Family lawyer vs staff attorney

Differences between family lawyer and staff attorney duties and responsibilities

Family lawyer example responsibilities.

• Provide litigation support by leading case investigations, gathering underwriting, claim, and agency information and subpoena responses.
• General civil practice focusing on real property matters, business entity formation/representation, estate planning, and probate.

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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