Lynda ArtesaniLegal Accountant and Data Migration Specialist at The Proper Trust

Hot Tip for Law Firms - Stop Using Paralegals as Accountants! #legalaccounting #accounting

17 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief video segment, the speakers deliver a practical recommendation for law firms: paralegals, even the best ones, should not be assigned accounting or bookkeeping duties. They argue that paralegals are hired for their legal support expertise, and diverting them to financial tasks wastes that specialized skill. The conversation also highlights a broader industry issue—a shortage of senior‑level paralegals in the market—making it even more critical for firms to protect the limited talent pool by keeping them focused on core paralegal work.

One of our hot tips, and, and it's so nice that our assistant, Tierra, put this together for us because she hears us say this. One of our hot tips, this goes for all law firms, your paralegal, your best paralegal should not be doing your accounting.
Nope.
Shouldn't be doing bookkeeping at all.
Why? Why, Steve? Why is that? Why? They should be doing paralegal work because that's what you're paying them using their expertise. Let's talk about—
That— not just that, there isn't enough senior-level paralegals in the market, correct? Oh my gosh, people, that is like the biggest thing I keep hearing.