Legal technician vs attorney's assistant

Differences between legal technician and attorney's assistant duties and responsibilities

Legal technician example responsibilities.

• Gather and prepare documents for binders/notebooks for depositions, arbitration, hearings/trial; manage incoming document production mostly for litigation purposes.
• Collect medical records for attorneys, law enforcement, and court order subpoenas.
• Prepare medical records for patients, physicians, subpoenas, copy services, etc.
• Maintain and track litigation data, analyze data problems and recommend corrective action to senior legal systems staff.
• Collect and prepare required documentation for answering interrogatories and drafting interrogatories for attorney review to be forward to opposing counsel.
• Administer government policies and procedures in the resolution of litigation and other matters resulting from the closing of fail financial institutions.
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Attorney's assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage active caseload of labor arbitrations.
• Assist patent attorneys by managing invention disclosure documentation and relate correspondence with outside counsel and USPTO.
• Draft jury demands, discovery responses, subpoenas, and closing letters for the attorney's cases.
• Draft legal complaints, summons and interrogatories.
• Handle significant criminal, juvenile and probate cases.
• Experience with presentation of software such as PowerPoint.
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