Lawyers Can’t Work Less Without Someone Picking Up the Slack

Welcome back to the Big Law Business column on the changing legal marketplace written by me, Roy Strom. This week, we look at how one law firm is taking mundane work off of lawyers’ plates amid a surge in demand for legal work. Sign up to receive this column in your inbox most Thursday mornings.

After a long day of work this spring, Barnes & Thornburg partner Meena Sinfelt found herself at 11 p.m. working with a paralegal to schedule interviews. The Washington-based white-collar litigator was juggling three investigations at once, and her to-do list was morphing into a ...