Attorney general vs staff attorney

Differences between attorney general and staff attorney duties and responsibilities

Attorney general example responsibilities.

• Perform extensive trial litigation, facilitate contract administrations, negotiations, and arrange mediation and counseling.
• Draft subpoenas and participate in investigations.
• Prepare subpoenas and arrange for process-servers and couriers.
• Prepare and participate as first chair at various administrative and arbitration hearings.
• Assist in preparing and responding to civil miscellaneous appeals, criminal miscellaneous appeals.
• Investigate and assist in the preparation of litigation cases concerning fraud by officers of charitable organizations.
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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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