The executive assistant who runs your day,
so you can run your practice.
A dedicated fractional executive assistant — a full-time Amata team member who owns your calendar, inbox, travel, and client coordination, and acts on your behalf. More experienced than an administrator, and yours for 30 focused hours a month.
An executive assistant who's worked with you for six months is worth far more than one in week one. Amata EAs are full-time, long-term employees — so that value compounds month over month, and it never walks out the door.
Executive-level support — without the executive-level salary.
What is a fractional executive assistant?
A fractional executive assistant is an experienced EA who supports an attorney for a set number of hours each month, instead of as a full-time employee. They own your calendar, inbox, travel, and coordination, and act on your behalf — but you pay only for the hours you use, with no full-time salary, benefits, or turnover to manage.
- 78% of attorneys say administrative and preparatory work keeps them from their core duties — an EA hands that time back to you.1
- Harvard Business Review found an assistant who makes you even ~8% more productive — about five hours back in a 60-hour week — more than pays for themselves.2
- The economics are simple: work should go to the lowest-cost person who can do it well, so your hours go to billable, client-facing work.
- As a dedicated, long-term team member, your EA's value compounds as they learn how you work.
Your executive assistant works under your firm's email address — acting on your behalf, so to your clients they're simply part of your team.
Every EA program includes a detailed monthly report — the work completed, the hours spent, and the outcomes delivered. Built-in accountability you don't get from an employee on salary.
Sources: 1. Bloomberg Law attorney workload research (share of attorneys reporting that administrative and preparatory work limits time on core legal duties). 2. Melba J. Duncan, "The Case for Executive Assistants," Harvard Business Review (2011). Figures are industry benchmarks; individual results vary.
A dedicated team member — not a rotating freelancer.
Every Amata executive assistant is a full-time, long-term member of Amata's team — vetted, trained, and managed by Amata, dedicated to your firm and acting on your behalf, not a freelancer you have to find and manage yourself.
The hardest part of working with an assistant isn't finding one — it's letting go. Most attorneys hand off a few obvious tasks and stop there, using an EA for a fraction of what they're capable of. The more useful question is the one Harvard Business Review framed years ago: which work should go to the lowest-cost person who can do it well?
For an attorney, the answer frees your hours for billable, client-facing work — while a good EA takes the logistics, the follow-up, and the coordination off your plate entirely, acting on your behalf rather than waiting for instructions. And because your EA is a dedicated, long-term team member, their value compounds as they learn how you work. On a monthly program, they work under your firm's email address, so to your clients they're simply part of your team.
Why it matters: The value of a great assistant isn't in any single task — it's in everything you stop having to think about. The calendar that just works, the follow-ups that already happened, the trip that's booked before you ask. That only comes from someone who stays, learns your practice, and owns the details.
Everything an administrator does — plus executive support.
EA-30 does everything an Admin-20 handles — marketing execution and general back-office admin — with a more experienced team member who adds the executive-level support that runs your day.
Calendar Ownership
Hard blocks, preferred meeting windows, buffers between calls, and cross-party scheduling.
Inbox Management
Triaging your inbox, flagging what needs you, and drafting or sending replies on your behalf.
Travel & Logistics
Flights, hotels, ground transport, and itineraries built around how you like to travel.
Meeting & Event Coordination
Scheduling, confirmations, prep materials, and complex multi-party coordination.
Phone & Email Follow-Up
Chasing the responses, confirmations, and loose ends that fall through the cracks.
Client Touchpoint Coordination
Intake follow-through, meeting prep, and keeping your top clients feeling like a priority.
Complex Coordination
The recurring, multi-step projects that need an owner — handled end to end.
Plus the Full Admin-20 Menu
Social, GBP, blog, newsletters, document prep, billing prep, and back-office admin.
What's the difference between Admin-20 and EA-30?
