C O N STA NC E P E R RY **** A Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10030
212-***-**** ****************@*****.***
PROFILE_________________________________________________________________________
Results-oriented, dedicated professional with 10+ years experience offering significant experience in self-directed positions
requiring effective support, secretarial and administrative abilities. Proven interpersonal, communications and multi-tasking
skills. Adaptable team player recognized for willingness to learn and teach newly acquired skills.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS_________________________________________________________
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills Ability to work independently and as a team player
Excellent technical proficiency and ability to produce Outstanding organizational, time and resource management
accurate documents skills
Ability to compose, transcribe and edit Accustomed to handling sensitive and confidential records
correspondence, reports and court papers
Typing skills: 70+ words per minute Knowledge of local, state and federal court rules and
procedures
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE_________________________________________________________
Civil Litigation Secretary:
Preparation of all pleadings; used superior MSWord Utilized excellent organizational skills to ensure accuracy of
or WordPerfect skills to prepare a variety of pleadings pleadings including proofreading and checking citations
Document assembly including Bates numbering, Streamlined document creation process and increased
efficiency by creating custom styles and macros
assembling exhibits, redacting privileged or
confidential data
Drafted correspondence to all counsel and legal Generated of Table of Authorities
services vendors
Answered direct phone lines and acted as liaison Scheduled all appointments, maintained attorney diaries,
between clients and attorneys schedules and court calendars
Tracked all client billing and prepared monthly Accounted for all expenses and prepared monthly expense
invoices reports
Drafted correspondence to all counsel and legal Filed and archived all documents in compliance with firm’s
services vendors records management policies
Performed general clerical duties including copying, Produced retainer agreements
faxing, preparing overnight and by-hand deliveries
Word Processing Specialist:
High volume generation of a variety of documents in Developed and implemented litigation style book, shell formats
support of civil litigation, real estate, trusts and estates and templates for repetitive input/output tasks; increased
and corporate law practices efficiency by creating and macros
Used advanced Microsoft Office and WordPerfect Ability to meet production deadlines
skills to generate complex documents including,
pleadings, agreements, wills, deeds, statistical reports,
graphs and
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Technical Trainer and Application Support Specialist:
Provided application training to 30-member New York Provided both telephone and desk side application support;
secretarial staff in connection with firm wide upgrade of delivered supplemental training to secretarial staff in both
operating system and desktop applications classroom and individual environments
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY______________________________________________________________
MDY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES/COMPUTER ASSOCIATES – Fair Lawn, NJ
Help Desk Analyst/Manager Training Services/Senior Consultant, 1997 to 2009
PHOENIX COMMUNICATIONS – Weehawken, NJ
Consultant Citibank Problem Management Center, 1996 to 1997
BAKER AND BOTTS – New York, NY
Technical Trainer/Technical Support Specialist, 1994 to 1996
Legal Secretary – Real Estate Partner, Tax Associate, Corporate Associate, 1993 to 1994
LOEB AND LOEB – New York, NY
Trainer/Technical Support Specialist, 1991 to 1993
Word Processing Specialist, 1987 to 1991
SIDLEY AND AUSTIN – New York, NY
Secretarial Coordinator, 1986 to 1987
Legal Secretary – Corporate Law Partner, 1985 to 1986
EDUCATION_______________________________________________________________________
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK – Potsdam, NY
Bachelor of Music
Teacher’s Certification K – 12
AMERICAN VOCATION TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE – Hackensack, NJ
CompTIA 702 A+ Certification
COMPUTER SKILLS__________________________________________________________________
Microsoft Office 97-2010 Corel WordPerfect iManage
Hummingbird DOCS Interface/Lexis Nexis InterAction Carpe Diem
CA Records Manager CA Conflicts Manager FileSurf 7.1 – 7.5
CERTIFICATIONS____________________________________________________________________
iManage ICAT CompTIA A+ 702
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(iManage Certified Authorized Trainer) HotDocs Developer
Interface InterAction Trainer SoftWise Developer