GENERAL PUBLIC SERVICES & BILLING RATES 2025
Legal Disclaimers:
*The American Bar Association (ABA) currently limits non-lawyer public services to the following states: Arizona, Minnesota, Oregon, Utah, and Washington, with California pending (updated 06.29.2025)
Aimee M. McCroskey is a Nationally Certified Senior Advanced Professional Paralegal (PP), having obtained her national professional paralegal (PP) certification via NALS® (The National Association of Legal Support Professionals).
Pursuant to NALS® Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Aimee may place herself for public hire* to draft and prepare legal documents for any person, entity, government, administrative agency, employer, and/or any other agency or organization; however, please note that she is not a licensed attorney and therefore cannot give you any legal or tax advice.
Members of NALS® are bound by the objective of this association and the standards of conduct required of the legal profession. Canon 1 states, “Member of this association shall maintain a high degree of competency and integrity through continuing education to better assist the legal profession in fulfilling its duty to provide quality legal services to the public.” Aimee certainly stands true to this canon and strives to maintain professional integrity and ethics for all of her clients and for the public.
Aimee M. McCroskey is also commissioned by the Governor of the State of Tennessee, as a certified Notary Public at Large, and is authorized to act in any county in the State of Tennessee. She is licensed and bonded, and her coverage is currently active for in-person and remote notarial acts.
All communications must be adhered to with responsibility, responded to immediately, and communicated with truth and/or clarity of instructions. Aimee reserves the right to refusal for any reason, including failure to communicate timely, as this can delay her potential billable hours with other clients.
All services are subject to written agreement. Once services are performed and completed, refunds cannot be made.
GENERAL PUBLIC SERVICES
*Not inclusive of law firms or solo-practicing attorneys (Please see “Firms and Attorneys”)
Please note, McC Legal is a medical paralegal organization that includes professional, nationally senior certified paralegals, firm administrators, legal assistants, and other legal staff. We are not attorneys, nor or we CPAs; we cannot represent you in any capacity, nor provide any legal or tax advice; however, under some select state laws and/or the supervision of attorneys, and through our various degrees, certifications, and extensive history in legal, we are permitted to prepare your legal documentation for you and assist you with filing your documents with any federal/state/local governmental agency. Our specialized fields of services include, but are certainly not limited to:
VIRTUAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Domestic Law Support
Criminal Law Support
Employment Law Support
Small Claims Support
Comprehensive Background Checks
Social Security Administration/Disability Support
Firm Administration/Office Management Services
Notary Public Services for the State of Tennessee
SPECIFIC VIRTUAL SERVICES
Services provided by McC Legal to the general public are broad and vary. Listed below are some of the specific services our team may assist you with; however, this list is certainly not exhaustive. Telephone consultations may be best to help determine how we may provide the most distinguished legal support to your legal, personal, and clerical needs:
- Comprehensive Background Checks – please note our background check services are provided for risk purposes only, and not for financial gain or fraudulent purposes. McC Legal holds the right to refusal if we find unethical motive is involved.
- Background checks are important for many reasons, and they can be extremely beneficial in various ways. A few of these reasons are listed as follows:
- Pre-cautionary step in dating, prior to engagement
- Pre-cautionary step to entering into a new marriage
- Pre-cautionary step to entering into new rental agreements
- Prevent instances of theft, abuse, violence, and other criminal behavior when considering employees or rental tenants
- Avoid workplace harassment and workplace safety issues
- Verify an applicant’s educational merits
- Verify facts to discourage dishonest candidates and tenants
- Allows employers to get a more complete picture of candidates
- Find a lost relative, lover, or friend
- Collect against a debt
- Verify business transactional information
- Verifications for safety purposes
- A comprehensive background check report can be available in less than one (1) day, often less than one (1) hour.
- All comprehensive background reports are 100% confidential, non-traceable, and are verified through, U.S. national, state, and local government, as well as via other business integrated database platforms (such as utility districts).
- Each report includes, but is not limited to, the following verified information:
- Residential history verifications
- Contacts for recovery or lost-relative location:
- Relatives, Spouses, Children, Neighbors, Associates, Addresses, Emails, Phones/mobile phones, Other unbanked data
- Work history
- Asset Search:
- Accessor Records, Deed Records, Aircraft Records, Domain Registrations, Vehicle Ownership, Vessel Records
- Business Search:
- DBA/FBN Records, FEIN Records, Corporate Records, Workplace Records, UCC Filings
- Court Records Search:
- Birth Records, Death Records, Marriage Records, Arrest Records, Criminal Records, Sexual Offender Records Showing Locations in Your Neighborhood, National Warrant Records, Traffic Records, Bankruptcy Records, Tax Lien Records, Civil Judgment Records, Eviction Records, Foreclosure Records
- License Search:
- DEA Licenses, Hunting & Fishing Licenses, Pilot Licenses, Professional Licenses
- Driver’s License Search
- Background checks are important for many reasons, and they can be extremely beneficial in various ways. A few of these reasons are listed as follows:
Draft and prepare other legal documents, including, but not limited to:
- Pleadings (petitions, complaints, motions, notices, proposed orders)
- Domestic: Statistical Information Sheet, Divorce Complaint, Marital Dissolution Agreement (MDA), Agreed Permanent Parenting Plan (PPP), Child Support Worksheet, Agreed Order, Final Decree of Divorce, and Divorce Certificate
- Criminal Expungements
- Administrative agency forms (for applications relative to government benefits, insurance, student loans, etc.)
