Corporation counsel vs legal extern

Differences between corporation counsel and legal extern duties and responsibilities

Corporation counsel example responsibilities.

• Manage the in-house final appeals process for all labor grievances.
• Achieve statewide recognition as expert on Medicare and Medicaid.
• Engage in all aspects of litigation process under supervising attorney, including drafting motions, issuing interrogatories, and conducting depositions.
• Represent city in summary conviction appeals and hearings before magisterial district judges.
• Handle all in-house legal matters including representing the corporation in litigation, drafting and negotiating contracts and contract documents.
• Provide counsel regarding corporate compliance and ethics; handle investigations; provide recommendations to management; and recommend remedial/disciplinary actions.
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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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