Customer Service Assistant
Resume:
Cynthia Velazquez
Waukegan, Illinois 60085
E-Mail: *******@*******.***
Professional Objective:
Looking for a career position as a legal assistant/paralegal in the law
field to help lawyers prepare legal documents, maintain records and conduct
research.
Employment:
Emalfarb, Swan & Bain, Highland Park, Illinois - 847/432-6900
Legal Assistant-Paralegal, Construction Law
4/2008 - Present
Duties: Maintain the filing system, prepare pleadings binder, prepare and
forward citations and subpoenas, obtain lien information to prepare
mechanic liens, draft petitions, motions and discovery, prepare responses
to opposing counsel and generated status reports, manage cases by preparing
case summaries, mediation statements, exhibits, and related correspondence,
initiate and maintain contact with clients and opposing counsel, prepare
initial compliance letters to send to clients regarding unpaid construction
projects, answer telephones, fax documents, copy documents, send Federal
Express, prepare liens, prepare Quit Claim Deeds, daily dictaphone use,
send marketing packets out to potential clients, docket dates into
attorneys calendars, scanning and bate stamp of documents, order documents
from Recorders Office, file documents on-line; enter attorney time into
TABS, order supplies and take inventory stock of necessary supplies, accept
deliveries and alert parties of arrival of packages.
Pasulka and White, LLC, Chicago, Illinois-312/236-9150
Legal Assistant, Matrimonial Law
9/2006 - 6/2007
Duties: Prepare intake sheets for new potential clients,
pleadings/discovery to be served, fax documents, daily dictaphone use,
open/close files, send Federal Express, schedule depositions, meet with
clients, return client calls, file documents at local court, copy
documents, input daily time into Time Matters, relieve reception from front
desk.
Feiwell and Meenan, P.C., Chicago, Illinois - 312/782-4844
Legal Assistant, Matrimonial Law
3/2005 - 6/2006
Duties: Check voicemail of attorneys, return client calls, retrieve mail
from postal office, prepare pleadings for court, prepare discovery, fax
documents, daily dictaphone use, open files, send Federal Express, schedule
depositions, meet with clients, checked attorney email daily, court
appearances for absent attorney, file documents at local court, copy, fax,
prepare premarital agreements.
Birndorf & Birndorf, P.C., Chicago, Illinois - 312/201-9300
Legal Secretary/Office Manager, Corporate Law/Class Action
10/2001 - 3/2005
Duties: Prepare documents for filing in all courts, answer discovery,
prepare corporate records, prepare minute books and appropriate forms,
knowledge of class action and arbitration cases, answer multi-line
switchboard, send Airborne Express and Federal Express, distribute mail,
schedule depositions, open/close files, order supplies, dictaphone
knowledge, fax documents, make daily bank deposits at various banks,
prepare / send certified mail.
Madsen, Farkas & Powen, LLC, Chicago, Illinois -312/379-3444
Legal Secretary, Aviation Law
1/2001 - 10/2001
Duties: Prepare documents for filing in all courts, answer multi-line
switchboard, enter time slips, order office supplies, schedule depositions,
send Federal Express; knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, meet with clients,
file files away, distribute incoming/outgoing mail, dictaphone knowledge,
fax documents, open/close new files, mail certified mail.
Edward L. Schuller & Associates, Chicago, Illinois -312/645-5475
Paralegal/Law Clerk, Family Law, P.I. Motor Vehicle, Real Estate
4/1999 - 11/2000
Duties: Prepare documents for filing, file documents in various courts,
input of accounts payable & receivable, answer multi-line switchboard, make
daily bank deposits, enter time slips, order office supplies, schedule
depositions, court appearances for absent attorneys, copy, fax, send
Federal Express, send certified mail, meet with clients, record documents
at Recorder's Office, file away files numerically/alphabetically, research
cases on LEXISNEXIS, distribute outgoing/incoming mail, investigate
background checks for private detectives, handle cases with special process
servers.
Education:
Wright College, Chicago, Illinois
Associates, Liberal Arts
9/1992 - 9/1994
Sterling J. Morton High School, Cicero Illinois
Diploma, General Studies 9/1988 -
6/1992
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Work well under high pressure situations, customer service, knowledgeable
in many office procedures, filing, typing (70-75 wpm), understanding of
legal terminology, clerical, data entry, billing, dictaphone, switchboard,
proven leadership skills, problem solving skills, excellent communication
skills, team player, honest, hard worker, loyal, detail oriented, good
organizational skills, managerial skills, internet and e-mail knowledge, e-
filing.
Programs: Word Perfect; Microsoft Excel; Microsoft Word; Windows 2000;
Windows XP; Microsoft Outlook; Time Matters; WorldDox; TABS
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
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