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PARALEGAL/LEGAL ASSISTANT

Summary

Personable Legal Assistant who displays the utmost level of professionalism and confidentiality. Follows directives and employs all necessary steps to excel in high-pressure situations.

Highlights

Highly organized
MS Office proficient
Transcription
Order and Summarize Medical Records

Travel and event coordination
Case management
Westlaw and LexisNexis
Summarize deposition transcripts

Accomplishments

Wrote a step-by-step procedure manual to help other legal secretaries and staff understand office practices and legal processes.

Experience

Paralegal/Legal Assistant
April 2014 to June 2014Company Name － City, State

Provide legal support through employment of various temporary agencies to law firms in need of short term or long term paralegal or legal secretarial support.
Worked on assignment at Waters & Kraus as a paralegal where I ollected data to prepare and draft settlement packages for clients.

Legal Assistant
May 2013 to April 2014Company Name － City, State

Assisted in the preparation of engagement letters.
Acted as liaison between clients, vendors and attorney.
Proofed documents and submitted to attorneys for review.
Coordinated and scheduled meetings and telephone conferences.
Maintained office supplies by checking stocks and placing orders.
Prepare and modify environmental terms to real estate contracts via dictation; red-line and black-line real estate contracts prior to finalizing.
Processed and distributed invoices to bill clients.
Maintained the master calendar for client appointments and court appearances.
Maintain client files.
Maintain appointment calendar.
Maintain and order office supplies and equipment as needed.

Administrative Assistant
December 2010 to April 2012Company Name － City, State

Provided administrative support to tax preparers by coordinating with overseas and non-resident tax payers via conference calls and/or email to insure all necessary information is in their files and request necessary documents from their employers for the preparation of their taxes.
Scanned and uploaded tax related documents submitted by tax payers to electronic files.

Medical Malpractice Legal Assistant
November 2007 to June 2010Company Name － City, State

Legal Assistant
February 2005 to December 2006Company Name － City, State

Interpreted and relayed legal information in a clear format for clients.
Managed communication with courts regarding status of petitions and granted orders.
Composed and typed routine letters of correspondence.
Acted as the point of contact for all incoming co-counsel requests.
Directed incoming calls to appropriate staff members.
Organized legal memoranda and client correspondence.

Medical Malpractice Legal Assistant
June 2002 to June 2004Company Name － City, State

Mailed and arranged for delivery of legal correspondence to clients, witnesses and court officials.
Photocopied all correspondence, documents and other printed materials.
Drafted and typed grammatically correct office memos.
Processed and distributed invoices to bill clients.
Stayed within travel and expense budgets while scheduling attorneys' travel arrangements.
Acted as liaison between clients, vendors and attorneys.
Received and disbursed all incoming mail.
Assisted in maintaining department attorney personnel files with the utmost confidentiality.
Organized and prioritized the case loads of 2 attorneys.
Proofed documents and submitted to attorneys for review.
Coordinated and scheduled meetings and telephone conferences.
Recorded and monitored court appearance dates.
Docketed orders and depositions for 2 attorneys.

Administrative Assistant
March 2000 to June 2002Company Name － City, State

Planned travel arrangements for 2 executives and staff.
Drafted meeting agendas, supplied advance materials and executed follow-up for meetings and team conferences.
Planned meetings and prepared conference rooms.
Managed the day-to-day calendar for 3 department managers.

Secretary
October 1995 to March 2000Company Name － City, State

Answered telephone and transferred calls to appropriate individuals.
Planned meetings and prepared conference rooms.
Received and distributed faxes and mail in a timely manner..
Transcribed minutes from department meetings.
Contacted insurance providers to verify correct insurance information and get authorization for proper billing codes.

Legal Secretary
February 1992 to February 1995Company Name － City, State

Mailed and arranged for delivery of legal correspondence to clients, witnesses and court officials.
Photocopied all correspondence, documents and other printed materials.
Maintained the master calendar for client appointments and court appearances.
Composed and revised legal documents, including letters, depositions and court documents.
Acted as liaison between clients, vendors and attorneys.
Organized and prioritized the case loads of solo attorney.
Proofed documents and submitted to attorneys for review.
Coordinated and scheduled meetings and telephone conferences.
Recorded and monitored court appearance dates.
Docketed orders and depositions for solo attorney.

Education

Bachelor's Degree : Criminal Justice, June 2017Strayer University － City, State

Skills

Electronic filing / Pacer
Hummingbird / Hot Docs / Pro Docs / CMP
Typing 70 wpm
Groupwise / Outlook / Lotus Notes
TABS / Web Elite / Time Slips

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School Attended

Strayer University

Job Titles Held:

Paralegal/Legal Assistant
Legal Assistant
Administrative Assistant
Medical Malpractice Legal Assistant
Secretary
Legal Secretary

Degrees

Bachelor's Degree : Criminal Justice , June 2017

Paralegal/Legal Assistant Resume Example

Resume Score: 90%

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