1. (a) As used in this section, "paralegal" means a person who is:

   1. (1) qualified through education, training, or work experience; and

   2. (2) 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.

2. (b) A reference in the Indiana Code to attorney's fees includes paralegal's fees.

As added by P.L.6-1993, SEC.1.