Legal department manager vs contract attorney

Differences between legal department manager and contract attorney duties and responsibilities

Legal department manager example responsibilities.

• Prepare and distribute payroll manage daily office operations and equipment and maintain supplies for office to run effectively.
• Coordinate with litigation department on state and federal government subpoenas on customer account activity.
• Provide expert testimony at NASD/NYSE arbitration hearings.
• Handpick arbitration ready accounts and oversee the legal department.
• Review and analyze third-party subpoenas, garnishments and other document requests and coordinate require responses.
• Work hand-in-hand with legal representation in litigation discovery process, development of legal arguments and exhibits as well as deposition preparation.
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Contract attorney example responsibilities.

• Conduct first-level document review, QC review, and privilege review for complex residential mortgage-backed securities litigation.
• Experience in e-discovery document review teams assessing responsiveness in second requests, pharmaceutical litigation/product liability cases and patent infringement suits.
• Consult with law firms regarding deposition and hearing preparations and provide other litigation support services for various banking and pharmaceutical antitrust matters
• Remove confidential personal information and HIPAA.
• Prepare deposition files, write pleadings, subpoenas and participate in other discovery-relate projects.
• Privilege log line writing and privilege QC in large-scale anti-trust litigation/investigation of several private equity firms.
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