Office manager and legal assistant vs legal administrative secretary

Differences between office manager and legal assistant and legal administrative secretary duties and responsibilities

Office manager and legal assistant example responsibilities.

• Gather and prepare documents for binders/notebooks for depositions, arbitration, hearings/trial; manage incoming document production mostly for litigation purposes.
• Prepare all pleadings for family law cases, as well as document preparation for bankruptcy and probate cases.
• Practice include plaintiff's personal injury, family law, criminal, real estate transactions, probate, corporate, collections.
• Draft legal documents including correspondence, pleadings, interrogatories, subpoenas and affidavits.
• Answer complaints, interrogatories and communicate with opposing counsel and insurance companies.
• Gather and collect financial information through subpoenas providing summary of assets and liabilities.
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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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