{"data":{"id":"us-il/5-ilcs-70-1.35","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"5 ILCS 70/1.35","heading":"Paralegal.","body":"\"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.","path":["CHAPTER 5 GENERAL PROVISIONS","Statute on Statutes."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=79\u0026ChapterID=2\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:11Z","sha256":"856ff22d444aa7a093bea4fa6a43a92fa2f493fb46a14d5fff194d744800ec06","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/5-ilcs-70-1.34","next":"us-il/5-ilcs-70-1.36"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}