Principal secretary vs legal secretary

Differences between principal secretary and legal secretary duties and responsibilities

Principal secretary example responsibilities.

• Manage high volume of requests and correspondence from executives and colleagues, pharmaceutical representatives, patients and outside physicians.
• Maintain compliance with HIPPA law.
• Work closely with Medicare and Medicaid.
• Maintain confidentiality laws of HIPAA and OSHA.
• Create spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations for faculty meetings on behalf of the principal.
• Prepare charts, vital sight, injections, EKG, phlebotomy, fill prescriptions and hospital admitting.
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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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