Can a paralegal help me with my insurance claim in California?
In California, a paralegal is only authorized to work under a licensed attorney's supervision — they cannot be hired directly by a consumer. What consumers can hire directly is a registered Legal Document Assistant (LDA), authorized under Business & Professions Code §6400 to prepare legal documents at the client's direction. For an insurance claim, that means organizing evidence, building correspondence logs, and preparing exhibit binders — but not giving legal advice or negotiating with the carrier.
The California distinction
Paralegals in California (Business & Professions Code §6450) may only work under attorney supervision. Legal Document Assistants (§6400) are the consumer-facing tier: bonded, county-registered, and hired directly by the public for self-help document work.
What we do on insurance files
We build the bad faith evidence file: chronological correspondence log, line-item estimate comparison, §790.03 citation map, and an exhibit-ready binder. Client-directed, $95/hour. If the file needs a lawsuit filed or a negotiated settlement, we hand off to a California attorney of the client's choosing.
Need the evidence organized?
We build the bad faith evidence file for California policyholders: correspondence log, line-item estimate comparison, §790.03 citation map, and an exhibit-ready binder. $95/hour, client-directed.
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Educational information only. Legal Document Assistants provide evidence services under California Business & Professions Code §6400 et seq.; we do not provide legal advice.