Legal secretary vs legal administrative secretary

Differences between legal secretary and legal administrative 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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Legal administrative secretary example responsibilities.

• Coordinate firm-wide calendar and manage litigation document deadline process.
• Complete accounting and payroll functions.- gather and process client documents.- manage daily operations of office.
• Provide administrative and secretarial support in practice areas such as litigation, corporate and capital markets.
• Assist safety consultant (s) in summarizing depositions and interrogatories ,.
• Transcribe, proofread and red-line/compare documents, draft correspondence, create and edit PowerPoint presentations.
• Design effective PowerPoint presentations for in-house and client meetings.
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