How paralegals do more with Stamps.com
Premier Remote Services LLC offers paralegal services that span local laws, state lines, and time zones. Their employees and contractors, as well as their clients, live all over the country.
With a focus on bankruptcies, mailing paperwork and serving documents is a massive part of the job. Owner Chris Gunarich uses Stamps.com to make sure everything she sends meets compliance standards. She’s streamlined her sending process, eliminated trips to the post office, and can now track documents with strict deadlines.
Signed, sealed, served
While digital signing is on the rise, most of Chris’ clients reply on paper. Many states and cities require physical ink signatures on legal documents since emails aren’t always secure, and not every system can handle digital signing. This means Chris is often mailing letters or notices for clients to sign and send back to her; however, Stamps.com allows her to include pre-paid and -addressed envelopes that make the return process smoother.
Through Stamps.com, she sends and tracks documents with USPS Ground Advantage®. As opposed to something like sending certified overnight where she can only track the original delivery, Ground Advantage® notifies her when the recipient has put their return envelope in the mail so she can monitor every step from their mailbox.
We have to confirm when people receive and send back documents. As soon as they put it in the mail, I get an email. It keeps them honest, and I feel confident.
Chris Gunarich, Owner, Premier Remote Services LLC
Make mailing easier
From weighing and calculating the cost of every package to asking a specific coworker for stamps off a roll, mailing was a time-consuming process at her old job. With Stamps.com, Chris says she spends 50% less time on shipping and mailing.
Sometimes she uses Netstamps®, but more often, she prints postage directly onto envelopes from the saved addresses in her dashboard—a simple process. Stamps.com lets her send with whatever carrier makes the most sense, and she can access every mail class and type offered by USPS® and UPS®. And with automatic processes like address validation and cost calculations, she can mail more in a day.
Deliver on time, every time
When it comes to legal documents, deadlines are very important. Documents can take time to be approved, and once they are filed, they usually must be sent by end of day. Chris can’t pre-print postage since the postage date can’t exist before the filing date, so there’s normally a big mailing push at the end of the day. That’s why being able to print her own postage and avoid going the post office whenever she runs out of stamps is so crucial.
It has to be served the day it’s filed. If I’m filing at three, I can get something out by the five o’clock mail deadline. I have time to do it all in one day.
Chris Gunarich, Owner, Premier Remote Services LLC
The time she is saving is not only necessary to stay legally compliant, it also helps her work more efficiently and keeps her office organized. From cutting down on evening work to tracking documents she’s sent to avoid redoing work, Stamps.com helps her stay on track.
The more she can mail, the more Chris can grow her business. Thanks to Stamps.com, she can offer more paralegal services to more people.
