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Paralegal/Legal Assistant Fees Structure Per Hour — Harris County Probate Courts (Probate Court No. 4 posting) — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
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Paralegal/Legal Assistant Fees Structure Per Hour Years of Experience: Court Approved Rate 1-5 years $75.00 with certification $100.00 5-10 years $100 with certification $125.00 10 + years $125 with certification $150.00 Please attach to each billing statement of each case, the resume of the paralegal or a paragraph in the attorney affidavit that states the years of experience of both the attorney and the paralegal and a copy of the certification.
Reviewer note: Own-site content fetched by us 2026-08-22 (Phase 3 justex/page sweep; hashed receipts in custody). Complete document text quoted verbatim (whitespace-normalized); the posted document is the controlling text. Court-approved paralegal rates by experience ($75–$150/hr, higher with certification); resume or affidavit paragraph plus certification copy required with each billing statement.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 1, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 2, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.