Family law paralegals use interviewing skills that enable them to diffuse explosive issues, which allow clients to tactfully discuss important details concerning very emotional matters. The headlines and newscasts are filled with stories of multi-million dollar awards for personal injury lawsuits. This is a multi-billion dollar area of the law with judgments reaching hundreds of millions of dollars. Personal injury and tort law cases can take months, years, and sometimes decades to settle. They cover such diverse areas as defamation of character, product liability, nuisance, and false imprisonment.
Most large companies maintain sizeable in-house legal departments.
Over the last decade, corporations have hired paralegals by the thousands and have saved millions of dollars in legal fees. Paralegals are employed in computer technology, telecommunications, financial services, publishing, transportation, insurance, construction, health care, entertainment, and more. The corporate paralegal is a high profile achiever. Many attend board meetings, travel on private jets, and meet with top level officials. Today's real estate paralegals handle a variety of transactions.