Paralegal, Office Manager, Legal Administrative Assistant

Kathryn B. Dowdy Atlanta, GA *****

Cell: 404-***-****

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

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kathryn dowdy/30/310/8a3

HIGH POINTS

• Prepared, Prompt, Personable, Professional.

• Provide support to high level partners and department heads.

• Strong computer skills, i.e., Microsoft Word, Word Perfect.

• Mentors and trains new legal support staff when they are brought on board.

• Meets all deadlines in a timely fashion, knowledgeable of the court system,

possess legal and medical terminology.

• Diligent team player with an enthusiastic attitude and a loyal disposition, with capability

of taking initiative and working unsupervised.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Microsoft Office Products, Word Perfect 10 12, transcription machines to include, Internet Savvy, Amicus,

QuickBooks, Excel, Lotus Notes 1,2,3, TABS billing system, WordDocs, Timeslips, Time Matters 5.0,

CommSoftRMS, Carpe Diem billing system, Express Scribe, IManage, Adobe v. 6 9, SalesForce, NorthStar,

Scanning, Printers, Fax Machines.

EDUCATION:

• Darton College, GPA 3.3 2 year program – Certified Paralegal Program 1994;

• Various Paralegal and Executive/Administrative Assistants Seminars (in house and external seminars);

• Most importantly is I graduated from the ”School of Hard Knocks”.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

09/12 09/13 Allen Kopet & Associates, Inc. Atlanta, GA

Paralegal/Office Manager

• Communicated with opposing counsel and insurance adjusters, via email, fax or phone;

• Prepared and drafted a variety of pleadings for the attorney's review;

• Prepared discovery and disclosure for cases; summarized medical records;

• Obtained pertinent medical information from various medical facilities, private doctor's offices for

the purpose of discovery;

• Filed documents in various courts throughout the State of Georgia along other States, as well;

responsible for entering my billing time; opened up new file matters;

• Scheduled and followed up on depositions; ensured all invoices were forwarded to the adjuster

handling the case; ordered and maintained office supplies; assisted attorney(s) in preparation before,

during and after trial;

• Maintained filing and indexing and the upkeep of active files; systematically closed out files after

analysis to ensure all settlement and pertinent documents had been signed and completed before

being sent off site;

• Worker's compensation cases, I prepared Notice of Representation to opposing counsel and State

Board; prepared letters to insurer/employer regarding representation and requested all personnel

documents; prepared discovery documents and followed up on same;

• Obtained any and all medical records, scheduled depositions; utilized the ICMS software for

Worker's Compensation forms and documents, ensured daily that Adjuster is notified of all activities

in the file; calendared all due dates; e filing with State Court as needed.

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1/11 08/12 Houston Bookkeeping & Management Co. Atlanta, GA

Position: Office Manager

• Initialed screening for prospective clients, managed company wide accounting and invoicing;

prepared quarterly reports; managed accounts payable/receivable; expense control procedures;

maintained and tracked all QuickBooks accounts and expenditures.

7/10 11/10 WellCare, Inc. Tampa, FL

Position: Data Entry and Support Staff Assistant

• Entered data on 2011 Medicare/Medicaid New Proposal Book; required extreme focus to details

and deadlines.

3/10 – 7/10 Hines, Norman, Hines, LP Tampa, FL

Position: Legal Assistant

• Assisted with effective estate planning, correspondence, drafted documents for review; met with

clients; calendared hearing dates; heavy transcription daily; time entry for myself for billable services.

2/06 – 6/08 National Christian Charitable Foundation, Inc. Atlanta, GA

Position: Legal Administrative Assistant to General Counsel

• Scheduled and directly assisted with the preparation and production of webinars; worked with real

estate and transactional attorney(s); drafted; obtained and prepared all required due diligence

documents to receive contributions of non liquid assets; residential and commercial real estate; art;

privately held stock and business interests; primary backup for receptionist; maintained attorney bar

memberships; calendared appointments; scheduled seminars; meetings and conference

rooms; drafted memorandums; documents and correspondence for review; maintained spreadsheets;

worked with senior level management.

• Initiated the ongoing filing of Charitable Solicitations registrations in 28 states; diligently

researched how to secure and maintain current requirements; registered new entities with Georgia

Secretary of State’s Office’s; researched various tax related issues utilizing BNA; LoisLaw and

Internet; excelled in strengthening and developing research techniques; prepared travel

arrangements and itinerary.

9/03 – 11/04 Jones, Cork & Miller, LLC Macon, GA

Position: Legal Assistant

• Worked insurance defense cases; indigent and criminal cases; handled with attorney supervision

student disciplinary files on behalf of the Bibb County School System.

• Drafted correspondence to clients; opposing counsel; court officials; pleadings; scheduled

depositions; appointments; conference rooms; arbitration proceedings; court reporters; calendared

all hearings and due dates; maintained trial notebooks; indexed pleadings;

• Secured medical records from medical facilities; entered attorney time; obtained documents

needed to comply with discovery requests along with preparing deposition summaries.

1/00 – 12/01 Fisher & Phillips, LLC Atlanta, GA

Position: Legal Assistant to Partner and Associate

2/93 – 12/99 Divine, Wilkin, Raulerson & Fields, P.C. Albany, GA

Position: Legal Secretary to William Divine, Jr.

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