Office manager and legal assistant vs senior paralegal

Differences between office manager and legal assistant and senior paralegal 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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Senior paralegal example responsibilities.

• Achieve sole responsibility for administration of all estates and guardianships.
• Respond to active litigation in collaboration with internal custodians and external counsel, including responding to discovery requests and subpoenas.
• Handle all corporate matters including annual shareholder documentation and shareholder meetings, prepare contracts and coordinate execution, and provide litigation support
• Edit and proofread initial drafts, transcribes dictation and perform cite checking, copy assembly/attachments for filing and/or mailing.
• Draft and prepare legal documents, correspondence, corporate resolutions and UCC's, together with file maintenance and organization.
• Position entail all secretarial correspondence, dictation, expense reporting, record keeping and the handling of settlement documents and payments.
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