GARY L. CARTWRIGHT

**** ********* *** *****

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

I am forwarding my résumé in response to your ad regarding a legal secretarial,

legal assistant and/or paralegal position. I strongly feel that I am suited for the position, although

there may be many other qualified applicants as well, especially since the economy is presently

recovering from a long haul of unemployment, along with the recession. I am forwarding my

résumé, as there may be a need for part-time or temporary employment with your firm, i.e., if am

not considered for a permanent placement. Upon returning to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, I have

reviewed the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure for both state and federal courts (and the Florida

Courts E-Filing Portal, E-Filer Manual and, including the CM/ECF System and Pacer system for

the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida), to acquire the litigation

support skills needed in working for a Florida trial lawyer(s).

I work as a litigation legal secretary and/or legal assistant primarily within the

personal injury and/or insurance defense practice, as well as other practice areas of the law.

Although I do not have a paralegal certificate, I am well-experienced and have

worked in small and large law firm settings for many years. The type of cases I have extensive

experience and have handled are breast implant cases, cigarette and tobacco cases (voluminous

paperwork, especially within the discovery phase of it), products liability and premises liability,

liquor liability, comparative and contributory negligence cases (slip and fall, as well as automo-

bile accident cases), subrogation cases, etc.

I earn $19-24 hourly contracting with or without an agency depending upon the

size of the law firm and the working assignment. My minimum salary requirement is $40,000

annually. However, due to the economic conditions at present, my salary can be negotiated.

Working as a contract and/or temporary employee has afforded me hands-on experience with the

actual task needed for a litigation support staff, enabling me to work diligently and proficiently,

in which I have always worked in a law firm environment (for trial lawyers) for the past 20 years.

I strongly feel if given the opportunity, I would be a great asset as a dependable,

dutiful, devoted, as well as a loyal, diligent, and faithful employee with your firm.

Your consideration would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

/s/ Gary L. Cartwright

Gary L. Cartwright

Enclosure

/glc

Cheri Davis, Office Manager

Reger, Rizzo & Darnall, LLP

GARY L. CARTWRIGHT

3390 Northwest 7th Court Arch Street, Suite 1300

2929

Fort Lauderdale, Florida Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

33311

Telephone 267-***-**** ( Telephone 215-***-****

E-mail Address: acebag@r.postjobfree.com

acebag@r.postjobfree.com

POSITION DESIRED: Litigation Legal Secretary / LitigationMonicaAssistant

Legal Pigna, Placement Director

and Business Developer

COMPUTER SOFTWARE PACKAGES: Special Counsel

WordPerfect®; Corel®, (with Windows), 5.2, 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0,Avenue, Suite 600 Word

801 Brickell 11.0 and 12.0; MS

®

Office 97; Microsoft Word, versions 7, 8, XP version, and Microsoft Word3131 2007, and 2010;

Miami, Florida 3 2003,

Microsoft® Outlook 97™; Lotus 1-2-3; and Excel 2013, 2010;Telephone 305-***-****

iManage, PC Docs, SoftSolutions, Needles, Time Matters, Amicus, and Abacus

acebag@r.postjobfree.com

SKILLS: Typing Speed: 90-135 wpm, including transcription typing (Dictaphone equipment)

Frank Welsh, Owner

FranklyLegal, LLP

EXPERIENCED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS OF LEGAL SECRETARIAL SERVICES:

Civil Litigation Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice; Market Street, Suite 1100 Criminal Law;

1515 and Insurance Defense;

Family Law; Labor and Employment Law; Bankruptcy; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Estate; Probate and

Banking; Corporate; Real 19103

Telephone 215-***-****

Estate Planning; Antitrust Litigation and Securities; Commercial Litigation; Environmental; Workers’

Cellular Phone 856-***-****

Compensation; and Legal Contracts/Proposals

acebag@r.postjobfree.com

EMPLOYMENT:

Arnie Blalaark, Placement Director

JUNE 2013 TO PRESENT Coral Gables, Florida

Kelly Law Registry Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Litigation Legal Assistant (Contract/Temporary Employee)

1760 Market Street, Suite 700 Raton, Florida

Boca

Transcription and straightcopy typing (heavy-revision documents) of correspondence, memoranda, pleadings,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

motions and orders, motions for summary judgment and summary adjudication, 972-5535 documents, notices

Telephone (215) discovery

of hearings and scheduling hearings (motion calendar, special-set hearings), and depositions and preparation

acebag@r.postjobfree.com

of deposition, mediation and arbitration, trial preparation, and trial briefs

courts), including state and federal Electronic Court Filing (

and file setup); copying and faxing typing correspondence and memoranda, coordinating and distribution

of correspondence via e-mail communication of documents, heavy-revision documents and blacklining and/or

redlining of lease agreements, contracts, indemnity agreements, deeds, settlement and employment agreements.

