Assistant corporation counsel vs staff attorney

Differences between assistant corporation counsel and staff attorney duties and responsibilities

Assistant corporation counsel example responsibilities.

• Garner significant employment-relate litigation experience, including civil defense, motion practice, discovery practice, legal research and persuasive writing.
• Draft depositions, petitions, subpoenas and motions.
• Investigate and litigate all grievance and arbitration matters.
• Type pleadings, motions, subpoenas and court documents for court filing.
• Engage in arbitration hearings and review depositions.
• Experience at handling large-scale and complex litigation with multiple defendants and plaintiffs in police misconduct and sexual harassment/pregnancy discrimination cases.
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Staff attorney example responsibilities.

• Generate an internal memorandum exploring VAWA and special immigrant juvenile cases that lead to the establishment of a new clinic program.
• Provide statewide training for attorneys and advocates on education law and also responsible for major impact education litigation and appeals.
• Create and conduct workshops on e-discovery, privilege, FMLA, ADA, and FLSA
• Conduct internal FLSA (wage and hour) compliance and re-classification audits for pre-complaint resolution.
• General practice attorney handling primarily bankruptcy, domestic relations and criminal cases, preparation of wills and trusts and probate.
• Draft wills, powers of attorney, probate estate administration filings, divorce filings, caregiver contracts, and property deeds.
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