Assistant Medical
Resume:
-*Valeria S. Molnar
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44221
Experienced Legal Secretary/Assistant proficient in Lexis/Nexis, PC Law, Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel), Microsoft
Outlook, *Time, Docs Open, Adobe Suite; drafting, revising and editing legal documents, e-file and Pacer filing,
along with proficiency in using various resources to locate individuals, businesses, and assets.
EXPERIENCE
June 2010 – Present Brouse McDowell, L.P.A. – Legal Secretary – Estate Planning
Secretarial, administrative and personal support to three attorneys and one paralegal in the areas of Estate
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Planning, Probate and Health Care/Contracts/Litigation.
Draft, revise and edit Wills, Codicils, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Health Care Powers of Attorney, Living
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Wills, probate forms and correspondence.
Prepare Estate Planning Booklets for clients.
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Transcribe dictation of letters, contracts, agreements and pleadings.
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Draft, revise and edit health care contracts, professional health care administration contracts and general
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contracts for services.
Schedule and prepare for meetings, depositions, hearings and seminars.
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Schedule travel arrangements and prepare itinerary for same.
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Record, edit and revise attorney time; review and edit client pre-bills and prepare client bills for delivery.
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File various documents and forms through e-file and Pacer.
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Maintain electronic files through Docs Open.
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Maintain attorney calendars and docketing through Outlook.
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September 2009 - January 2010 Reminger Co., L.P.A. – Legal Secretary/Legal Assistant
(Mass Lay Off)
• Secretarial, administrative and legal support to three full time attorneys whose practice areas focused on
medical malpractice defense, workers' compensation, personal injury defense, asbestos defense and legal
malpractice defense.
• Dictation transcription using digital dictation.
• Draft, revise and edit correspondence, complaints, answers, motions, notices, discovery documents including
interrogatories, request for production, notice of service and request for admissions, mediation statements,
pretrial statements, and settlement instruments including release, judgment entry of dismissal and all other
documents required in order to complete settlement.
• Assist with summarizing deposition transcripts in preparation for trial.
• Record, capture and enter attorney time.
• Research resources for the purpose of investigating defendants through the Secretary of State, county
information systems and federal information systems.
• Court filings through e-file and Pacer.
• Maintained electronic files through a similar program of Docs Open.
• Schedule meetings, travel arrangements, depositions, and mediation.
• Update attorney calendars and docketing through Outlook.
May 2008 - February 2009 McIntyre, Kahn & Kruse Co., L.P.A. – Legal Secretary/Legal Assistant
(Lay Off)
• Draft, revise and edit correspondence, legal documents, discovery documents, mediation statements, pretrial
statements, and settlement instruments in the areas of personal injury, real estate, estate planning, medical
malpractice, insurance defense, potential and/or alleged violations of patents, and planning and zoning laws.
• Enter attorney time through PC Law.
• Research resources for the purpose of investigating defendants through the Secretary of State, county
information systems and federal information systems.
• Court filings through e-file and Pacer.
• Maintained electronic files through a similar program of Docs Open.
• Schedule meetings, travel arrangements, depositions, and mediations.
• Update attorney calendars and docketing through Outlook.
• Back-up to receptionist on multi-line telephone system.
June 2007 - May 2008 Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin – Legal Secretary
• Draft, revise and edit correspondence, legal documents, discovery documents, mediation statements, trial
preparation, jury instructions, pretrial statements and settlement documents in the areas of personal injury,
wrongful death, medical malpractice, product liability and general insurance defense.
• Medical record and information review of files to determine information received and information that
needed to be requested and, if necessary, requested any and all documents needed to proceed with defense of
case.
• Open, create, maintain and update new files along with client information sheets.
• Enter attorney time through *Time, review pre-bill worksheets for all attorneys in the Akron office for
accuracy, and distribution to attorneys for their review with an effort to ensure timely return of pre-bill
worksheets to the Philadelphia office.
• Transcribe dictation through Big Hand Digital Dictation system.
• File documents by e-file, Pacer and with Court of Appeals.
• Provided additional support to the two other secretaries in the office as a “floater” with dictation transcription,
docket management and filing legal documents.
• Provided back-up assistance to the receptionist on a multi-line telephone system.
July 2004 – June 2007 Cassidy & Associates – Legal Secretary/Legal Assistant
(Reduction in Force & Hours)
• Draft, revise and edit legal documents in the areas of estate planning, personal injury, medical malpractice,
corporate law, DUI/DUS/DWI; drafted, revised and edited wills, trusts, contracts, proposed revisions to
codified ordinances, planning and zoning codes and some state legislation with the assistance of state
legislators, correspondence, settlement documents.
• Obtained authorization from various Judges for continuances, pleas and scheduling along with filing motions,
answers, discovery and other legal documents with local courts.
• Transcribe dictation as necessary.
• Enter attorney time, review pre-bill worksheets, print bills and forward same to clients on a monthly basis.
• Collection efforts for overdue bills.
• Maintained ledger of accounts payable/receivable.
• Implemented plan to relocate office on two separate occasions.
• Update office equipment, software, law books and periodicals.
• Answering telephones on a multi-line telephone system.
November 2003 – July 2004 Arter & Hadden – Legal Secretary
(Out of Business n.k.a. Tucker, Ellis & West)
(Mass Lay Off)
• Transcribe dictation of correspondence, answers, motions, discovery, and appeals in the areas of medical
malpractice defense, asbestos defense, estate planning, employer pension plans, retirement and investment
plans, and tax reporting.
• File documents through e-file and Pacer.
• Document and file management through Docs Open.
• Enter attorney time.
• Manage and update attorney calendars for five attorneys.
• Answer phones for five attorneys.
August 1996 – November 2003 Horwitz & Horwitz – Legal Secretary / Legal Assistant
(Out of Business)
• Answer phones on a multi-line phone system.
• Intake, prepare and file Workers’ Compensation claims and intake of all new cases that came into the practice.
• Draft, revise and edit correspondence and legal documents in the areas of workers’ compensation, personal
injury and traffic cases.
• Transcribe dictation of correspondence, complaints, answers, motions, and discovery as necessary.
• Update and maintain docket for all cases.
• Track and review various workers’ compensation case files with the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and
Industrial Commission of Ohio at various on-site locations throughout Summit, Lorain and Cuyahoga County.
• Filing legal documents with various clerks of court, the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and Industrial
Commission of Ohio.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
December 1997 – December 2001 City of North Royalton (two elected terms) – Councilwoman, Ward 3
• Served two consecutive terms as a Council Representative for Ward 3 in the City of North Royalton, Ohio.
• Researched various ordinances from various other communities with an eye toward revising North Royalton’s
ordinances in an effort to assist the building, streets, and engineering departments in enforcing ordinances and
zoning codes or in an effort to improve the overall outlook of the City.
• Propose revisions to legislation, building codes, zoning ordinances, and city budget.
• Monitored and occasionally proposed revisions to the City budget on a monthly basis.
• Take minutes, draft and revise minutes of Council committee meetings as Chairperson.
• Assisted with fundraising for various projects related to the City.
• Financial and Ethics Law reporting.
• Distributing quarterly newsletter to residents of my ward in an attempt to keep them informed.
• Received complaints from residents and made attempts to resolve any and all resident issues.
• Informed residents as needed on various issues including tax levies, revisions to ordinances and City Charter.
• Proposed revisions to City Charter.
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