Assistant High School

Mitzi Lowe

Email: abo72u@r.postjobfree.com

Address:

City: Tacoma

State: WA

Zip: 98409

Country: USA

Phone: 253-***-****

Skill Level: Any

Salary Range:

Primary Skills/Experience:

Certified Legal Assistant who thrives in a professional business environment. Driven to uphold ethical standards while providing top-notch assistance to attorneys, lawyers and administrative staff. Twenty-two years experience with personal injury, insurance defense, labor and industries, social security disability as well as some medical negligence malpractice and estate planning.

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from Bates Technical College, Tacoma WA 1/2001 to 10/1990 (Legal Secretary/Assistant)

High School Dipolma from Woodrow Wilson High School, Tacoma WA 1/2001 to 10/2012

Job History / Details:

Summary

Certified Legal Assistant who thrives in a professional business environment. Driven to uphold ethical standards while providing top-notch assistance to attorneys, lawyers and administrative staff.

Twenty-two years experience with personal injury, insurance defense, labor and industries, social security disability as well as some medical negligence malpractice and estate planning.

Highlights

Multi phone line answering

Local court policies and procedures

WA state/federal court rule knowledge

Electronic court filing

Legal correspondence and pleadings preparation

Potential client screening

Discovery preparation and finalizing

Maintenance of case files

Transcribing and finalizing correspondence and legal pleadings (70 wpm)

Contact person for clients, insurance companies, courts and attorneys

Medical/bill retrieval

Medical history time line preparation

Multi attorney calendaring

Travel coordination

Notary Public

Software: Microsoft Word; Outlook; Needles (personal injury program).

Experience

May 2009 to May 2010

Burgess Fitzer P.S. Tacoma, (out of business)

Legal Assistant

Duties to include maintaining personal injury cases from beginning to completion/trial. Process summons, subpoenas, appeals motions and schedule depositions. Drafted legal papers including complaints, summons and interrogatories. Court case schedule deadline calendaring. Trial preparation. Knowledge of electronic transcription.

May 2008 to April 2009

VSI Law Group Fife, 253-***-****

Legal Assistant/Receptionist

Paralegal to senior partner and associate attorney with municipality clients as well as personal injury claims. Duties included opening and maintaining personal injury files as well as preparing and distributing Fife City Counsel meeting agenda material to city counsel members. Answering of phones, greeting clients and mail distribution.

September 2007 to May 2008

Williams Kastner Tacoma, 253-***-****

Legal Assistant

Paralegal to attorney Scott O'Halloran. Duties included, but not limited to answering phones, managing busy calendar, processing summons, subpoenas, appeals and motions as well as transcription.

September 2003 to October 2007

Law Offices of Timothy P. Malarchick Gig Harbor, 253-***-****

Legal Assistant

Sole employee to attorney Tim Malarchick. Duties included greeting clients, answering phones, scheduling depositions/hearings, opening/closing files, maintaining office supplies, contact person between attorney and clients, opposing counsel, insurance adjusters and court employees. Maintained all personal injury files. Ordered and maintained case related medical records/billings and compilation of medical treatment timelines.

September 1998 to May 2002

Messina Bulzomi Tacoma, 253-***-****

Legal Assistant

Civil litigation assistant to two associate attorneys, Cynthia Morgan and Jeffrey H.Sadler specializing in plaintiff personal injury cases. Duties included sitting in on new client interviews, litigation and non litigation case file management from beginning to settlement/trial conclusion. Calendaring, court filings, contact person for clients, opposing counsel, insurance companies, courts and medical facilities.

September 1997 to October 1998

Law Offices of Gregory F. Logue Tacoma, (Retired)

Legal Assistant/Paralegal

Assisted two attorneys, Gregory F. Logue and Benjamin Slygar with new and existing L&I claims as well as social security disability claims. Participated in scheduling hearings with the AAG's office for social security disability hearings. Daily maintenance of claim files as well as transcription.

January 1990 to October 1997

Small Snell Logue & Weiss Tacoma, 253-***-****

Receptionist/Legal Secretary

Responsible for front desk including greeting new and existing clients. Multi phone line answering. Opening and distributing mail. Processing and disbursing disability checks as well as transcription.

Education

1990 Bates Technical College Tacoma, WA

Certificate Legal Secretary/Assistant

Two year course instructed by Christine Grimmit and Cheryl Hulscher.

1986 Woodrow Wilson High School Tacoma, WA

High School Diploma General studies

Affiliations

Former Vice President/member - NALS of Pierce County

Awarded 2005 Legal Assistant of the Year

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