Legal research assistant vs litigation legal assistant

Differences between legal research assistant and litigation legal assistant 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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Litigation legal assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage and coordinate various aspects of major pharmaceutical litigation including budgeting, work scope plans, staffing and defense coordination.
• Prepare and review all discovery materials, including depositions, subpoenas, interrogatories, interviews.
• Prepare PowerPoint presentations for visual aids at trial and for inhouse presentations.
• Review and respond to interrogatories and discovery.
• Prepare answers to and draft interrogatories and document requests.
• Prepare defensive pleadings, motions and affidavits including discovery.
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