Senior paralegal vs litigation legal assistant

Differences between senior paralegal and litigation legal assistant duties and responsibilities

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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Litigation legal assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage and coordinate various aspects of major pharmaceutical litigation including budgeting, work scope plans, staffing and defense coordination.
• Prepare and review all discovery materials, including depositions, subpoenas, interrogatories, interviews.
• Prepare PowerPoint presentations for visual aids at trial and for inhouse presentations.
• Review and respond to interrogatories and discovery.
• Prepare answers to and draft interrogatories and document requests.
• Prepare defensive pleadings, motions and affidavits including discovery.
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