Abstract:Lawyers depend on the efforts and support of many different nonlawyer assistants to practice. Law firms could not operate without nonlawyer staff. Legal secretaries perform numerous tasks essential to lawyers' work. Accounting staff create and send bills, process fee payments, and manage operating and trust accounts. In litigation practices, legal assistants-paralegals, if you prefer-manage various aspects of cases, prepare discovery responses, conduct fact investigations, research expert witnesses, and more. … Show more
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