Assistant Service

Key strengths and abilities include organizational and professional skills

in working independently and as a member of a team to accomplish

established goals; time management skills; ability to work under pressure

to complete deadlines, identifying needs with effective results; skilled in

assisting others to grasp the substance and implications of new projects

and perspectives; excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Present Contract - Temporary Assignments

Legal Secretary/Assistant

Apr 2012-Nov. 2012 TABER ESTES THORNE & CARR PLLC

Legal Secretary/Assistant

( Administrative and secretarial/clerical support to named

partner Lori M. Carr, partner Linda G. Moore, and

associate attorney Terah J. Moxley in cases involving,

but not limited to, intellectual property (non-compete,

trade secrets) and complex litigation, labor and

employment law (defense)

( Assist in drafting and editing of pleadings including, but not

limited to, appeal briefs, response briefs, reply

briefs, deposition notices, discovery requests and

discovery responses

( Organize trial/hearing notebooks

( E-filing

( Word processing

( Set up new client files

( Telecommunication with clients, attorneys, paralegals, court

reporters, court coordinators, court clerks, potential

experts, process servers, and various other service

providers

( Other clerical duties including, but not limited to, filing;

preparing memos, and reports

Sept 2011-Apr 2012 ELROD, PLLC, Dallas, Texas

Legal Secretary/Assistant

( Administrative and secretarial/clerical support to partner

Leane Capps Medford (left the firm in April 2012) in

cases involving, but not limited to, complex litigation

(plaintiff and defense)

( Assisted in drafting and editing of pleadings including, but

not limited to, appeal briefs, response briefs, reply

briefs, deposition notices, discovery requests and

discovery responses

( Organized trial/hearing notebooks

( E-filing

( Word processing

( Set up new client files

( Telecommunication with clients, attorneys, paralegals, court

reporters, court coordinators, court clerks, potential

experts, process servers, and various other service

providers

( Other clerical duties including, but not limited to, filing;

preparing memos, reports, and time entry

Apr 2002-Aug 2011 CLOUSE DUNN LLP, Dallas, Texas

Legal Secretary/Assistant

( Administrative and secretarial/clerical support to partner

Gregory M. Clift[1] in cases involving, but not limited

to, intellectual property (non-competes, trade secrets)

and complex litigation, labor and employment law, and

large loss subrogation (plaintiff and defense)

( Assisted in drafting and editing of pleadings including, but

not limited to, employment agreements, non-compete

agreements, petitions/complaints, temporary restraining

orders, interventions, summary judgments, briefs,

response briefs, reply briefs, appeals, deposition

notices, discovery requests and discovery responses

( Filed law suits/appeals in Texas County Courts, Texas State

Courts, Texas Federal Courts, California Courts,

Colorado Courts, Louisiana Courts, New Mexico Courts,

Arkansas Courts, Missouri Courts, New York Courts, and

Courts of Appeals in Texas and Louisiana

( E-filing

( Maintained trial/hearing docket

( Organized trial/mediation files

( Transcription

( Word processing

( Set up new client files

( Telecommunication with clients, attorneys, paralegals, court

reporters, court coordinators, court clerks, potential

experts, process servers, and various other service

providers

( Training of support staff

( Other clerical duties including, but not limited to, filing;

preparing memos, reports, time entry, and preparing

monthly billings to clients

May 1998-Apr 2002 MATTHEWS, CARLTON, STEIN, SHIELS, PEARCE, DUNN &

KNOTT, L.L.P

Dallas, Texas

Legal Secretary

( Administrative and secretarial/clerical support to

associate Gregory M. Clift in cases involving complex

litigation, large loss subrogation, and employment law

(plaintiff and defense)

( Assisted in drafting and editing of pleadings

including, but not limited to, petitions, complaints,

temporary restraining orders, interventions, summary

judgments, briefs, response briefs, reply briefs,

appeals, deposition notices, discovery requests and

discovery responses

( Filed law suits in Texas County Courts, Texas State

Courts, Texas Federal Courts, Arkansas Courts, Louisiana

Courts, Missouri Courts, New York Courts and Courts of

Appeals in the states of Texas and Louisiana

( Maintained trial/hearing docket

( Transcription

( Word processing

( Telecommunication with clients, attorneys,

paralegals, court reporters, court coordinators, court

clerks, potential experts, process servers, and various

other service providers

( Other clerical duties including, but not limited to,

filing, preparing memos, reports, time entry

( Trained support staff

1993-1998 GUEST & ASSOCIATES, PC, Irving, Texas

Legal Assistant

( Administrative and clerical support to associate William

Deloney

( Assisted in drafting, editing and filing of law suits in State

and Federal Courts, including but not limited to, civil

litigation, family law, and personal injury

( Prepared correspondence to creditors and debtors in commercial

collection matters

( Maintained trial/hearing docket

( Organized trial files

( Set up new client files

( Transcription

( Clerical duties: general data entry and word processing

( Telecommunication with clients, attorneys, court clerks,

process servers, and various other service providers

( Trained support staff

1995-1996 FRESH AMERICA CORPORATION, Arlington, Texas

Executive Assistant

( Administrative and clerical support to David Sheinfeld, CEO and

Rocky Grimstead, Director of Acquisitions

( Created and maintained new files for new and established

clientele in the produce industry

( Prepared confidential reports, memoranda, correspondence, press

releases, spreadsheets, expense reports

( Created filing system

( Transcription

( Other clerical duties included, but were not limited to,

telecommunication with clients and associates, general

data processing, organized files, prepared files for

board meetings, and copied documentation

1992-1993 WESTERN TEMPORARIES, Dallas, Texas

Secretary

( Temporary secretarial/clerical support to City of Carrollton

Municipal Court, Doubletree Hotel Campbell Centre-

Catering Dept., and Dallas Tax Appraisal District

( Telephones

( Data entry

( Word processing

( Filing

SKILLS

Westlaw (case search)

LexisNexis (File & Serve)

MyFileRunner (efiling)

ProDocs (efiling)

Elite Enterprise 3.2 (time entry/billing)

TABS III (time entry/billing)

Timeslips 2009 (time entry/billing)

DocsVault v. 5 (document management)

iManage v. 6 (document management)

NetDocs (document management)

Internet Research

Microsoft Word 2010

Microsoft Word 2007

Microsoft Word 2003

WordPerfect 10

Excel 10

PowerPoint (knowledge)

Adobe Acrobat X Standard (v. 10)

HP Scanning

Xerox Scanning

Transcription

Operate facsimile machines

Operate copy machines

Answer telephones

Type 85 wpm

EDUCATION

Mansfield Business College, Arlington, Texas

Graduate

Grand Prairie High School

Graduate

[1] Gregory M. Clift was a former associate of Matthews, Carlton, Stein,

Shiels, Pearce, Dunn & Knott, L.L.P. ("MCS"). On April 25, 2002, Mr. Clift

and I departed MCS with Rogge Dunn, a former partner of MCS, to establish

Clouse Dunn Hirsch LLP, now known as Clouse Dunn LLP.

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