Legal Secretary

Posted on: 2009-06-22

6/00 - 2/08 BLEAKLEY PLATT & SCHMIDT, LLP White Plains, New York Legal Secretary – Litigation • Supported a Litigation Partner and an Of Counsel • Typed and revised pleadings, briefs, correspondence, and agreements/contracts • Transcribed Dictaphone tapes; opened and maintained files • Entered attorney time entries into system and transmitted bills to Billing Department for payment 4/90 - 5/00 BEAR, STEARNS & CO., INC. New York, New York Legal Secretary • Typed Severance Agreements, Releases, Employment Contracts, Corporate Agreements, Foreign Exchange Agreements, and general correspondence of high confidentiality • Set up new files and maintained existing ones according to the nature of cases (Litigation, Underwriting Litigation, Commodities, Public Finance and Employment) • Heavy Dictaphone transcription, screened telephone calls and produced Weekly Minutes • Coordinated travel arrangements • Sent Legal bills to Accounts Payable for payment 4/85 - 7/89 STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION TRINITY PAPER & PLASTICS CORPORATION New York, New York Secretary • Typed letters, memos, contracts and marketing reports • Handled all correspondence and heavy Dictaphone • Maintained and organized filing system • Coordinated travel arrangements, screened telephone calls, and participated in Customer/Agent mailings, along with Special Market Department mailings 1/83 - 4/85 ARCO PUBLISHING, INC. New York, New York Secretary • Typed letters and memos; handled all correspondence • Worked primarily on Dictaphone and adding machine SKILLS: Typing: 70 WPM, Microsoft Word, Outlook, WordPerfect 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, Dictaphone Transcription, DTE, In-Time Javelin EDUCATION: St. Barnabas High School, Bronx, NY