STACY FERRARA
Tamarac, FL **321
Home- 954-***-****
Cell- 954-***-****
E-Mail: ********@***.***
OBJECTIVE: To broaden and utilize my skills in a rewarding and challenging position.
EXPERIENCE:
1/12 – 9/13 Fann & Petruccelli, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL Legal Secretary-Overflow for Team
Responsibilities Included: Processing, copying, scanning and routing of medical records, typing and
transcription of reports, deposition summaries, mediation summaries, ILEs, pleadings and correspondence
for attorneys, processing of deposition transcripts, hearing transcripts and unsworn statements, sending
out deposition transcripts and exhibits to medical experts as well as sending out deposition transcripts to
clients, downloading of medical records, depositions, exhibits and hearings from CDs, e-mailing and
phone contact with court reporters, interoffice e-mailing, typing of Routing Sheets for whole team, and
billing for a medical malpractice insurance defense firm.
WORKED TEMP.
3/11-5/11 South Florida Guardianship Program, Inc., Sunrise, FL Bookkeeper
Responsibilities Included: Billing/Accts. Receivable/Time Entry/Data Entry
12/08-5/10 Barnett & Lerner, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, FL Legal Administrative Support
Responsibilities Included: Legal transcription and typing of correspondence, pleadings, discovery,
representation letters, settlement documents, Demand Letters, Complaints, Closing Argument Briefs,
Verified Petitions, Itemization of Hours and Costs; time entry, opening up new cases and data entry for a
personal injury/workers compensation/longshoreman law firm.
4/05-12/08 Bernstein, Chackman & Liss, P.A., Hollywood, FL Legal Administrative Support
Responsibilities Included: Head of transcription, logging tape jobs into log book, typing and
transcription of Phase and Case Assessment Reports, Answers to Complaints, Status Reports, Deposition
Summaries, Attorney Outlines, pleadings, discovery, subpoenas, memos, medical summaries, medical
chronologies, operative reports, and correspondence for an insurance defense firm.
12/03-3/05 Peterson Bernard-Attorneys at Law, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Legal/Medical Word Processor
Responsibilities Included: Transcription and typing of legal and medical documentation. Legal
consisted of typing of Deposition Summaries, Deposition Annotations, Conferences, Attorney Outlines,
Case Assessment Reports, pleadings, subpoenas and correspondence. Medical consisted of transcription
dictated by nurse paralegals of medical chronologies, medical summary letters, medical provider charts,
operative reports and correspondence for a medical malpractice/personal injury insurance defense firm.
PART-TIME
8/02-8/03 Lestrange Orthopedics, Pompano Beach, FL Medical Transcriptionist
Lighthouse Orthopaedic Assoc., Lighthouse Point, FL Medical Transcriptionist
Responsibilities Included: Transcription and typing of medical history and physical examination
reports, discharge summaries, operative/surgical reports and notes, consultation reports, diagnostic-
imaging studies, progress notes, and correspondence.
SKILLS: Programs: Microsoft Word/Excel, WordPerfect 12, Microsoft Works, Time Matters, Perfect
Practice, Timeslips by Sage, Quickbooks, Amicus, Juris, and Olympus Digital Dictation System.
Knowledge: Accounts Receivable/Payable, Billing, Time Entry, Data Entry, Scheduling, Typing,
Legal-Medical-Insurance Adjusting Transcription, Training New Employees, Processing Medical
Records, Reception, Phone work/Customer Service, E-mailing and Internet Research, Faxing,
Scanning, Photocopying, Filing, and General Office Duties.
EDUCATION:
1/02-7/02 CAI Transcription, Inc., Barnegat, NJ Medical Transcription Course
9/79-6/80 Drake Business School, Flushing, NY Stenographer Course
9/76-6/79 Jamaica High School, Jamaica, NY