Legal secretary vs executive legal secretary

Differences between legal secretary and executive legal secretary duties and responsibilities

Legal secretary example responsibilities.

• Interview clients and manage discovery response process including responses to interrogatories and production of documents.
• Manage and perform paraprofessional and legal research functions relate to medical malpractice, products liability and general litigation.
• Perform administrative tasks for managing partner and trial attorney at a medical malpractice litigation firm including daily transcription and stenography.
• Draft and type probate documents, estate planning documents, discovery including interrogatories, correspondence.
• Prepare pleadings such as; summonses and complaints, motions, interrogatories, subpoenas and judgments as well as general correspondence.
• Provide full administrative and secretarial support for labor and employment law partner involve with high-stakes litigation on behalf of corporate clients.
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Executive legal secretary example responsibilities.

• Manage a team of five to prepare over 100 UCC-1 forms to meet a 48 hour deadline.
• Prepare daily transcription from dictation.
• Send out discovery (interrogatories, requests for production, etc . )
• Log heavy volume of summonses and complaints to prepare for express delivery.
• Prepare, file and/or serve complaints, motions, briefs, orders, answers, pleadings and subpoenas.
• Develop legal pleadings for court and prepare eviction notices, probate documents, and property titles for clients.
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