Executive legal secretary vs legal clerk

Differences between executive legal secretary and legal clerk duties and responsibilities

Executive legal secretary example responsibilities.

• Manage a team of five to prepare over 100 UCC-1 forms to meet a 48 hour deadline.
• Prepare daily transcription from dictation.
• Send out discovery (interrogatories, requests for production, etc . )
• Log heavy volume of summonses and complaints to prepare for express delivery.
• Prepare, file and/or serve complaints, motions, briefs, orders, answers, pleadings and subpoenas.
• Develop legal pleadings for court and prepare eviction notices, probate documents, and property titles for clients.
Show more

Legal clerk example responsibilities.

• Complete accounting and payroll functions.- gather and process client documents.- manage daily operations of office.
• Maintain and organize litigation materials; litigation management; process correspondence, and various clerical duties, including filing/copying/package assembly.
• Process civil, probate and small claims cases, issue writs, abstracts, summons, defaults and judgments.
• Assist or draft wills, power of attorney, revocable living trusts, probate, adoptions, ERISA and Medicaid eligibility.
• Serve subpoenas and notice and draft related affidavits.
• Conduct conference calls independently with clients to gather information to answer interrogatories.
Show more