MARIBEL BECERRA

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Brooklyn, New York 11218

Tel: 718-***-**** • Email: acou62@r.postjobfree.com

Professional strengths include:

* Excellent interpersonal, communication, organizational and problem-solving skills

* Maintains a high-level of discretion

* Serve as “gatekeeper - fielding calls and acting as extension of busy attorneys; prioritizing incoming information

* Highly focused and results-oriented in supporting complex, deadline-driven operations; able to identify goals and priorities and resolve issues in initial stages

* Highest degree of integrity, professionalism and diplomacy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

WEG AND MYERS, P.C. April 2014-Feburary 2015

Managing Clerk/Administrative Assistant

* Maintain a docket for each pending case before a court, arbitration panel or governmental agency.

* Maintain a diary and calendar to keep the attorneys informed of the status of each case, and to notify and remind the responsible attorneys about upcoming events and deadlines.

* Prepare a weekly firm wide calendar as well as individual attorney calendar to give long range notification of upcoming events and deadlines.

* Monitor the courts, court websites, as well as various online services for decisions, opinions and developments in all pending matters.

* Assist firm attorneys with court filings and service of process to ensure that they are timely and in compliance with court rules and procedures.

* Review all incoming documents or court papers; docket the appropriate due dates and notify the attorneys of the developments in their cases.

* Keep abreast of developments, procedures, rules and requirements in the forums where the firm practices, as well as general state and federal practices relevant to litigation docketing services.

* Provide electronic and paper court filing and service of process services.

* Maintain a log of attorneys’ logins and passwords for all e-filing jurisdictions.

* Assist with general office management request as required.

* General Administration including answering telephones, coordinating meetings, prioritize schedules and maintain emails.

* Provide administrative support for eleven attorney’s including three partners.

TOWER INSURANCE GROUP December 2013- April 2014

Consultant/ Managing Clerk Assistant

* Responsible for incoming correspondence through fax or via email regarding scheduling depositions.

* Manage the scheduling and adjourning of deposition on a daily and timely manner.

* Docketing non-party witnesses for the depositions.

* Collaboratively work with other assistants to achieve departmental goals; notifying the Legal Secretaries of adjournments.

* Ensure depositions have designated court reporters and interpreters (if applicable).

* Transcribe documents for the non-English speaking insured.

* Responsible for entering the compliance conference orders for the firms cases.

* Coordinate and scheduled meetings confirming attendee participation.

* Manage all meeting logistics and preparation of meeting and conference materials.

REED SMITH, LLP September 2012 – March 2013

Docketing Specialist / Administrator

* Reviewed, verified and calendared due dates and other deadlines on the Firm’s docketing systems; Distributed daily attorney tickler reports.

* Responsible for production and publication of the Firm’s calendar report for the attorney’s as well as the legal staff.

* Alerted the Firms attorney’s issuance and receipt of court orders, notices and other litigation papers from courts and litigation adversaries.

* E-filed court papers to constitute both filing and service of litigation papers in electronic filing courts.

* Created Spreadsheets of monthly Cost Reallocation reports as well as monthly case reports of active and inactive cases.

* Assisted Attorneys’ in preparation of documents for trial as well as documents for non ECF cases.

* Collected and distributed mail and other correspondence to the appropriate personnel.

* Heavy calendar management.

* Managed phones, scheduled conference calls and routed all business related calls.

* Maintained appropriate inventories of needed office supplies.

* Made copies, scanned and faxed documents as needed.

* Maintained updated files of State Court as well as Federal Court ruling information.

* Assisted paralegals and attorneys’ in trial preparation.

BLOOMBERG, L.P. May 2012 – September 2012

Consultant

* Responsible for entering all new cases from the United States District Court of the Eastern District of New York on the docketing network of Bloomberg Law.

* Assisted with special projects out of the state of New York for the Bloomberg Law Department.

U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York May 2003 – September 2011

District Courtroom Deputy / Docket Clerk - Deputy Clerk

* Certified as a Courtroom Deputy for the District and Magistrate Judges -

* Responsibilities included, managing the judge’s calendar, swearing in witnesses and interpreters

* Accountable for managing the flow of and maintaining physical custody of case records assigned.

* Regulating the movement of cases in the courtroom throughout the day.

* Recorded Court rulings, proceedings and minutes.

May 2006 – September 2011

* Duties as Docket Clerk -

* Responsible for compiling summary entries of all documents and proceedings on the docket, ensured that automated entries are linked for proper case disposition.

* Expedited case docket summaries from opening to final disposition of civil and or criminal cases conforming to established court rules and procedures.

* Conducted inquiries and furnished information, either in person or by correspondence as to status of cases.

* Compiled weekly or ad hoc statistic report of each case commenced and or terminated in the court.

* Prepared and transmitted notices of judgments and orders.

Docket Clerk Assistant - Deputy Clerk May 2005 – May 2006

* Organized daily work for the Docket Clerks in the Docketing Unit.

* Coordinated the flow of logged documents between the records department, mail room, judges presiding over the matters and other court districts of United States including the Court of Appeals.

* Executed Remand Orders requested by District and Magistrate Judges by ensuring the involved agencies and parties acknowledged receipt and follow through on the judge’s directives.

Records Clerk/Generalist May 2003 – May 2005

* Catalogued court files and documents for the public and court personnel.

* Assisted the public, such as attorneys, reporters, investigators and other interested parties, in locating current and historical case files.

COURT REPORTERS, P.C. - USDC Southern District of New York September 2000 – May 2003

Administrative Assistant

* Processed orders for the public and official personnel requesting transcripts of court proceedings.

* Managed Calendar of Scheduled and non scheduled proceedings for the court reporters.

* Assisted the Court Reporters in verifying factual information and certifying the proceedings of record.

* Prepared invoices and expense reports for the government and the public of the purchased case documents.

* Calculated outstanding balances for the bookkeeping department in getting outstanding balances.

EDUCATION:

* Kingsborough Community College, The City University of New York: Paralegal Studies 3/2014

* United States District Court Southern District of New York - Courtroom Deputy Training Class of 2009

* Kingsborough Community College, The City University of New York. Major: Pre-Physical Therapy

AWARDS: Career Service Awards – 2007 – 2010 - U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

SKILLS AND SYSTEMS:

* Fluent in Spanish

* Microsoft Office Suite: Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point.

* Concur Employee Self-Service/Expensing; PeopleSoft

* Lotus Notes

* Case Management/Electronic Case Filing, NYSCEF e-filing systems.

* Pacer, MA3000 docketing system, Scroll, CourtAlert, Westlaw, TimeMatters.

* DTE (Timesheet Entry)

* CTA

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