prest

ROI for law firms

$653 a month for a full-time employee. unlimited human seats.*

a full-time hire costs $11,011 a month, all overhead in.

$124,297 saved a year on each one

modeled · see the math

* each, three on the annual plan, billed monthly.

Prest0n employees in a law firm or an in-house legal team, modeled: value after fees, the full range and the limits.

in short

the smaller firm the report starts with, in its first year.

every firm

each firm the report models, side by side.

if things go better or worse

what each firm nets in year one if one assumption is off. each line changes one assumption, for the worse and for the better; the last changes two at once.

role by role

one full-time person in each role, every listed task given to Prest0n but the ones kept by hand.

what Prest0n does not do here

Prest0n prepares the work; your people review it and decide.

sources

the public data the report’s wages and task hours rest on.

the modeled return

modeled first-year return for law firms
firm (modeled)planhours of work a month, once up to speed (modeled)first-year value (modeled)first-year costfirst-year net (modeled)the month the cost is covered (modeled)first-year net if one assumption is off (modeled)
Small immigration, personal-injury and workers' compensation firm (11 people, flat-fee and contingency)5 Prest0ns, annual, billed monthly332$271,463$56,513$214,950month 2$80,622 to $404,556
Mid-size litigation and corporate firm (45 people, hourly)23 Prest0ns, annual, billed monthly1,176$1,143,829$179,872$963,957month 1−$13,977 to $1,955,525
Small in-house legal department (5 people, company of about 600 employees)1 Prest0n, annual, billed monthly101$142,807$19,012$123,795month 2$32,483 to $253,893
Mid-size in-house legal department (18 people, company of about 4,000 employees)4 Prest0ns, annual, billed monthly400$654,297$54,617$599,680month 1$185,153 to $1,243,056

modeled estimates from the open ROI report, version 2026-11, prices as of 1 November 2026. returned hours are capacity, not cash; these are modeled, not guaranteed, and not a promise of results.

by role (modeled, one full-time person)

modeled return per role
rolehours returned a month (modeled)net value a month (modeled)share of one Prest0n's month
Paralegal (incl. English-Spanish translation work)38$4,44555%
Billing and trust-accounting coordinator38$4,11755%
Marketing / business-development coordinator37$5,36834%
Legal assistant / intake specialist36$3,412108%
In-house counsel / senior counsel34$12,70834%
Associate attorney33$8,75988%
Contracts manager / contract administrator32$4,57290%
In-house legal assistant / department coordinator21$1,97865%
In-house paralegal (corporate, contracts and litigation support)17$1,89830%
Legal operations manager / analyst15$2,70426%
Partner / shareholder15$8,58441%
General counsel / deputy general counsel14$5,40820%

evidence

84 tasks; 56 rest on grade-C (weakest) evidence, 40% of the lead firm's modeled value.

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