Solo practitioner vs contract attorney

Differences between solo practitioner and contract attorney duties and responsibilities

Solo practitioner example responsibilities.

• Represent clients in foreclosure proceedings.
• Establish client centered practice for homeowners facing mortgage foreclosure.
• Handle all aspects of litigation including hearings on temporary orders, restraining order proceedings, pretrial discovery including depositions and trial.
• Represent plaintiffs in securities class actions.
• Litigate cases involving complex federal governmental statutory benefits programs such as ERISA and Medicare.

Contract attorney example responsibilities.

• Conduct first-level document review, QC review, and privilege review for complex residential mortgage-backed securities litigation.
• Experience in e-discovery document review teams assessing responsiveness in second requests, pharmaceutical litigation/product liability cases and patent infringement suits.
• Consult with law firms regarding deposition and hearing preparations and provide other litigation support services for various banking and pharmaceutical antitrust matters
• Remove confidential personal information and HIPAA.
• Prepare deposition files, write pleadings, subpoenas and participate in other discovery-relate projects.
• Privilege log line writing and privilege QC in large-scale anti-trust litigation/investigation of several private equity firms.
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