Judicial assistant vs court clerk

Differences between judicial assistant and court clerk duties and responsibilities

Judicial assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage highly complex case processing and coordination for judicial activities for judges, magistrates and clerks of the court.
• Maintain records of probate documents and matters.
• Assist attorney with preparing clients for arbitration, depositions and/or court hearings.
• Process motions, identify and notify necessary parties and issue subpoenas, if applicable.
• Organize and submit subpoenas, process transmittal documents and entry forms as a seasonal employee.
• Organize litigation files and other legal documentation.
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Court clerk example responsibilities.

• Manage operations and LAN, plus data interchange with other agencies.
• Receive and record payments of fees or fines, process notary commissions, order files and purge old files for achieves.
• Answer public inquiries in terms of judicial proceedings, trial dates and witness fees along with preparing probation orders and summonses.
• Maintain report for NCIC reports.
• Count ballots and sign summons when necessary.
• Handle daily operations of filing child support summons.
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