Administrative Assistant Executive

EVELYN L. OZUNA

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Bronx, NY 10455 (C) 347-

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Email: ******.*****@*****.***

WORK EXPERIENCE

**/**-******* *** **** City Law Department, New

York, NY

Office of the Corporation Counsel

Paralegal/Administrative Assistant, Special Federal

Litigation Division 01/06- Present

. Prepare heavy correspondence, scan, photocopy, fax,

email documents, initial interrogatories and compile

documents for answer.

. Manage cases and assist 28 attorney from Notice of

Claim and/or Summons & Complaint to trial preparation

and/or settlement.

. Independently handle 80+ cases with minimal supervision

and meet all deadlines.

. Liaison between attorney and NYPD, Dept of Corrections

and other city agencies.

. Handle heavy discovery request, that consist of

medical records and follow up, federal releases to

obtain court, DA, CCRB documents, NYPD documents and

other document relevant to the case.

. Handle medical invoices, process settlements, heavy

phone contact with different city agencies, proofread

. Responsible for knowing court procedure from federal

court (Southern and Eastern)

Paralegal, Labor and Employment Division 11/02-01/06

. Managed case files for federal class action suits.

. Trial preparation for federal class action suits,

including exhibits preparation, trial binders, etc.

. Responsible for incoming and outgoing deposition

transcripts, ASCII disks and loading in database.

. Assisted in reviewing, updating, and maintaining large

case files.

. Assisted in preparation of summary judgment motions,

including research and exhibits.

. Court filing, court errands and archiving

. Prepared and process subpoenas, affidavits, summonses,

and discovery requests.

. Prepared documents for production and maintain document

production files.

. Performed legal research, case tracking, and docket

searches.

06/01 - 09/01 Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield

New York, NY Membership and Billing

Representative

. Answered and screened telephone calls. Handled and

distributed incoming and outgoing mail.

. Entered and updated important data.

. Enrolled and cancelled membership for clients.

Processed new applications.

. Analyzed request for group level changes, including

subscriber additions, deletions, cancellations and

group level adjustments.

10/97 -03/01 Reliance National

New York, NY

Executive Assistant

. Answered and screened telephone calls. Handled and

distributed incoming and outgoing mail.

. Ordered office, kitchen, and stationary supplies.

. Maintained calendar, attendance, vacations, and holiday

records for employees.

. Prepared endorsement, policies, letters, memos,

performance reviews, and evaluation for Vice President.

. Handled, retrieved, archived, alphabetized and

organized important files.

. Processed expense reports, coordinated travel

arrangements, scheduled appointments, and reserved

conference rooms.

SUMMARY OF SKILLS

Microsoft Word, Excel, Excel Imaging, Access, Power Point,

Lotus Notes 4.5, Outlook, AS400, Summation, Filesite

Worksite/, HotDocs, NYCLIS, Citecheck, PACER, E-file,

WESTLAW, LEXIS/NEXIS and Shepardizing. Fluent in Spanish

(Writing, reading, and translations), Type 55 wpm.

EDUCATION

01/03 - 04/05 Monroe College

Bachelors of Art in Business Management

9/00-4/2002 Katherine Gibbs School

Associates Degree in Legal Office Administration

11/01 - 12/02 New York Paralegal School

Certificate in Paralegal/Litigation Assistant

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