Attorney vs assistant district attorney

Differences between attorney and assistant district attorney duties and responsibilities

Attorney example responsibilities.

• Manage the death administration department with approximately thirty-five plus estates through trust administration, Medicaid estate recovery or probate.
• Respond to subpoenas and pleadings in litigation and in regulatory inquiries and investigations involving corporate clients.
• Represent employers before federal administrative agencies, including inspections, administrative litigation, court-enforcement actions and appeals.
• Litigate personal injury, and general liability matters, worker's compensation, estate planning and litigation, environmental liability litigation.
• Create and give a presentation regarding non- attorney ethics to division staff.
• Comply with all agency policies and procedures, including those pertaining to ethics and integrity
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Assistant district attorney example responsibilities.

• Draft search warrants, cell site orders, and subpoenas on a frequent basis as part of developing and managing investigations.
• Handle all phases of criminal prosecution including witness interviews, grand jury presentations, hearings, trials and appeals.
• Draft briefs, motions, orders, subpoenas, contracts and other legal documents, as well as correspondence and reports.
• Research and co-authore multiple briefs for interlocutory appeals regarding suppression of evidence.
• Provide presentation and legal defense of insure persons in personal injury actions through mediation and/or trial.
• Review and analyze medical records, permanency evaluations, interrogatories, and transcripts.