Attorney vs staff attorney

Differences between attorney and staff 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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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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