By partnering with Paragon, your organization gains access to a diverse network of top-tier legal talent, ensuring you have the right resources in place to meet evolving business challenges while optimizing both performance and cost-efficiency.
Add immediate flex capacity during busy periods or workload spikes, and move Paragon attorneys between departments to meet ebbs and flows across the team.
Fill in the gaps when employees are on leave, during hiring freezes, or while you search for the right full-time employee. Ensure your workload is covered, and maintain flexibility with resources.
Strengthen your team with additional resources for specific projects, ensuring you have the right expertise and support for successful project completion.
Transition an interim Paragon attorney into a permanent role, allowing you to evaluate their fit before making a long-term commitment or to help you scope a new role and build a business case for headcount.
Embed an attorney with the specific expertise you need for particular projects, initiatives, or day-to-day work that doesn’t require a full-time hire.
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With Paragon, I can leverage the talent of a former general counsel who can step into a subject matter like privacy, employment or transactional support. They’ve been key to supporting our business in a way that’s allowed me to be nimble. I can utilize their talent for months, reassess my needs and not feel the pressure to make a rushed hire.
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In-house legal departments turn to flexible legal staffing for different reasons — but timing is key. Knowing when to bring in additional legal support can save your team time, money, and stress.
Common triggers include:
By acting early, your legal team stays ahead of business needs while maintaining control over resourcing and spend.
One of the biggest concerns when adding outside legal support is the time it takes to get someone up to speed. With Paragon, clients routinely report that our attorneys begin contributing quickly, often within days.
That’s because we focus on:
When speed matters, Paragon’s legal talent delivers results — without the lag.
While many legal departments use flexible legal staffing to address urgent needs, the most forward-thinking teams treat it as a long-term strategy. Having a trusted Alternative Legal Service Provider (ALSP) like Paragon on deck allows in-house leaders to anticipate demand and allocate resources with confidence.
Here’s how legal teams incorporate flexible talent into strategic planning:
By integrating flexible talent into annual planning and budget cycles, legal departments can stay lean, agile, and fully aligned with business goals.
As legal departments evolve, so does the way legal work gets done. Teams are increasingly distributed, cross-functional, and outcome-focused — and staffing models must reflect this shift.
Flexible legal talent fits seamlessly into today’s hybrid in-house model by:
The legal function is no longer just about risk management; it’s about delivering strategic value to the business. The right flexible staffing partner empowers you to do both.
Unlike traditional staffing firms that focus on volume and speed, Paragon prioritizes quality, cultural fit, and long-term success, even for short-term engagements.
Here’s what makes our model different:
We deliver more than resumes. We provide trusted professionals who hit the ground running.
At Paragon, providing flexible, on-demand legal talent is our core focus. With extensive experience in both law and the legal talent industry, our team understands the unique needs and challenges faced by legal departments. We’re dedicated to delivering agile, high-quality counsel solutions that empower your team to achieve its goals with confidence.
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What are alternative legal service providers (ALSPs), and when should my business consider using them?
Alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) offer cost-effective, scalable solutions for in-house legal teams. Paragon is a leading ALSP that helps legal departments manage overflow work, short-term staffing needs, or specialized projects without the costs associated with big law firms or full-time hires.
Use an ALSP when you need:
Ready to experience a flexible legal staffing solution tailored to your needs? Contact us today to connect with proven legal talent.
How can Paragon Legal help my department’s shifting workload and evolving business needs?
As business needs evolve, so do your legal requirements. Workloads shift, roles adapt, and specialized legal support may be needed, often at a moment’s notice. Paragon provides the flexible legal talent your department needs to remain agile, delivering highly skilled professionals precisely when you need them.
Our on-demand model offers a strategic alternative that’s:
Once I identify the need, what does the process look like? What is required of me?
It starts with a conversation between you and the Paragon client team. We’ll do a thorough intake to understand your legal needs and what you’re looking for in a candidate. Then, our recruiting team will begin engaging our talent pool of experienced legal professionals.
You’ll receive a curated list of resumes, and then we’ll schedule interviews with the candidates you’re most interested in. Once you make a selection, we’ll support onboarding so your attorney can start contributing right away.
What can I expect when a Paragon attorney is working with us?
Your Paragon attorney will quickly integrate into your in-house team, adapting to your internal systems and workflows. We provide guidance to both parties on success factors and engagement expectations. Your legal department can train the attorney on your processes, risk tolerance, and tools.
In addition to your attorney, you’ll have a dedicated Project Success team supporting your engagement, which includes a client development associate who will be your main point of contact and an attorney development associate supporting your Paragon attorney with feedback, coaching, and issue resolution.
How quickly can Paragon place an attorney with my team?
Our placement process moves fast, often within days. After your initial consultation, we begin matching your needs with our network of experienced attorneys. In many cases, we present qualified candidates within 48 – 72 hours. Once you’ve selected someone, we handle onboarding to ensure they’re integrated and contributing quickly. Our goal is to minimize disruption and maximize speed without sacrificing quality or fit.
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