Legal secretary vs law secretary

Differences between legal secretary and law 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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Law secretary example responsibilities.

• Perform administrative tasks for managing partner and trial attorney at a medical malpractice litigation firm including daily transcription and stenography.
• Perform secretarial functions including expense reports, spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and correspondence.
• Handle subpoenas, set up depositions, maintain billing to clients and other various responsibilities.
• Answer and propound discovery/mandatory disclosure/financial affidavits.
• Answer and propound discovery/mandatory disclosure/financial affidavits.