PARALEGAL
Total Donated
$5,214,690
Contributions
48,151
Unique Donors
1,257
Donors who entered PARALEGAL as occupation account for $5.2M in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s index of FEC.gov files. The exact occupation total is $5,214,690 on 48,151 contributions from 1,257 donor records. PARALEGAL is a legal-support title, not ATTORNEY or LEGAL ASSISTANT. Occupation is self-reported on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X.
Key figures
- PARALEGAL itemizations sum to $5,214,690 ($5.2M) from 48,151 contributions and 1,257 donors.
- Repeat itemizing is about 38 contributions per donor record; mean line size is about $108.
- ATTORNEY and LEGAL ASSISTANT are separate occupation keys unless normalized here.
- Occupation is donor-supplied Form 3/3X text, not a firm roster.
Forty-eight thousand lines, small mean check
$5,214,690 is the occupation-level dollar total. 48,151 is the itemization count. 1,257 is the donor-record count. Mean contribution size is about $108. Mean dollars per donor record are about $4,149. Repeat giving is about 38 itemizations per donor record.
48,151 lines from 1,257 records is a high-repeat pattern: a mid-size support pool generating many schedules. The per-line mean of about $108 is among the smaller means in this harvest band, so the contribution count is the number that explains how $5.2M accumulated.
These means are not typical-check estimates. The packet has no firm-versus-corporate split, no gift-size distribution, and no bar-admission field. A few large lines can still sit inside a low average.
Paralegal is not attorney and not legal assistant
ATTORNEY, LAWYER, and LEGAL ASSISTANT — if those strings exist as separate keys — are not rolled into this total unless the bulk extract normalized them to PARALEGAL. This page cites only $5,214,690, 48,151 contributions, and 1,257 donors.
The FEC does not verify a paralegal certificate, a law-firm employment file, or a notary commission. Litigation paralegals, corporate paralegals, and people who typed the word as a catch-all legal-support title can all appear. Occupation is the donor’s word on that Schedule A line, published as reported on FEC.gov.
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Questions
- How much have paralegal donors given in FEC records?
- Itemizations that list PARALEGAL sum to $5,214,690, or $5.2M, across 48,151 contributions and 1,257 donor records in the LobbyVault index of FEC bulk data. The figure is an occupation-string total, not a count of working paralegals. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
- Are attorneys included in the paralegal total?
- No. ATTORNEY is a separate occupation string. This page covers PARALEGAL only: $5,214,690, 48,151 contributions, and 1,257 donors. Mixing them would invent a combined legal total the packet does not contain. Occupation is donor-typed on Form 3 and Form 3X. LobbyVault indexes exact strings from FEC.gov bulk data.
- Why are there so many paralegal contributions?
- 48,151 itemizations from 1,257 donors implies about 38 contributions per donor record. Repeat itemizing raises the line count. Mean line size is about $108. The packet does not split causes. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
- Does listing PARALEGAL prove a certificate or firm job?
- No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify employment or a paralegal credential. Quote 48,151 contributions and 1,257 donor records with the dollars. Source: FEC.gov Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Occupation is self-reported on FEC Form 3/3X itemizations. Indexed on LobbyVault from FEC bulk data.