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Since the Vizcaino v. Microsoft decision, how to maintain the distinction between contract workers and employees has been blurred. Employers have no safe harbor in which to operate to ensure that contingent workers are not reclassified as employees by the courts or the IRS. The tips below may mitigate the facts in favor of a finding that your contract attorney is not reclassified as an employee, should an inquiry ever be made.
Tips for keeping contract attorneys just what they are - contract attorneys:
In-house and Law Firm Legal Market "Spring 2009 Firm Advice Newsletter" Permanent and Temporary Legal Placement "Nightmare on K Street for Underemployed Lawyers" (Quoted) By Meilissa Castro Washington Business Journal - March 6, 2009 "Local Job Market Rebounds" (Quoted) By Amy Joyce Washington Post - January 8, 2007
By Katherine Alfisi Washington Lawyer - July/August 2006 By Mary W. Legg The Legal Times - August 16, 2004
By Christine M. Garton The Legal Times - June 28, 2004
"Fitting in a New Group of Lawyers" By Mary W. Legg The Legal Times - March 10, 2003
"Client Development, Part Two - How to Network" WBA Raising the Bar - January/February 2002
The Legal Times - December 10, 2001
WBA Raising the Bar - November/December 2001 "The In-House Life" The Legal Times - November 19, 2001
The Legal Times - October 22, 2001 "In-House Lawyers Still Mostly White" (Quoted) The National Law Journal - August 14, 2000 "How Should Your Contract Attorney Be Billed?" The Legal Times - June 30, 1997 |
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