Trying to gauge whether remote contract attorney work is realistic for a NY-barred attorney based outside the U.S.

Hi everyone. I’m hoping to get some insight from law firm owners or attorneys who have experience working with remote contract lawyers.

I’m a New York-barred attorney currently based outside the U.S. Before my NY admission, I spent about 10 years working remotely as a paralegal for U.S.-based law firms, primarily in real estate, with some exposure to criminal defense and personal injury.

I’ve been considering whether it’s realistic to build a remote contract attorney / overflow support practice for U.S. law firms while being physically located outside the U.S., and I wanted to ask whether firms would actually be open to that arrangement.

For those of you who own firms or hire contract attorneys, I’d appreciate any insight on things like:

- whether location outside the U.S. would be a dealbreaker
- what kinds of tasks you’d realistically outsource to a remote contract attorney
- whether firms would be comfortable hiring someone in this setup for drafting, research, transaction support, document review, pleadings, discovery, or general overflow work
- any ethical, practical, or logistical concerns you’d immediately flag
- what would make someone in my position more marketable to a U.S. firm

I’m genuinely trying to understand whether this is a viable path and how firms would view it from a hiring and ethics standpoint. If anyone has experience with a similar arrangement, either as the hiring attorney or as contract counsel working remotely, I’d really appreciate your thoughts.

Thanks in advance.