Jacqueline A. Teer

**** ******** ****., ***. **

Houston, Texas 77080

832-***-**** (Mobile)

acqvfv@r.postjobfree.com

Overview:

A professional legal assistant offering over 20 years’ experience providing right hand support to partners and associates to corporate in-house attorneys, as well as law firms in their litigation and intellectual property practice including intellectual property prosecution and litigation, civil litigation, bankruptcy, oil & gas, toxic tort and railroad defense (FELA).

Skills:

Proficient in Microsoft Office, MS Word, Corel WordPerfect, Timeslips, Juris, Aderant, iManage, Hummingbird (Docs Open),Outlook, CMS.net,Case Management/Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF)e-filing, PACER, and transcription/dictation with additional competencies in PATTSY (IP docketing),MemoIP docketing software, pdfDocs, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Photoshop and Corel Draw. I also have knowledge of Apple iOS.

Experience:

Law Office of Alton C. Todd May 8, 2015 - Present

Temporary (Contract) Assignment – Personal Injury Litigation Paralegal

Prepare legal documents, type/transcribe correspondence, draft responses to discovery requests; professional interaction with clients, opposing counsel and courts; handle service of pleadings and e-filing with courts. Answer phones and assist other paralegals with their litigation files. Ability to multi-task, detail oriented and can juggle many tasks simultaneously. Ability to work independently, or work well in a team environment.

Air Liquide USA LLC November 14, 2011 – May 1, 2015

Senior Patent Case Manager

Type correspondence, memos, answer phones, greet and communicate with in-house clients and customers. Prepare and file provisional, non-provisional, PCT and national phase (§371) patent applications, including powers of attorney, assignments, declarations, and 3.73(b) Statements. Prepare and file information disclosure statements, amendments, responses to office actions, request for continued examination (RCE), and attend to missing parts or missing formalities. Work with outside counsel and foreign agents to oversee patent prosecution and meet deadlines.

Conley Rose, P.C. December 1, 2010 –August 23, 2011

Intellectual Property Legal Assistant

Prepare and file provisional, non-provisional and PCT patent applications, including powers of attorney, assignments, declarations, and 3.73(b) Statements. Prepare and file information disclosure statements, amendments, response to office actions, request for continued examination (RCE), and response to missing parts. Attend to payment of maintenance fees. Prepare correspondence to clients and inventors; communicate with patent and trademark examiners; attention to docketing deadlines. Typing, maintaining files and attorney CLE requirements.

Jackson Walker June 5, 2008 – November 30, 2010

Intellectual Property Legal Assistant/Docketing Paralegal

Docketing paralegal for all U.S. and international patent and trademark applications for the Houston office.

Prepare and file provisional, non-provisional and PCT patent applications, including powers of attorney, assignments, declarations, and 3.73(b) statements). Prepare and file information disclosure statements, amendments, response to office actions, request for continued examination (RCE), and response to missing parts. Attend to payment of maintenance fees. Prepare and file U.S. trademark applications, specimens, Sections 8 & 15 Use and Incontestability Declarations, and Sections 8 & 9 Use and Renewal Applications. Prepare correspondence to clients and inventors; communicate with patent and trademark examiners; attention to docketing deadlines.

Lemle & Kelleher June 17, 2007 – April 25,2008

Back-up Receptionist / Legal Secretary / Legal Assistant - Litigation (Civil; Oil & Gas)

Back-up receptionist answering multi-line phone system; Prepare correspondence, pleadings and discovery; file and serve pleadings in both state and federal courts; communicate with courts and opposing counsel; experienced CM/ECF user (e-filing); maintain docket; maintain calendar; extensive travel arrangements; Bates-label documents; prepare trial notebooks; prepare discovery notebooks; maintain and update correspondence, pleading and discovery files; prepare trial and deposition subpoenas; prepare case management reports, and discovery responses. Transactional and litigation work including real estate, land acquisition, eminent domain and zoning

McLeod, Alexander, Powel & Apffel August 2001 – June 15, 2007

Legal Secretary / Legal Assistant - Litigation (Plaintiffs’ product liability and Catastrophic Injury cases Civil; Toxic Tort; Insurance Defense, Railroad Defense [FELA] and Appellate)

Heavy litigation desk handling multiple plaintiffs’ product liability and catastrophic injury cases, railroad cases and class-action lawsuit defending BP Corporation; prepare pleadings, correspondence, discovery; responsible for opening files and working cases until disposition of case through trial or settlement; communication with clients and counsel; prepare deposition on written questions to obtain records; prepare witness lists, exhibit lists, expert designations and privilege log; extensive trial experience (motions in limine, joint pretrial orders, proposed jury charge and trial briefs).

Various Law Firms and Corporations Dec. 1996 – August 2001

Receptionist Temporary-Contract Legal Secretary / Administrative Assistant / IP Legal Secretary

I worked for various law firms and companies as a receptionist, litigation secretary, bankruptcy secretary, IP legal assistant, project secretary for engineering firm and administrative assistant for various corporations.

Elton Dry** Dec. 1990-Dec. 1996

IP Legal Assistant - Intellectual Property Prosecution / Intellectual Property Litigation

Receptionist; Extensive patent litigation experience; organize documents and files for ease of reference and use at trial; prepare pleadings and discovery responses and requests; maintain correspondence, pleadings, discovery and document production files.

Prepare domestic and foreign patent applications; prepare trademark and copyright applications; prepare declarations, powers of attorney and assignments; prepare information disclosure statements; forward information disclosure statements and cited references to inventors/client for review and comments; forward office actions to inventors/client for review and comments; prepare responses to office actions; docket response dates and maintenance fee dates; prepare search requests; prepare confidentiality agreements; prepare licensing agreements.

** I worked for Elton Dry at four different law firms: (1) Pravel, Gambrel, Hewitt, Kimball & Krieger; (2) Jenkens & Gilchrist; (3) Winstead, Sechrest & Minick; and (4) Dry & Stacy.

Arnold, White & Durkee Dec. 1984 – Dec. 1990

IP Legal Assistant - Intellectual Property Prosecution / Intellectual Property Litigation / Relief Receptionist

Relief receptionist; Prepare and file domestic and foreign patent applications; prepare trademark and copyright applications; prepare declarations, powers of attorney and assignments; prepare information disclosure statements; forward information disclosure statements and cited references to inventors/client for review and comments; forward office actions to inventors/client for review and comments; prepare and file responses to office actions.

Prepare and file pleadings, discovery requests and responses, and document production. Assist in trial preparation.

Maintain large volume of patent and trademark files (domestic and international).

Education:

Notary Public Certification – State of Texas, Expires 09-12-2018

Ball High School Graduate, Galveston, Texas. 6.0433 GPA Graduated with honors (May 1979)

College of the Mainland (18 hour course in MS Word – October, 2005)

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Legal Secretaries and Administrators Conference (October 18-20, 1995)

Advanced PCT Seminar – Houston, April 8, 2014 (Certificate)

Houston Community College – In 2012, I began taking classes at HCC, working towards an Associate Degree in Applied Science (AAS) for Paralegal Technology.

Memberships:

Texas Intellectual Property Paralegal Association (TIPPA) - Member since June 2012

National Notary Association

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