MasTec, Inc.

Weintraub & Weintraub, P.A,

JANUARY 2007 TO MAY 2013

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Litigation Legal Secretary (Contract/Temporary

Employee)

Transcription and straightcopy typing (heavy revision

documents) of correspondence, memoranda, pleadings,

motions and orders, motions for summary judgment

and summary adjudication, discovery documents,

notices of hearings and scheduling depositions and

preparation of deposition notices, motion calendar,

mediation and arbitration, trial preparation, and trial

briefs court filings (federal and state courts),

including Electronic Court Filing (ECF) and Pacer,

calendaring, office filing (indexing and file setup);

copying and faxing

Swartz Campbell LLC

Dechert LLP

John W. Beavers & Associates

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC

Reger Rizzo & Darnall, LLP

MAY 2001 TO OCTOBER 2006

Fort Lauderdale and Miami, Florida

Litigation Legal Secretary (Contract/Temporary

Employee)

Transcription and straightcopy typing (heavy revision

documents) of correspondence, memoranda, pleadings,

motions and orders, motions for summary judgment

and summary adjudication, discovery documents,

notices of hearings (motion calendar and special-set

hearings), mediation and arbitration, trial preparation,

and trial briefs court filings (federal and state courts),

including Electronic Court Filing (ECF) and Pacer,

calendaring, office filing (indexing and file setup);

copying and faxing

Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP

Milberg, Weiss & Bershad LLP

Frank, Weinberg & Black

Littler Mendelson, P.C.

Maltzman Foreman, P.A.

OCTOBER 2000 TO MAY 2001

Chicago, Illinois

Litigation Legal Secretary (Contract/Temporary

Employee)

Transcription and straightcopy typing (heavy revision

documents) of correspondence, memoranda, pleadings,

motions and orders, motions for summary judgment

and summary adjudication, discovery documents,

notices of hearings (motion calendar and special-set

hearings), mediation and arbitration, trial preparation,

and trial briefs court filings (federal and state courts),

calendaring, office filing (indexing and file setup);

copying and faxing

Rosin Patton Maciorowski & Friedman

MAY 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 25, 2000

Oakland, California

Litigation Legal Secretary (Practicing Managing

Partner)

Morton, Lulofs & Wood, LLP

Transcription and straightcopy typing (heavy revision

documents) of correspondence, memoranda, pleadings,

motions and orders, motions for summary judgment

and summary adjudication, discovery documents,

notices of hearings (motion calendar and special-set

hearings), mediation and arbitration, trial preparation,

and trial briefs court filings (federal and state courts),

calendaring, office filing (indexing and file setup);

copying and faxing. Accounting: Writing checks for

court filings, fees, invoices, incoming statements and

preparation of firm’s billing statements and accounting

of trust accounts

NOVEMBER 1992 TO MAY 1999

San Francisco, California

Litigation Legal Secretary (Contract/Temporary

Employee)

Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison

Law Offices Of Melvin M. Belli

Finnegan, Marks & Hampton

Rosenblum, Parish & Isaacs, PC

Lewis, D’Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

Litttler, Mendelson, Fastiff, Tichy & Mathiason

MARCH 1989 TO NOVEMBER 1992

Litigation Legal Secretary (Contract/Temporary

Employee)

Houston, Texas

Legal Pros

(Legal Division)

AUGUST 1986 TO JUNE 1988

Miami, Florida

Legal Word Processing Operator

OCTOBER 1985 TO AUGUST 1986

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

(Night Secretary) [Bankruptcy]

EDUCATION:

High School Graduate of Saint Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

REFERENCES

Gary Owens, Esq.

Swartz Campbell, L.L.C.

50 South 16th Street

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

Telephone 215-***-****

John W. Beavers, Esq.

Law Offices Of John W. Beavers

1518 Walnut Street, 8th Floor

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102

Telephone 215-***-****

Larrry Farnese, Esq.

William A. DeStefano, Esq.

Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, P.C.

1835 Market Street, 14th Floor

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

Telephone 215-***-****

John Reed Evans, Esq.

Bolan Jahnsen Reardon

31 South Eagle Road

Havertown, Pennsylvania 19083

Telephone 610-***-****

acebag@r.postjobfree.com

Steven G. Leventhal, Esq.

Reger, Rizzo & Darnall, LLP

2929 Arch Street, Suite 1300

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

Telephone 215-***-****

Contact this candidate