Administrative Assistant Real Estate
Resume:
Magrietha J. Sheild
San Diego, CA 92109
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Legal secretary/Administrative Assistant with over 18 years professional
experience providing secretarial, administrative, clerical and personal
support to senior managing partners, department partners, associates and
paralegals utilizing exceptional organizational, time-management skills. I
have excellent oral and written communications and computer skills, client
relations and problem solving skills in a fast-paced environment while
managing to multi-task several projects with accuracy, speed and
outstanding quality. Consistently delivers accurate and timely work
product with highest level of professionalism. Solid judgment skills.
Dedicated to excellence, strong work ethic, reliable and professional.
Professional Experience:
Lindquist & Vennum, P.L.L.P, Minneapolis, MN
May 2000 - September 2009
Legal Administrative Assistant / Document Production Specialist
Corporate: Preparation of all corporate documentation/correspondence
related to filings with SEC; preparation of stockholder and director
resolutions, stock certificates, closing books. Formation of new
corporations and maintain corporate records.
Real Estate: Preparation and finalization of documents related to all real
estate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, purchase and sale
agreements, amendments, deeds, promissory notes, transaction and closing
books.
Environmental: Document preparation related to publicly and private held
companies in matters of environmental and/or water rights.
Estate Planning: Preparation of Wills, Trusts, Power of Attorney, Health
Care Directives.
Health Law: Patent and licensing pharmaceutical/medical device, Joint
Ventures, Agreements, Board Minutes, Resolutions. Appointed as
Administrator in assistance to Chair, including participation in strategic
business planning.
Symington & De Kok, McIntyre & Vander Post, Lovius-Block, Bloemfontein,
South Africa
1987 to 1999
Legal Secretary / Paralegal
Corporate / Transactional Law. Real Estate, Family Law, Supreme Court,
Collections, Litigation.
Independently handled Third Party Fund claims from first consultation with
client to determine legal merit, taking of affidavits of witnesses,
collaboration with law enforcement agencies, experts, health care officials
and actuaries to determine monetary damages to finalization of claim.
Education:
Technikon of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Major: Legal Administration (with honors)
UNISA, Bloemfontein, South Africa - B. Proc - 1996 - 1999
Skills:
Prepare and proofread legal documents and correspondence;
File same with appropriate court or agency;
Coordinate case management or trial preparation in association with
timekeepers;
Prepare client presentations and marketing materials;
Process time entries and expense reports;
Review invoice proformas; Process opening of new matters and billing write-
offs;
Handle general administrative duties, such as answering phones, arranging
travel and meetings, photocopying, filing, processing mail;
Arrange services for document processing or reproduction, deliveries,
notarization, court-reporting;
Work overtime as required; and
Handle overflow from other secretaries and other additional projects as
assigned.
Coordinate and organize meetings, training, team functions - including
meeting room set up, material preparation, food ordering, preparing
agendas, transcription and distribution of minutes and action items if
necessary.
Recommend, organize, and maintain filing systems, and filing of
correspondence and other records.
Prepare, prioritize and route incoming and outgoing administrative memos,
mail, packages, faxes and photocopying, and acting on those that need
immediate attention.
Responsible for maintaining calendars for timekeepers.
Arrange travel schedules and reservations, including flights, ground
transportation, and hotel reservations, with the assistance of outside
travel agencies.
Responsible for preparation of all expense reports, the processing and
filing of check requests by obtaining proper approvals and submitting to
Accounts Payable for payment.
Set up outside teleconference calls.
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