Admin-20 ($980, 20 hours) is the most popular starting program — marketing execution and general admin for solo and new firms. EA-30 ($1,650, 30 hours) is more experienced: it does everything Admin-20 does, plus travel arrangements, meeting scheduling, email and phone follow-up, and complex coordination. For substantive legal work, Paralegal-40 is a separate program.
| Admin-20 | EA-30 | Paralegal-40 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours / month | 20 | 30 | 40 |
| Monthly price | $980 | $1,650 | $2,520 |
| Marketing execution & general admin | ✓ Yes | ✓ Everything Admin-20 does | ✕ Substantive legal work instead |
| Calendar, inbox, travel & client coordination | ✕ No | ✓ Owns your day, acts on your behalf | ✕ No |
| Document drafting, research & trial prep | ✕ No | ✕ No — separate program | ✓ Yes |
| Dedicated, full-time Amata employee | ✓ Yes | ✓ More experienced team member | ✓ Yes |
| Detailed monthly report | ✓ Yes | ✓ Work, hours & outcomes | ✓ Yes |
| Best for | Solo & new firms starting out | Attorneys ready to hand off the day | Trial surges & complex matters |
EA-30 — the experienced step up.
- One dedicated executive assistant, more experienced than Admin-20
- Calendar, inbox, travel, and client coordination
- Everything an Admin-20 does, plus executive-level support
- Works under your firm's email address — acts on your behalf
- Detailed monthly report — work, hours, and outcomes delivered
Lighter needs?
Admin-20 ($980/mo, 20 hours) is the most popular starting program — marketing execution and general admin for solo and new firms.
It's fractional, not capped.
The 30 hours is what you pre-pay — you get the value of 30 hours of skilled, focused work each month. Month-to-month, with no markups or onboarding fees.
Custom
Need a different number of hours, or a blend of EA and paralegal support? We'll build a program around exactly what your practice needs.
Common questions about a fractional executive assistant.
Answers about the EA-30 program for Chicago attorneys and small firms.
Ask Us DirectlyA fractional executive assistant is an experienced EA who supports an attorney for a set number of hours each month, instead of as a full-time employee. They own your calendar, inbox, travel, and client coordination, and act on your behalf — and you pay only for the hours you use, with no full-time salary, benefits, or turnover to manage.
Everything an Admin-20 handles — marketing execution and general admin — plus executive-level support: calendar ownership, inbox management, travel and logistics, meeting and event coordination, phone and email follow-up, client touchpoint coordination, and complex multi-step projects handled end to end.
Your EA is a dedicated, long-term Amata employee — vetted, trained, and managed by Amata, and assigned to your firm — not a rotating freelancer you have to find, brief, and manage yourself. They come with structured onboarding, act on your behalf, and on a monthly program work under your firm's email address, so to your clients they're simply part of your team. Their value compounds as they learn your practice.
Admin-20 ($980, 20 hours) is the most popular starting program — marketing execution and general admin for solo and new firms. EA-30 ($1,650, 30 hours) is more experienced: it does everything Admin-20 does, plus travel arrangements, meeting scheduling, email and phone follow-up, and complex coordination. For substantive legal work, Paralegal-40 is a separate program.
EA-30 is $1,650 a month for 30 hours of dedicated executive-assistant support. It's fractional, not capped — you pre-pay for the value of 30 hours of skilled work. Month-to-month, with no markups or onboarding fees. On a monthly program, your EA is dedicated to your firm and works under your firm's email address as part of your team.
Unlike a full-time hire, every EA program includes a detailed monthly report — the work completed, the hours spent, and the outcomes delivered. It's built-in accountability you don't get from an employee on salary, and a clean record to anchor your next planning conversation.
Your Amata Account Executive walks you through a structured onboarding: a focused intake session to transfer context, a defined scope for the first 30 days, and a steady check-in rhythm. Most onboarding failures happen from a lack of a plan — Amata brings the plan, so your EA is productive from week one.
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