Assistant prosecuting attorney vs legal extern

Differences between assistant prosecuting attorney and legal extern duties and responsibilities

Assistant prosecuting attorney example responsibilities.

• Manage, train and mentore newly hire ADA's in courtroom management and trial advocacy.
• Argue motions, take depositions, and prepare briefs, appeals, search warrants and subpoenas.
• Perform all aspects of trial preparation, including issuing subpoenas, witness preparation, and exhibits.
• Issue and enforce investigative subpoenas and review thousands of responsive documents for discovery disclosure.
• Draft dispositive motions, discovery motions, pleadings, initial disclosures, respond to discovery requests and interrogatories.
• Participate in opening and closing argument and direct and cross-examination training.

Legal extern example responsibilities.

• Create PowerPoint presentation used to train staff on managing copyright and trademark infringement risk.
• Research various aspects of criminal law; write inter-office memos defining the present juris prudence of issue research.
• Train attorneys and librarians to use the Lexis-Nexis legal research system.
• Proofread and edit attorney work product (grammar, usage, and content . )
• Hire by criminal defense and plaintiff's personal injury attorneys on a case basis.
• Proofread and edit legal documents for correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, format, and content.
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