Executive Legal Assistant

Posted on: 2008-03-18

VIOLET OYANG NCHO 12313 Village Sq. Terrace Apt 402. Rockville MD 20850. (443) 418-3824 [email protected] EXPERIENCE Objective To secure a challenging position where education and skill set will add value to projects/programs in a progressive company. Executive/Project Assistant Executive Leadership Council May 2006-Feb, 2008. Washington, DC Responsibilities include reporting to the Senior Project Manager on a variety of duties, which include: • Performing executive administrative assistant duties to the Chief Executive Officer. • Maintaining calendars for travel and meetings • Planning events such as: Annual officers/member conferences. • Assisting Senior project manager with By-law reviews • Scheduling conference calls and meetings • Supervising loan officers and monitoring their interaction and correspondence with Foundation members. • Attending Board Meetings, writing minutes and memoranda. • In charge of monitoring expenses and making expense reports. • Other duties include preparing, proof-reading and filing documents and reports; updating and managing databases; responding to general inquiries from professionals, consumers, and staff; distributing materials and maintaining distribution lists; managing fulfillment, inventory and reporting ; coordinated Annual International awards Program; coordinating logistics for meetings and conferences; and assisting with other projects as needed . Contract Paralegal June 2006-August 2006 Assigned to work at firms including Hogan and Hartson LLP, Miller and Chevalier and Arnold and Porter LLP Responsibilities included: • Reviewing documents in preparation for Litigation • Selecting responsive documents from non-responsive to pending litigation • Marking privileged and sensitive documents electronically using Lexis-Nexus Discovery and Concordance Databases • Performing redaction • Proofreading documents to ensure accuracy Legal Assistant Turner Broadcasting System Inc. August 2005-May 2006 Atlanta, GA Responsibilities included: • Providing direct administrative support to counsel • Coordinating scheduling of meetings and travel • Prioritizing handling of incoming calls, sorting and distribution of mail • Performing due diligence, monitoring and researching FCC web site • Updating company’s FCC (Federal Communications Commission) database • Organized and maintained paper, electronic files, faxes and legal documents. • Preparing redline/black lines of documents and high quality reports and presentations Legal Collector Ltd Financial Services Collection Agency January 2003- July 2005 Houston, TX Responsibilities included: • Working with outside attorneys, paralegals and staff • Preparing retention packages and case/budget management • Submitting legal bills for payment • Performing legal research, domestication, garnishments, discovery and motion documents. • Performing skip-tracing activities • Assisting with research on the FDCPA Laws • Training current and new collectors Legal Assistant Law Office of James F. Epo, Esq. December 2001- December 2004 Houston, TX Responsibilities included: • Assisting attorneys with office work load in personal injury and immigration cases through client communication • Drafting legal documents and correspondence • Performing general administrative duties • Specialized in paralegal office procedures such as; • Researching, cite-checking and sherpherdizing • Assisted in clients depositions • Transcribing notes from depositions and writing out memos • Attending court sessions • Performing factual research and writing demand letters to Insurance agencies Pupil Lawyer Achu & Partners Law Firm June, 2000- November, 2001 Douala, Cameroon General Practice (Corporate department-Intellectual Property)- responsibilities included: • Preparing contracts, articles of incorporation and transaction closing papers • Preparing documentation for board of directors to include agendas, drafts resolutions and minutes • Attending board meetings and preparing annual proxy statement and arrangements for annual and special shareholder meetings • Supporting Intellectual Property Lawyers in preparation and filing of papers relating to trademarks • Working with IP Lawyers to prepare administrative documents to file foreign Trademark applications and assisting attorneys in finalizing the applications prior to official filing • Creating and maintaining both internal and international files • Assisting IP Lawyers in scheduling and setting up periodic patent/trademark committee meetings with business units • Corresponding with foreign IP Lawyers. RELEVANT SKILLS • Microsoft word, Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Office Suite • Westlaw and Lexis databases, Concordance and Lexis-nexus Discovery • Cite checking, Blue booking and Sheperdizing • Digesting and trial notebook preparation. EDUCATION Southwestern Professional Institute-Houston, TX A.B.A. Approved Paralegal Certification, 2002 Emory University School of Law-Atlanta, GA LLM Corporate law, May 2006. University of BUEA -Buea, Cameroon Bachelors Degree in Law-LLB-1996-2001