralegal proofreading expense while training new paralegals.
Proofed curated a team of three specialized editors with relevant legal experience from its pool of experienced human editors. Each editor signed a comprehensive NDA and received training on Wagner’s style guide and legal format preferences.
Understanding that legal documents exist in multiple formats, Proofed established a format-specific workflow:
Proofed set up individual accounts for Wagner’s paralegals to increase efficiency and eliminate bottlenecks. Each team member could submit documents independently, while billing remained centralized.
To match Wagner’s variable caseload, Proofed offered on-demand, hourly billing. This tailored structure allows Wagner to pass costs directly to clients while freeing up paralegals to focus on revenue-generating tasks.
Proofed’s team maintained sub-24-hour turnarounds (with weekend coverage) on every document across a particularly intense custody dispute that required daily filings. The expedited option proved invaluable when the opposing counsel filed a surprise motion that required a same-day response.
With proofreading handled, Wagner, his paralegals, and his associates could focus on strategy and client counseling. His clients noticed the difference, too. Documents were clearer, arguments more persuasive, and nothing was ever delayed for “final review.”
Proofed’s dedicated team learned Wagner’s standards for consistency and clarity across every filing to eliminate errors. Documents that previously required multiple internal review cycles now arrived court-ready after a single Proofed review.
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