About Our Virtual Paralegal Firm
Founded in 2021
About Propel
Founded in 2021
How Propel started
Heather Gardner founded Propel in 2021 with a clear premise: bankruptcy attorneys deserve access to senior-level paralegal support without the overhead of full-time staff. Drawing on years of experience across small firms, large firms, and independent practice, she saw a gap no one had filled. She built Propel to fill it.
Propel has grown 14.6X since launching, now supporting bankruptcy attorneys and firms across the country. The company is the nation's first elite virtual paralegal team built specifically for bankruptcy practice.
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How we work with firms
Propel is structured around how attorneys actually run their practices. Onboarding is straightforward. Our paralegals work in your bankruptcy software and follow your preferences. Communication is clear and regular. You always know where your cases stand.
You are not handed off to a rotating cast of contractors. You are matched with a senior paralegal who knows your firm, your cases, and your court.
You pay for the work you need. Nothing more.
Why specialization matters
Most virtual paralegal companies cover a little of everything. Propel went the other way. Around 95% of our work is bankruptcy, with a focus on debtor-side consumer cases. Our paralegals work Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 every day.
That focus shapes everything else: the people we hire, the processes we build, the software we know, the deadlines we track. When you bring Propel into your firm, you are adding a specialist, not training a generalist.
A note from Heather
I built Propel because I had seen, from the inside, how much of an attorney's time gets pulled away from the actual practice of law. Filing surges. Staff turnover. Training time. Caseload pressure. None of it has a clean answer when you are also trying to serve clients well.
Propel is the answer I wished I had when I was inside firms doing the work. Senior support, available when you need it, sized to your practice. Quality of work and quality of partnership, equally.
Sincerely,
Heather Gardner
Founder and CEO
Propel only works with licensed attorneys in the United States. Our services are not provided to pro se parties.
Customizable Legal Support
Support that fits your firm
Hiring and training a full-time paralegal is expensive. Caseloads do not move in a straight line. Some months you need more hands. Some months you do not. Most firms end up either overstaffed for the slow stretches or underwater during the busy ones.
Propel solves that. Our paralegals work on demand, hourly or on a monthly retainer. You scale up during filing surges, scale back when things settle, and never carry overhead you are not using.
You also do not work with one person in isolation. You work with a team. If your primary paralegal is out, another senior Propel paralegal can step in without missing a deadline.
You pay for the work you need. Nothing more.
