Maintenance Executive Assistant

Fran Torres

Home Phone: 708-***-****

Email: ab0vn9@r.postjobfree.com

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Harwood Heights, Illinois 60706

CAREER OBJECTIVE:

Highly motivated, bi-lingual, experienced legal secretary, specializing in litigation practice/insurance

defense and Employment laws. Seeking an executive assistant position in which my experience and

education will be utilized to further the goals of my employer. Dedicated to producing high quality results

with exceptional communication and organizational skills with proven initiative and advanced proficiency

with Microsoft Office and E-Filing court documents.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Victoria Rock Court Reporting, Chicago, Illinois

Legal Transcriptionist January 2013 - Present

• Transcribing of legal statements given to police department for criminal and domestic disputes

• Proofread and process legal statements maintaining confidentially required by the Service

Package and deliver statements as necessary in a timely and professional fashion

Schuyler, Roche & Crisham, LLP, Chicago, Illinois Legal Secretary (Temp assignment) September

2012 - December 2012

Responsible for partner and two senior associates in litigation involving labor law and personal injury

practice areas as well as appellate court case.

• Prepared court documents and filings. Including court briefs. Discovery and pleadings.

Maintained calendars for three attorneys and scheduled depositions.

• Time entries for three attorneys. Prepared expense reports, general correspondence and

maintained and organized files

Meckler, Bulger, Tilson, Marick & Pearson LLP, Chicago, Illinois

Legal Secretary May 2011 - May 2012

• Responsible for senior partner and two senior associates in litigation involving labor law practice

area. Prepared and processed e-filing of federal court documents, as well as e-filing of

employment pleadings with the Labor Commission and filings in the Circuit Court of Cook

County, as well as the five surrounding counties

• Prepared and processed billing entries for the time sheets of three attorneys on a weekly basis,

including revision and drafting of entries

• Prepared and processed daily correspondence, discovery, pleadings, and maintained pleadings

indexes for major litigation involving labor disputes

• Maintained and updated court calendars and appointment calendars for the three attorneys,

including docketing of all e-filed Orders received from various courts and general orders

involving major labor disputes

Victoria Rock Court Reporting, Chicago, Illinois

Legal Transcriptionist June 2009 - April 2011

• Transcribed legal statements given to police department for criminal and domestic disputes

• Proofread and processed legal statements maintaining confidentially required by the Service

• Packaged and delivered statements as necessary in a timely and professional fashion

Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, Illinois Legal Secretary May 1989 - April 2009

• Responsible for senior partner’s preparedness in meeting demands of each day as well as two

associates all in litigation practice. Handled client contact with confidence and

confidentiality, inspiring professionalism and good manners

• Preparation of documents for trial, including trial binders

• Chief liaison between senior partner and trial team; initiate communication and act

independently regarding logistics, experts, task lists, outlines, and support staff.

• Handled domestic and international travel arrangements for senior partner . Prepared,

processed and submitted all expense reports for all three attorneys, including rate exchanges

between foreign nations and USD.

• Prepared and processed all time entries, including, revisions of time entries and suggestions

for inclusion in time entries

• Handled numerous special projects, including, but not limited to maintenance of document

database, maintenance of pleadings indexes, maintenance of discovery files, maintenance of

scheduling for all meetings and CLE requirements; and additional projects as requested by

senior attorney

• Translated Italian corporate documents and correspondence to English for corporate partner

• Acted as interpreter during conference calls with Italian clients, as well as interpreted for

witness interviews with clients speaking only Italian

• Develop strategy and organize work flow to meet goals and commitments

• Independently draft routine pleadings and finalize correspondence, outlines, and meeting

notes

• Initiating discovery and following up with same for litigation cases

LEGAL DATABASES:

• I-Manage file management program; Adobe PDF Management including redaction

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Bi-lingual, speaking fluent Italian, as well as writing and translating Italian legal documents and

correspondence, MS Office, including MS Word 2003 and 2007, Excel, PowerPoint, Access,

Outlook and Publisher; Rainmaker as Carpe Diem legal accounting software; Lotus Notes

software; CM/ECF Electronic Filing Certified. .

VOLUNTEER WORK:

• Assist in volunteer work at Resurrection Home for the Aged in Chicago, Illinois, going to elderly

patients and helping them in feeding themselves and assisting in coordinating leisure time; assist

in travel arrangements for parents at Miami of Ohio University softball collegiate tournaments.

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