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| Desired Industry: Legal |
SpiderID: 27439 |
| Desired Job Location: philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Date Posted: 6/25/2009 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
Availability Date: immediately |
| Desired Wage: 39,000 |
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U.S. Work Authorization: Yes |
| Job Level: Experienced with over 2 years experience |
Willing to Travel: No |
| Highest Degree Attained: Other |
Willing to Relocate: No |
Objective:
Experienced Legal Secretary with excellent office management skills seeking a position within a corporate legal department or law firm where my administrative skills will be fully utilized.
Experience:
Legal Secretary, Selikoff and Cohen (on-site Legal Medical Staffing employee)
Mt. Laurel, NJ August 2008 June 2009
Report directly to a partner, two attorneys and office manager with a broad range of responsibilities that encompass the timely and complex preparation of cases from discovery to trial.
Maintain attorneys calendar.
Handle and maintain confidential matters daily.
Prepare and process legal documents and papers, such as subpoenas, complaints, motions, interrogatories, summonses, appeals, pretrial agreements, leases, mortgages and agreements for real estate.
Transcribe dictated material.
Legal Secretary, Weinberg & McCormick (on-site Legal Medical Staffing employee)
Haddonfield, NJ March 2008 August 2008
Reported directly to an attorney and partner with a broad range of responsibilities that encompass the timely and complex preparation of cases from discovery to trial.
Maintained ticklers for attorneys calendar.
Handled and maintained confidential matters daily.
Prepared and processed legal documents and papers, such as subpoenas, pleadings, complaints, motions, interrogatories, summonses, appeals, pretrial agreements and correspondence.
Mailed, faxed and arranged delivery of legal correspondence to clients, witnesses and court officials.
Transcribed dictated material.
Created new bankruptcy case profiles.
Legal Secretary, Selikoff and Cohen (on-site Legal Medical Staffing employee)
Mt. Laurel, NJ October 2007 - January 2008
Reported directly to one attorney and office manager with a broad range of responsibilities that encompass the timely and complex preparation of cases from discovery to trial.
Maintained attorneys calendar.
Prepared and processed legal documents and papers, such as subpoenas, pleadings, complaints, motions, interrogatories, summonses, appeals and pretrial agreements.
Compiled new client information and imported into database.
Composed and typed office memos and letters.
Scheduled examinations for clients.
Performed internet searches and reviewed legal publications for research of pending cases.
Legal Secretary, South Jersey Legal Services, Inc. (on-site Legal Medical Staffing employee)
Camden, NJ August 2006 - December 2006
Reported directly to four attorneys with broad range of responsibilities that encompass the timely and complex preparation of cases from discovery to trial.
Assisted the office manager with promotional items for the corporations events and meetings.
Composed and typed Leases, Mortgages and Agreements for Real Estate.
Compiled new client information and imported into database.
Transcribed dictated material.
Created and assisted in the design of promotional items for company events.
Performed internet searches and reviewed legal publications for research for pending cases.
Satellite Secretary/Word Processor, Dechert LLP.
Philadelphia, PA July 2000 - June 2006
Prepared legal documents and papers, such as subpoenas, complaints, motions, interrogatories, summonses, appeals, pretrial agreements, leases, mortgages and agreements for real estate.
Solved computer related problems by implementing new procedures and ideas.
Organized litigation materials for huge corporation cases (Baycol, Phen-Fen and GlaxoSmithKline).
Drafted correspondence, reports, documents and/or other written materials.
Created and edited PowerPoint presentations and organizational charts.
Edited written materials for accuracy, format, and arrangement of material.
Transcribed dictated material for a variety of reports.
Performed black lines and track changes.
Scanned documentation for satellite offices and clients.
Performed desktop publishing tasks.
Created and revised SEC documentation.
Satellite Secretary/Word Processor, Dechert LLP. (on-site Human Resources Inc. employee)
Philadelphia, PA October 1999 - July 2000
Created mail merges for new law student recruitment and mass mailings.
Created and revised documentation.
Education:
Pierce Junior College, Philadelphia, PA
Associate Degree in Secretarial Science, Graduated, May 1988
Skills:
Microsoft Office Suite, WordPerfect 11.0, Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional, Visio,
Worksite/Interwoven, Legal Mac Pac, Docs Open, DocX Tools, Oracle (Banner)
Compare Rite, Deltaview
GroupWise, Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes
Electronic Court Filing, Edgar Ease
HP Digital Sender, Mail Machine, Scanning technology
Table of Contents, Formatting Paragraphs (Styles),Table of Authorities, Mail merges
Lawyers Electronic Diary and Manual
Family Soft 2006, Bankruptcy 2008
Chronicle
Word processing (65-80 wpm)
Reference:
Available upon request.
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