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Legal Secretary

Location:
Plainfield, NJ
Posted:
September 15, 2013

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Resume:

DawnMarie Ferraro

* ******** *****, ***** **********, NJ 07060 917-***-****

*********.*******@*****.***

Qualifications:

. Career performance reflects positions of increasing responsibility

. Possess a strong knowledge of administrative operations

. Work productively under pressure in a fast pace environment

. Demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills

. Proficient in Microsoft Office 2010, Accuroute, Adobe, Carpe Diem,

Ceredian, DTE, Legal-Key, Dictaphone and Hummingbird Document

Management

Professional Experience:

. Responsible for assisting Partners and Corporate Associates on a daily

basis as well as having experience in the Litigation Department, ERISA

Department and the Office of Attorney Development Department

SQUIRE SANDERS (US ) LLP New York, NY

Executive Legal Secretary September 2009

to Present

. Responsibilities include drafting various legal documents and general

correspondence as well as preparation of blacklines

. Duties include expense reporting, client invoicing, time entry,

conference call setup, accuroute control and organization, mail

organization and distribution, conflict memo's, new client matter

forms, and maintaining files and prospectuses

. Responsibilities include the organization and management of attorney's

calendars and contacts

. Responsible for making domestic and international travel arrangements

including hotel, air and car rentals

. Responsible for arranging all interoffice luncheons, meetings and

conferences

. Responsibilities include the answering of high level phone calls

FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON, LLP New

York, NY

Administrative Assistant/Senior Legal Secretary

July 1999 to April 2009

. Responsibilities include drafting various legal documents and general

correspondence as well as preparation of blacklines

. Duties include expense reporting, client invoicing, time entry,

conference call setup, mail organization and distribution, conflict

memo's, new client matter forms, corporate work assignment sheets and

maintained files and prospectuses

. Responsible for keeping department inventory control and ordering

supplies as needed

. Responsibilities include the organization and management of attorney's

calendars and contacts

. Responsible for making domestic and international travel arrangements

including hotel, air and car rentals

. Responsible for arranging all interoffice luncheons, meetings and

conferences

. Responsibilities include the answering of high level phone calls

. Covered the Reception area when needed, assisted in overflow of work

from Secretarial Services, and assisted with the organization and

distribution of the firm's sports tickets

. Assisted the Director of the Office of Associate Affairs with CLE

programs, Fried Frank University Programs; forwarded the program

material along with the DVD's per program for each meeting our other

Fried Frank offices; revised Attorney evaluations

Education:

. Grace Institute New

York, NY

Obtained a Business and Computer Technologies Certificate

1998 - 1999

References furnished upon request



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