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General Duties of a Legal Assistant in Litigation Example
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General Duties of a Legal Assistant in Litigation Arrange for outside investigator Arrange for expert witnesses Locate, interview and obtain witness statements Draft response to interrogatories, requests for production, requests for admission Draft discovery motions Prepare summons and service of process Draft interrogatories, requests for productions, request for admissions Draft provisional remedy documents including injunction, TRO's and attachments Draft answer and/or other defensive pleadings Draft complaint Attend document productions Prepare witness for deposition Prepare witness files Draft deposition questions and prepare deposition outline Schedule deposition and arrange court reporter Prepare and serve subpoena duces tecum Research legislative history Obtain/examine public records Control numbering and history of documents produced and received Review documents for response to request for production including screening for relevance and privilege Organize documents and other physical evidence Draft demand letters and subpoenas Draft motions for extension of time Draft affidavits and declarations Prepare statistical/factual summaries or chronologies Analyze/summarize factual information Obtain, review and analyze medical records Follow up after depositions for additional information Index, digest and summarize depositions Attend depositions Prepare deposition designations Prepare trial subpoenas Prepare trial notebooks Organize trial exhibits Review trial exhibits for evidentiary purposes, relevance and authentication Draft stipulation for admissibility of exhibits Identify and prepare potential and expert witnesses Review briefs for accuracy of factual information Check cites and/or Shepardize Draft legal memoranda and/or briefs including table of cases, statement of facts and appendices Prepare settlement calculations Draft cost bill Maintain list of exhibits as mentioned, offered, admitted or objected to Attend trial, noting developments of the case as well as reactions of jurors, witnesses and opposing counsel during trial Monitor preparation of chart/graphs and other demonstrative evidence for use at trial Coordinate witness attendance at trial Draft jury instructions and voir dire Obtain jury list, biographical information on jurors Draft pretrial statements and settlement conference memoranda Prepare documents and testimony to use for impeachment Maintain and update form files Prepare recap or outline of trial transcripts Prepare corrections to trial transcript Draft factual information for appeal brief Draft notice of appeal Supervise post-judgment collections Draft settlement documents, including releases and dismissals Prepare comparative analysis of terms of potential settlement agreements