Legal Executive Assistant

Posted on: 2006-09-29

Preeti Nangia 2941,Ballesteros Lane Tustin -92782,CA 714-389-6237(Home) 949-278-9530(Cell) [email protected] SUMMARY Competent, highly responsive Executive Assistant with more than seven years of experience in providing office support to senior managers and various departments. Proven ability to ensure and analyze business operations and recommend strategies to improve performance. Excellent communication, follow-through and computer skills. Familiar with finance and mortgage, electronic design, software & telecommunication industry. Areas of expertise include:  Planning/Organizing  Legal Assistance  Secretarial Assistance  HR(Benefits) Coordination  International and National Travel Arrangements  Inventory Control  Time Management Software Packages and E-mail systems: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Access, Outlook, Lotus Notes and Eudora. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Orange, CA 2004 – 2006 Leading sub-prime lender. Legal Executive Assistant  Assisted two in-house Senior Counsels handling day-to-day needs, maintained calendar for various meetings, case hearings, depositions, responses due.  Provided weekly status update for any upcoming issues and routed invoices to the authorized signatory for approval and timely processing through accounts payable department.  Maintained inventory of various subscriptions for attorneys and kept the accounts updated.  Made travel arrangements for the attorneys and other members of the team for case related travels nationally.  Attributed to litigation file set up on a daily basis and collected data from various available resources required for case proceedings.  Processed more than 200 invoices on a monthly basis for multiple law firms and entered in lawbase. Interacted with accounts receivable department for any missing invoices and ensured timely payment. Played critical role in processing various rush settlement checks and payoffs from the accounts payable department, hence meeting the close deadlines.  Assisted 10 litigation analysts and paralegals in requesting base files for the loan from records management and helped co-ordinate with various other departments for the data that may be required by the attorneys for research.  Worked on various state-of-the-art internet based systems including Lawbase, AppXtender, Linx, and Vision.  Handled other executive assistant’s work and supported her attorney in her absence. Cadence Design Systems India Pvt Ltd. 2000 – 2004 A fully owned subsidiary of Cadence Design System Inc, San Jose, CA, USA, provides Electronic Design and Automation solutions to companies dealing in electronic products. Senior Administrator  Organized incoming and outgoing correspondence for action/information and necessary filing.  Acted as HR coordinator for the Functional Verification Group- contacted candidates, setting up interview schedules, informed the panel, arranged for phone screen interviews and maintained the database.  Handled benefits related details for a team of over 100 people.  Presented monthly vital reporting to the Directors, Research and Development for 5-10 active projects in action.  Arranged conferences, training programs, meetings and consistently met the needs of managers with advance materials, kept minutes of meetings.  Handled all travel arrangements nationally and internationally for the department.  Ensured adequate supply of forms, stationery and other related items. Hewlett Packard India Pvt, Ltd. 1999 – 2000 International electronics firm providing software and hardware solutions. Y2K Project Coordinator  Ascertained project planning, requirements gathering, logical and conceptual design for smooth rollover.  Handled the Y2K Project Office and responded to the customer queries on Y2K.  Arranged meetings for business contingency plans, customer readiness and internal readiness thus assisting Y2k Program Manager for the preparation of Y2K.  Interacted with various businesses to collect the technical information and provided proper set of guidelines to customers.  Co-coordinated and followed up with the customers for specific product details and maintained records for all correspondence. Ericsson Communications Pvt. Ltd, India 1998 - 1999 World-leading supplier of advanced communications solutions. Secretary, General Manager  Marketed and quoted for higher end telecommunication products for various government organizations and other potential customers.  Organized incoming and outgoing correspondence for action/information filed and maintained other records for the Public Networks division. Education  Bachelor of Arts, University of Delhi, India  Masters in Business Administration (Completed three semesters),University of Delhi, India  Diploma from Priyadarshini Institute of Computer Sciences, University of Delhi, India  Diploma in Modern Office Practices & Computer Operations, University of Delhi, India  Attended various professional development training sessions.