Legal administrative secretary vs legal clerk

Differences between legal administrative secretary and legal clerk duties and responsibilities

Legal administrative secretary example responsibilities.

• Coordinate firm-wide calendar and manage litigation document deadline process.
• Complete accounting and payroll functions.- gather and process client documents.- manage daily operations of office.
• Provide administrative and secretarial support in practice areas such as litigation, corporate and capital markets.
• Assist safety consultant (s) in summarizing depositions and interrogatories ,.
• Transcribe, proofread and red-line/compare documents, draft correspondence, create and edit PowerPoint presentations.
• Design effective PowerPoint presentations for in-house and client meetings.
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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.
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