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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.
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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 2014Caci International Inc. － Fairbanks , AK
April 2014 to June 2014Caci International Inc. － Fairbanks , AK
- 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 2014Apex Staffing, Inc. － Benton , AR
May 2013 to April 2014Apex Staffing, Inc. － Benton , AR
- 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 2012Sgs Group － Grass Lake , MI
December 2010 to April 2012Sgs Group － Grass Lake , MI
- 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 2010Apex Staffing, Inc. － Benton , AR
November 2007 to June 2010Apex Staffing, Inc. － Benton , AR
Legal Assistant
February 2005 to December 2006Sgs Group － Melrose Park , IL
February 2005 to December 2006Sgs Group － Melrose Park , IL
- 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 2004West Hills Community College District － District Office-Coalinga , CA
June 2002 to June 2004West Hills Community College District － District Office-Coalinga , CA
- 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 2002Cna Financial － Santa Ana , CA
March 2000 to June 2002Cna Financial － Santa Ana , CA
- 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 2000Mercy Hospital － City , STATE
October 1995 to March 2000Mercy Hospital － 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 1995William D. Hunter, Esq － City , STATE
February 1992 to February 1995William D. Hunter, Esq － 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
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