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LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH November 2013 -March 2016

Legal Assistant to 3 Partners – Administrative and secretarial duties

Insurance Defense Litigation - Petitions, briefs, memorandums, motions, complaints, answers, TOC – TOA; electronic filings

Strong dictaphone transcription for memoradums for, correspondence, etc. - attorney time entry;

Administrative duties; billing; coordination of schedule, conference arrangements; billing coordination; preparation of client bills; client interface; calendaring – update and contacts; travel arrangements; opening of new client/matters; filing; medical filing; transcription of client messages;

Coordination of trial materials; heavy client contact and communication with courts

ROBERTS & HOLLAND LLP November 2006 - December 2012

Legal Assistant to Partners and Associates – Administrative and secretarial duties

Litigation - Petitions, briefs, memorandums, motions, complaints, answers, TOC – TOA; electronic filings

Strong dictaphone transcription for memoranda, correspondence, attorney time entry;

Foreign tax and offshore compliance; investment management; estate and gift taxation; limited partnerships; limited liability; investor ownership; corporate entity; tax planning for trusts and private charitable foundations; S Corporations; estate planning;

Preparation of documentation involving residential, commercial and industrial real estate; loan documents, bankruptcy; property tax appeals and assessments; Mergers and Acquisitions;

Labor – Employment - Employee benefits and executive compensation plans for NBA; pension funds, employment agreements

Coordination of grants with the Jewish Communal Fund; Elma Philanthropies

Attorney time entry; filing; client interface; tax form preparation; billing; time entry; retrieval of email correspondence

PRIMELIGHT – PRIMECO January 2005 – October 2006

Executive Administrative Assistant to President and Vice President – Litigation Department

Administrative duties; billing; coordination of schedule, conference arrangements; DTE time entry; billing coordination; preparation of client bills; client interface; calendaring – update and contacts; travel arrangements; opening of new client/matters; filing; medical filing; transcription of client messages; preparation of proposals and bids for Electrical Union (Local 3); contract negotiations; payroll; accounting; coordination of daily assignments for Union members

FROMMER LAWRENCE & HAUG LLP August 2002 –December 2004

Legal Assistant to Partners and Associates- Litigation Department

Intellectual Property - Patent and Trademark litigation, Cease and Desist letters; (Complaint and Answer, Discovery (Interrogatories, Requests for Production of Documents, Requests for Admissions; Depositions, deposition digest, trial testimony; Notice of Opposition; Petition for Cancellation; Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Trademark Application Letters; PTO Filing Trademark Application Letter; Statement of Use; Declaration of Incontestability of Mark Under §15 (15 U.S.C. § 1065)

Maintenance of Active Litigation Chart; Class action suits; Petitions, briefs, memorandums, motions, TOC – TOA involving large pharmaceutical houses (Remeron, Interferon - etc.); Geoffrey Beene; Sony Patents – Patent Department - Amendment Fee Transmittal letters; Assignments; Certificates of Correction; Declaration; Design Patent Application; Invention/Patent Application Assignment From Inventors to Company; Petition for Revival; POA; Power to Inspect & Copy

LAW OFFICES OF JOHN W. MITCHELL June 1996 – August 2002

Executive Assistant to Partner and Associates; Trial Coordinator

Extensive litigation; Briefs, memorandums, motions, answers, presentencing memorandums, TOC/TOA; heavy communication with Department of Corrections (MCC and MDC Legal Department); trial preparation involving exhibits, document discovery phase; coordination with adversary in timely filing; maintenance of document database (FolioViews, Summation); document production and management; bankruptcy; patent and trademark litigation; copyright infringement; contract negotiations, trusts and estates; conservatorship and competency; real estate; corporate; matrimonial; medical malpractice; insurance defense class action; securities; employment; antitrust; personal injury; property damage

Coordination of trials; heavy client contact and communication with courts

Trademark and Copyright Infringement litigation; document production and management; Cease and Desist letters; (Complaint and Answer, Discovery (Interrogatories, Requests for Production of Documents, Requests for Admissions; Depositions, deposition digest, trial testimony; Notice of Opposition; Petition for Cancellation; Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Trademark Application Letters; PTO Filing Trademark Application Letter; Statement of Use; Declaration of Incontestability of Mark Under §15 (15 U.S.C. § 1065); Copyright infringement proceedings for Estate of Marilyn Monroe and Estate of James Dean

Limited partnership formation; assisted in coordinating formation of Licensing/Merchandising; special projects and development of “Jacques Brel is Alive and Well 25th Anniversary Limited Partnership –

Sole Probating of Estates - Petition for Letters Testamentary; Waiver of Citation; Affidavit of Domicile; Affidavit of Subscribing Witnesses; Release and Receipt; Interrogatories; Research for Family Tree; Living Wills; Health Care Proxies; handling of distribution of funds to clients associated with Special Needs Trusts; extensive communication with Surrogate’s Courts

Skills: Microsoft Word 2003, 2007, 2010; Powerpoint, Excel, Quark, Visio; WordPerfect; iManage, NetDocs, Docs Open, PCDocs, WorldDocs, Workstation, DTE, Outlook, tables, TOC and TOA; dictaphone; fast longhand dictation; typing 80+ wpm; excellent organizational, interpersonal and investigative skills; 80 wpm; office managerial position; excellent organizational, interpersonal and investigative skills.