Assistant Accounts Payable
Resume:
Marian Opoku
Lansing MI 48910
Telephone Number: 517-***-****
Email: abkl94@r.postjobfree.com
Education:
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Lansing, Michigan
Juris Doctorate Candidate, 2012
Member of Student Bar Association
Member of Moot Court
Member of Christian Legal Society and Member of African Legal Society
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Honors Bachelor of Arts With Distinction Joint Specialist Degree in
Political Science and History, June 2006
Golden Key International Honor Society Award
Graduate Studies in Political Science
Member of UofT Student Union and Member of the Political Science Club
Member of Black Student Union and African Student Council and Roman
Catholic Club
Work Experience:
Crawford Chandon & Partners LLP Brampton, Canada March 2010-May
2010
Law Clerk
Provided assistance to Senior Partner; drafted Arbitration Agreements,
drafting and preparation of invoices to clients
Drafting Statement of Defence for Associates and filing with the Superior
Court of Justice as well as Small Claims Court
Drafting and Preparation of all Statement of Claim, Third Party Claim,
serving process on opposing counsel and filing with court
Responsible for preparation and filing of Affidavits of Service as required
by the Rules of Civil Procedure
Closing files, closing settled cases and/or cases dismissed by the court
Providing assistance in personal injury by drafting settlements, preparing
medical release documents, preparing accident release documents to the
police, and drafting summaries
Obtaining medical documents of the client and drafting summaries for
associate attorneys
Forget & Matthews LPP Toronto, Canada
June 2009-August 2009
Legal Assistant
Insurance Defense litigation experience
Provided assistance to two associates: dictation and preparation of legal
documents
Scheduling of court dates for motions and examination for discovery with
court as well as opposing counsel
Preparing dockets, accounts, cheque requisitions, expense reports as well
as scheduling meetings and making travel
Docketing time for supervising attorney and dictation of pleadings and
correspondence
Preparation of documents for Pre-Trial, Trial, and Book of Authorities to
be filed with the court
O'Connor Zanardo Mississauga, Canada
March 2008 - August 2008
Legal Assistant
Preparing reporting letters to clients on residential purchases and
commercial purchases
Experience with Family Law, Wills and Estates; training with DivorceMate
Dicta typing of several documents
Experience with preparation and drafting Wills
Preparation of legal documents and arranging with process server to file
with the court on behalf of petitioner and respondent
Preparation of all legal documents involving insurance defense (plaintiff
side)
Personal injury experience dealing with motor vehicle accidents, slip and
falls, and products liability
Preparation of opinion letters and settlements
Providing assistance with drafting settlements, preparing medical release
documents, preparing accident release documents to the police and drafting
summaries
Obtaining medical documents of the client and drafting summaries for
associate attorneys
Preparing invoices to clients and accounts payable and receivable
Preparing and filing court documents
Drafting, preparing, typing and proofreading correspondence and
documentation including agreements, letters, articles for publication, tax
forms, reports, opinions and corporate minutes
Hughes Amys LLP Toronto, Canada
October 2007- February 2008
Litigation Legal Assistant
Taking in charge of all administrative tasks for the lawyer and delivering
high quality work production in a timely manner reporting to an associate
who practices in the area of Insurance Defence at Hughes Amys LLP
Drafting letters to opposing counsel
Preparation of Statement of Defence and Third Party and serving on opposing
counsel and then filing with Court, opening all files, paying all invoices
Responsible for accounts payable and receivable and requisition of checks
Assisting associate with scheduling discovery dates, drafting reporting
letters to clients,
Canvassing and scheduling all motion dates and examination for discovery
dates with the court and opposing counsel
ZSA Legal Recruitment Toronto, Canada
October 2006-June 2007 Junior Assistant (Legal Support)
Data entry of clients into a national database system provide word
processing/typing, and testing of candidates
Assistant to six legal support consultants and legal support for legal
consultants
Professional experience with both sole practitioners as well as large law
firms
Litigation Management Inc. Toronto, Canada
August 2006 -October 2006
Paralegal
Experience with leading Toronto litigation law firm: Lenczner Slaght Royce
Smith Griffin LLP
Review, summary and entry of large legal documents information into a
database system, legal processing, word processing
Skills:
Conversational Spanish, Basic Cantonese, and Fluent in Twi (Ghanaian
Dialectic)
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