Manager Assistant

Shondra

McGary

**** ***. **

East, Prattville,

AL 36066

Contact Number: 334/819.6122

Email: abio4f@r.postjobfree.com

Objective To obtain a career that will allow me the opportunity to

utilize, strengthen

and enhance my current skills while also challenging me to develop

additional ones.

Education GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science (May, 2000)

Concentrations: English/Paralegal Studies

Cumulative G.P.A.: 3.6

Work Experience

01/07 - 03/10 CLOVIS & ROCHE'

Position: Legal Manager (11/08 - 03/10)

Duties: Oversee a legal department with inventory in excess of $80

million; Place job

advertisements for legal department on various job boards; Work with

placement agencies in

order to place new hire talents within the department; Interview

candidate for employment within

the department; Hire and train new employees within the department;

Run reports and

methodically identify and analyze areas of opportunities and/or

strengths within the

department; Implement new processes that enhance and/or refine the

team's journey

toward overall departmental success; Review all accounts referred to

the Legal

Department from the Collections Division and properly distribute the

accounts based on

balance ranges to applicable attorneys within the negotiated network

of firms;

Attempt to financially resolve and/or settle the outstanding balances

on the accounts; If

settlement is not reached or is breached, ensure that the file is

prepared and

electronically forward to an attorney for further handling within a

timely manner;

Recruit new attorneys to partner with and negotiate rates; Conduct

audit visits to

partnered firms; Develop individuals within the team to advance to

higher heights

within their career.

Position: Legal Administrator (01/07 - 10/08)

Duties: Input the most recent updates on the Legal Tracking

Spreadsheet; Update the

company's database to reflect any pertinent details or updates

received. Assist in all

clerical duties of answering the phones, drafting letters, forwarding

emails, filing

documents; Respond to attorney requests for contracts or additional

information needed;

Check the mail daily and distribute all received correspondence to

the applicable parties;

Monitor the attorney's production on files placed with their firm;

Follow-up for

acknowledgments, status updates, received payments and suit

recommendations; Once

suit is recommended by the attorney, prepare the file for a formal

suit request and submit

to the client for approval; Monitor the litigation process of suits

until judgment is collected

or the balance is paid/settled in full.

09/02 - 12/06 PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

Position: Legal Assistant (12/03 - 12/06)

Duties: Draft answers, interrogatories and responses to propounded

documents;

Schedule and maintain attorney's appointment calendar; Subpoena

employment and/or

medical records; Complete various dictation assignments; Continuously

update clients as

to the status of the lawsuit; Set depositions; Assist in all clerical

duties.

Position: Claims Adjustor (09/02 - 12/03)

Duties: Contacted all parties involved in the accident or believed to

have witnessed the

accident; Confirmed the facts of loss surrounding the incident; Took

recorded statements

of all parties; Determined liability; Inspected the vehicles and

referred them to the

appropriate body shop; Monitored the repair process of the vehicles;

Updated the parties

on a regular basis regarding the status of their claim.

Internships

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (C.I.A.)

Position: Political & Security Analyst

Duties: Analyzed and researched data regarding specified topics;

Confirmed the validity

of the compiled documents; Drafted numerous briefs, charts and

reports concerning the

acquired information; Presented the research to authority officials

in preparation of their

forthcoming meetings with national and international dignitaries.

LOUISIANA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES (C.A.S.A.)

ASSOCIATION

Position: Executive Assistant

Duties: Assisted in the coordination of the first Louisiana C.A.S.A.

Conference; Drafted

letters and memos regarding the conference; Kept accurate account of

all donations and

incoming conference payments; Completed deposits of monetary funds

and maintained a

portfolio of all expenditures, invoices and receipts; Designed the

entire itinerary of events

for the conference and all necessary programs affiliated with same.

SOUTHEAST SPOUSE ABUSE PROGRAM

Position: Legal Advocate

Duties: Accurately screen survivors in order to distinguish those who

are appropriate for

agency services; Meet with survivors and inform them of services

available; Recruit local

attorneys to perform pro bono work on behalf of survivors when formal

legal advice is

necessary; Monitor the legal referral process to ensure quality and

satisfaction for all

parties involved; Generate monthly and quarterly reports regarding

the statistics

surrounding the legal assistance provided to survivors in Tangipahoa,

Washington,

Livingston and St. Helena parishes; Assist in fundraising and other

projects designed to

engage community support of the agency.

Awards/Honors Alpha Lambda Delta National Honors Society

Cambridge Who's Who (2009 - 2010)

Completed a brief for former Secretary Madeleine Albright

Golden Key National Honors Society

Literary works published by the United States Government

National Association of Professional Women (2009 - 2010)

Skills Lotus; Microsoft Office; Outlook; Quick Books, Word Perfect,

Power Point; Shorthand;

Speed Keyboarding; Fundamental Spanish; Public Speaking; Advanced

Writing;

Constant Contact

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