Legal Secretary

Posted on: 2006-04-18

Agnes Gewargis 1733 S. Anaheim Boulevard # 315, Anaheim California 92805 Home: (818) 891-3705 Cell :( 818) 606-0618 _________________________________________________________________________________ Education: Paralegal Certificate and Legal Secretary Certificate - LTU Chatsworth, CA 2003 Experience: Law Offices of Yaspan and Thau Legal Secretary/ Record Clerk Woodland Hills, CA 2005 - 2006 . Secretary to one of the partners. Indexed and filed all incoming documents. Maintained all the client files and billing information for monthly statements. Created tracking spreadsheets for special projects. Law Offices of Polk, Prober & Raphael Woodland Hills, CA 2004 - 2005 Legal Secretary / Case Manager . Managed legal cases through all Litigation phases. . Calendared hearings with in house and opposing counsels. In direct interaction with various city authorities filed, managed and updated milestones, deadlines and requirements for multiple concurrent cases. Collection Company of America North Hollywood, CA 2000 - 2003 Legal Assistant / Legal Secretary · Calendared and filed abstract, writs, complaints, summons and other documents with the courts. · Processed and filed Judgments and stipulations with the courts. Processed reports for the corporate office on weekly and monthly basis. Issued checks and maintained accounts. Washington Mutual Northridge, CA 1999 - 2000 Levy Department · Processed incoming levies and subpoenas from government agencies. · Balanced the journals for the levy fees. Supervised special projects. · Researched to locate the documents for subpoena on microfiche and microfilm machines. Prudential Insurance Canoga Park, CA 1997 - 1998 Claim Examiner · Examined the claims for fraud. · Investigated licenses for agents who sold the claims to the claim holders. · Processed fraudulent accounts and policies. Suspended the licenses of agents who sold the fraudulent claims. Processed all the refunds to claim holders, and reopened new files. Transworld Bank North Hollywood, CA 1989 - 1995 Bank Operation Assistant Officer · Attained supervisory experience in all Bank departments. Balanced all general ledgers monthly. · Processed daily reports of NSF & overdraft reports. Was involved in 2 bank conversions. · Performed researches for subpoena, levies and performed governmental research. Skills and Abilities: Strong communication skills, problem solver, adhere to confidentiality. Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Powepoint, Prolaw, Adobe Acrobat, Corel and Wordperfect.