Attorney's assistant vs law clerk

Differences between attorney's assistant and law clerk duties and responsibilities

Attorney's assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage active caseload of labor arbitrations.
• Assist patent attorneys by managing invention disclosure documentation and relate correspondence with outside counsel and USPTO.
• Draft jury demands, discovery responses, subpoenas, and closing letters for the attorney's cases.
• Draft legal complaints, summons and interrogatories.
• Handle significant criminal, juvenile and probate cases.
• Experience with presentation of software such as PowerPoint.
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Law clerk example responsibilities.

• Hire specifically to perform legal research and write memorandums on probate cases, particularly those involving litigation.
• Conduct legal research, draft various legal documents, including complaints, social security/disability appeals, settlement demand letters and subpoenas.
• Research and draft affirmations in support, arbitration contentions, discovery responses, and attorney correspondence for insurance fraud litigation firm.
• Value securities by performing company valuations utilizing DCF and multiples methods.
• Develop valuation ranges using precedent transaction, comparable company, and DCF analyses
• Utilize LexisNexis and WestlawNext search databases to conduct legal research and data analysis.
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