- Demand letter / other correspondence
- Civil Warrant (to collect a debt, evict, etc.)
- Summons
- Research and examine pertinent other sources, such as public records, to determine causes of action and aid to prepare cases for litigation
- Create and manage estate Excel ledgers, estate banking registers, and manage timely payments of estate billing
- Meet with clients and vendors on your behalf
- Attend Zoom meetings and prepare meeting minutes and/or memorandums
- Draft and aid to respond to EEOC claims
- Organize and prepare office for relocation
- Organize and aid to transition office from physical file storage to electronic file storage
- Organize catering, flights, hotel accommodations, and trip itineraries
- Digitally design and setup welcoming packages
- Create PowerPoint presentations for seminars or other college or business presentations
- Resume preparation to include a professional cover letter
* GENERAL PUBLIC RATES *
- All services to the general public (this does not include firms and attorneys) must be paid in advance.
- All rates and package deals are subject to change, given advance notice.
DOMESTIC RATES
*All filing fees, issuance of subpoena fees, service of process fees, and/or other agency fees are to be paid separate from the following prices, and are to be paid directly to the court or issuing agency:
- Uncontested Divorce without Children Package:
- $1,200 – includes: Divorce Statistical Information Sheet, Divorce Complaint, Marital Dissolution Agreement (MDA), Agreed Order, Final Decree of Divorce, Divorce Certificate, and (2) notary signatures (husband and wife) — and other county required pleadings/verifications (i.e. Injunction to Parties, Restraining Notice, etc.)
- a savings of $1,500 – $9,000 compared to general U.S. attorney rates
- $1,200 – includes: Divorce Statistical Information Sheet, Divorce Complaint, Marital Dissolution Agreement (MDA), Agreed Order, Final Decree of Divorce, Divorce Certificate, and (2) notary signatures (husband and wife) — and other county required pleadings/verifications (i.e. Injunction to Parties, Restraining Notice, etc.)
- Uncontested Divorce with Children Package:
- $1,550 – includes: Divorce Statistical Information Sheet, Divorce Complaint, Marital Dissolution Agreement (MDA), Agreed Permanent Parenting Plan (PPP) (if applicable) with attached Child Support Worksheet, Agreed Order, Final Decree of Divorce, Divorce Certificate, and (2) notary signatures (husband and wife) — and other county required pleadings/verifications (i.e. Injunction to Parties, Restraining Notice, etc.)
- a savings of $2,000 – $15,000 compared to general U.S. attorney rates
- $1,550 – includes: Divorce Statistical Information Sheet, Divorce Complaint, Marital Dissolution Agreement (MDA), Agreed Permanent Parenting Plan (PPP) (if applicable) with attached Child Support Worksheet, Agreed Order, Final Decree of Divorce, Divorce Certificate, and (2) notary signatures (husband and wife) — and other county required pleadings/verifications (i.e. Injunction to Parties, Restraining Notice, etc.)
- Uncontested Modification of Post-Divorce Custodial Rights / Visitation / Child Support:
- $800 – includes Petition, Amended/Agreed Permanent Parenting Plan (PPP) with attached Child Support Worksheet, Agreed Order, and (2) notary signatures (mother and father) — and other county required documentation (i.e. Injunction to Parties, Restraining Notice, etc.)
- a savings of $2,000 – $10,000 compared to general U.S. attorney rates
- $800 – includes Petition, Amended/Agreed Permanent Parenting Plan (PPP) with attached Child Support Worksheet, Agreed Order, and (2) notary signatures (mother and father) — and other county required documentation (i.e. Injunction to Parties, Restraining Notice, etc.)
- Individual Domestic Documentation Preparation (outside of package deals):
- $85 per hour (one hour minimum), per individual small form or legal correspondence (i.e., demand letter or letter of request, summons, Child Support Worksheet recalculation, other Excel worksheet calculations, motions, notices, exhibit preparation, proposed agreed order, etc.)
NON-DOMESTIC RATES
*All filing fees, issuance of subpoena fees, service of process fees, and/or other court or agency fees are to be paid in advance and separate from the following prices, and they are to be paid directly to the court or issuing agency.
*Bulk packages can be negotiated.
Our current 2025 rates are as follows:
- $85.00 per comprehensive background check (plus $50 access fee)
- $85.00 Criminal background check (plus TBI or other state fee)
- $85.00 per hour (one hour minimum) for other/general legal services (plus any state applicable fees)
- Any applicable gas mileage will be billed at the most recent posted IRS standard business mileage rate (last posted rate [2023] is $62.5 cents per mile for travel and return). IRS rates are subject to change.
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