Litigation Secretary

Posted on: 2009-05-11

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS • Extensive legal background, with over 18 years of litigation and transactional experience • Expertise in civil litigation, pleadings, motions, exhibit preparation, and calendaring in Federal, State, Appellate and Bankruptcy Court; completed CM/ECF training course • Adept at preparing, proofreading, and submitting legal documents • Able to apply styles utilizing MS Word and WordPerfect • Able to generate table of contents and authorities utilizing MS Word and WordPerfect, and redlined documents utilizing MS Word, WordPerfect and Delta View • Detail oriented, with ability to manage general office duties, arrange travel plans, and maintain files and correspondence • Self-motivated; able to set effective priorities to achieve immediate and long-term goals and meet operational deadlines • Adept at working independently and as a team member • Function well in fast-paced, high-pressure atmosphere • Exceptional problem-solving and communication skills • Developed interpersonal skills, having dealt with a diversity of professionals, clients, and staff members PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 11/2005 - 2/2009 DREIER STEIN KAHAN BROWNE WOODS GEORGE LLP (formerly at ALSCHULER GROSSMAN, STEIN & KAHAN, LLP 11/2005 - 01/2007, hired from temporary status 2/2006) Secretary to Two Partners/One Associate – Entertainment/Business Litigation • Assisted with preparation and filing of motions, pleadings, and other legal/court documentation in Federal, State, Appellate and Bankruptcy Court • Lead Secretary on a complex litigation case • Maintained court calendar, made travel arrangements, scheduled depositions, client appointments and calendared deadlines • Prepared and proofread correspondence; ran conflict checks; maintained files • Input time and generated expense reports • Served as back-up to the word processing department and provided after hours and weekend secretarial support as needed 2/2004 –11/2005 MATURA FARRINGTON LEGAL STAFFING/ LEGAL OPTION GROUP/ KENT DANIELS & ASSOCIATES Litigation Secretary/Floater Secretary - Entertainment/Labor and Employment/IP/Personal Injury/Bankruptcy/Corporate/Real Estate • Provided temporary secretarial support to various law firms in and around Los Angeles • Assisted with preparation and filing of motions, pleadings, and other legal/court documentation in Federal, State, Appellate and Bankruptcy Court • Maintained court calendar, made travel arrangements, scheduled depositions, client appointments and calendared deadlines • Prepared and proofread correspondence; ran conflict checks; maintained files 7/2002 – 11/2003 BERMAN BERMAN & BERMAN Secretary to Four Associates – Insurance Defense Litigation • Assisted with preparation filing of motions, pleadings, and other legal/court documentation in Federal and State Court • Maintained court calendar, made travel arrangements, scheduled depositions, client appointments and calendared deadlines • Prepared correspondence and proofread documents; maintained files • Input time and generated expense reports 1/2000 – 7/2002 LITITYPE SECRETARIAL SERVICES Owner/Legal Secretary to Various Sole-Practioners – All Areas of Law • Started a business which provided secretarial support to lawyers and other professionals in and around Los Angeles • Assisted with preparation and filing of motions, pleadings, and other legal/court documentation in all California courts • Prepared correspondence and proofread documents 3/1998 – 11/1999 GILBERT & SACKMAN LLP Secretary to Two Partners/One Associate – Labor and Employment Litigation • Assisted with preparation and filing of motions, pleadings, and other legal/court documentation in Federal and State Court • Maintained court calendar, made travel arrangements, scheduled depositions, client appointments and calendared deadlines • Prepared correspondence and proofread documents; maintained files • Input time and generated expense reports 7/1993 – 2/1998 CARL A. CAPOZZOLA, Attorney at Law Legal Secretary/Office Manager – Criminal Law and Business Litigation • Assisted with preparation and filing of motions, pleadings, and other legal/court documentation in Federal and State Court • Maintained court calendar, made travel arrangements, scheduled depositions, client appointments and calendared deadlines • Accounts payable/receivable; payroll • Prepared correspondence and proofread documents; maintained files • Ordered office supplies 6/1992 – 6/1993 4/1991 – 5/1992 PASS & CARLSON - Legal Secretary – Real Estate Litigation and Bankruptcy SAAVEDRA & ZUFELT - Legal Secretary – Bankruptcy and Tax SKILLS Windows 98/2000/ME/XP Full Authority TimeEntry Genifax SmartRules Hot Docs DeltaView Summation Amicus/Abacus DOCS Open MS Word WordPerfect Legal Solutions Scanner FileSurf iEmployee Trillian Excel PowerPoint Quicken Vision CMS Timeslips Elite CarpeDiem GroupWise Outlook Legal Key QuickBooks Explorer iManage DTE Lexis/Nexis Publisher Time Matters Scansoft PDF Prof. E-Transcript Viewer WorkSite Dictaphone PACER Concordance Typing 75 wpm File Open CompuLaw InterAction 4.5 WorldDocs US Court Forms Court Call Client Profiles Adobe FileSite MacPac EDUCATION 1987 -1991 AS Degree-Office Administration 4.0 GPA Los Angeles Harbor College, Wilmington, CA Self-supporting throughout education REFERENCES Furnished upon request