5 ILCS 70/1.35

Current through Public Acts 103-1 through 103-587, 103-589, and 103-590
Section 5 ILCS 70/1.35 - [Paralegal]

"Paralegal" means a person who is qualified through education, training, or work experience and is employed by a lawyer, law office, governmental agency, or other entity to work under the direction of an attorney in a capacity that involves the performance of substantive legal work that usually requires a sufficient knowledge of legal concepts and would be performed by the attorney in the absence of the paralegal. A reference in an Act to attorney fees includes paralegal fees, recoverable at market rates.

5 ILCS 70/1.35

P.A. 89-123, eff. 1/1/1996.