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Experience
01/2015 to Current
Legal Assistant Legal Secretary/AssistantThe Law Office of Donald J. McNeil － Chicago, IL
to one attorney/sole practitioner.
Provided legal assistance and secretarial support with emphasis on litigation and employment law.
In charge of billing and collections, maintaining office records.
Duties include but not limited to client billing and collections
Managed calendaring, deposition coordination, conference calls, travel arrangements and on-site meetings.
06/2001 to 12/2009
Legal SecretaryBarnes & Thornburg, LLC － Chicago, IL
Assigned to two partners and one associate in the Labor & Employment Group.
Provided legal assistance and secretarial support with emphasis on litigation and employment law.
Duties include but not limited to calendar/docket maintenance, drafting, editing pleadings, file organization, deposition coordination, electronic filing, discovery coordination and organization, etc.
time charges, billing.
Assist in preparation of various pleadings, court filings and discovery maintenance for litigation matters in both state and federal courts.
Managed complex calendaring, deposition coordination, conference calls, travel arrangements, on-site meetings and professional conferences.
Organized and prioritized workload, docket maintenances, record keeping using professional and client conscience judgment to efficiently meet deadlines with minimal supervision.
Docket all upcoming trial, hearings, response deadlines, depositions, etc.
dates.
Daily email and calendar maintenance and meeting coordination.
Provided personal assistance regarding personal appointments, errands, research, etc.
09/1997 to 06/2001
Legal AssistantMcDermott, Will & Emery － Chicago, IL
Assigned to two partners in the Labor & Employment Group.
Provided legal assistance and secretarial support with emphasis on litigation and employment law.
Duties include but not limited to calendar/docket maintenance, drafting, editing pleadings, file organization, deposition coordination, electronic filing, discovery coordination and organization, etc.
time charges, billing.
Assist in preparation of various pleadings, court filings and discovery maintenance for litigation matters in both state and federal courts.
Managed complex calendaring, deposition coordination, conference calls, travel arrangements, on-site meetings and professional conferences.
Organized and prioritized workload, docket maintenances, record keeping using professional and client conscience judgment to efficiently meet deadlines with minimal supervision.
Docket all upcoming trial, hearings, response deadlines, depositions, etc.
dates.
Daily email and calendar maintenance and meeting coordination.
Provided personal assistance regarding personal appointments, errands, research, etc.
Duties include but not limited to calendar/docket maintenance, time charges, billing, drafting, editing pleadings, file organization, deposition and discovery coordination and organization, etc.
Assist in preparation of various pleadings, court filings and discovery maintenance for litigation matters in both state and federal courts.Managed complex calendaring, deposition coordination, conference calls, travel arrangements, on-site meetings and professional conferences.Organized and prioritized workload, docket maintenance, record- keeping using professional and client conscience judgment to efficiently meet deadlines with minimal supervision.
Floater Legal SecretaryKeck, Mahin & Cate － Chicago, IL
Worked for seven years as a floater legal secretary for over 200 attorneys in various legal departments to cover secretarial assignments when secretary was absent.
Duties include but not limited to calendar/docket maintenance, time charges, billing, drafting, editing pleadings, file organization, deposition and discovery coordination and organization, etc.
Assist in preparation of various pleadings, court filings and discovery maintenance for litigation matters in both state and federal courts.
Managed complex calendaring, deposition coordination, conference calls, travel arrangements, on-site meetings and professional conferences.
Organized and prioritized workload, docket maintenance, record- keeping using professional and client conscience judgment to efficiently meet deadlines with minimal supervision.
I was assigned for over six weeks to work on assisting as a legal secretary/assistant to work on a large litigation case in New York City, with several litigation attorneys.
For six years during the summer months I worked for three months each year from 1988-1994 in the legal hiring department, coordinating and scheduling potential summer associates to work in the firm's summer program.
Assigned in 1997 as a permanent legal secretary in the Labor & Employment Department.
Assigned to one partner and one associate in the Litigation Department.
Provided legal assistance and secretarial support in the litigation department.
Duties include but not limited to calendar/docket maintenance, drafting, editing pleadings, file organization, deposition coordination, filing, discovery coordination and organization, etc.
Organized and prioritized workload, docket maintenances, and record keeping.
