Legal research assistant vs assistant paralegal

Differences between legal research assistant and assistant paralegal duties and responsibilities

Legal research assistant example responsibilities.

• Complete accounting and payroll functions.- gather and process client documents.- manage daily operations of office.
• Collect and organize customer information in response to subpoenas.
• Attend depositions and prepare interrogatories in personal injury and other tort cases.
• Assemble case information and draft specific interrogatories and requests for production of documents.
• Draft responses to commissioner complaints and subpoenas; explain mortgage-servicing issues to homeowners after conducting research; edit form letters.
• Answer and propound discovery/mandatory disclosure/financial affidavits.
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Assistant paralegal example responsibilities.

• Lead communications with courts, and other regulatory authorities in multiple state jurisdictions to ensure jurisdictional and regulatory compliance in litigation.
• Assist asbestos supervising attorney in all litigation tasks for product liability suits.
• Produce innovative bankruptcy PowerPoint marketing presentation
• Assist in depositions, providing administrative support to prominent law firms and DOJ officials.
• Analyze and relay intelligence communications of significance to appropriate DOJ officials.
• Edit and compile legal documents relating to military separations and courts-martial
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