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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 2014 Attorney Resources － Dallas, Texas
  • 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 2014 Jill A. Kotvis, P.C － Dallas, Texas
  • 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 2012 CoreStaff Services － Dallas, Texas
  • 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 2010 Kitch Drutchas Wagner Valitutti & Sherbrook － Detroit, Michigan
Legal Assistant
February 2005 to December 2006 Rentrop & Morrison PC － Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
  • 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 2004 Ferriby Houston & Belanger － Southfield, Michigan
  • 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 2002 Kelly Automotive Services － Pontiac, Michigan
  • 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 2000 Mercy Hospital － Detroit, Michigan
  • 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 1995 William D. Hunter, Esq － Detroit, Michigan
  • 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 2017 Strayer University － Plano, Texas
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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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Attorney Resources
  • Jill A. Kotvis, P.C
  • CoreStaff Services
  • Kitch Drutchas Wagner Valitutti & Sherbrook
  • Rentrop & Morrison PC
  • Ferriby Houston & Belanger
  • Kelly Automotive Services
  • Mercy Hospital
  • William D. Hunter, Esq

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

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