NYDIA VELOZ

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Legal Experience

Legal Executive Assistant

Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY

August 2013 to March 2017

Legal executive assistant to equity partners and associates in IP Department whose practice involves patent and trademark litigation, prosecution and counseling and copyright infringement.

Assigned as backup assistant to IP Firm Practice Leader and member of the Firm Executive Committee, during assigned assistant’s short-term and long-term absences.

Assist in preparing and finalizing litigation pleading documents such as Summons and Complaint, Bills of Particulars, Interrogatories, deposition requests, Notice of Motions, Affirmations, Reply Affirmations, Memoranda of Law, Affidavits, other legal documents, correspondence to clients and other Counsel. Edit and forward internal matter e-mails to matter team on behalf of partner. Prepare documents for electronic filing with U.S. Federal District Courts utilizing Pacer and electronic filing with State Courts using ECF.

Assist in preparing and filing documents for matters being argued before Patent Trial Appeals Board (PTAB). Assist attorneys with preparation of Complaints filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). Research investigations utilizing the EDIS docketing of the ITC. Electronically file documents through EDIS utilizing EFP.

Intermediate knowledge in preparing and filing provisional and non-provisional domestic and foreign applications. Assist in editing specimen and abstract part of application. Assist in inputting office action replies.

Advanced knowledge in preparing and filing domestic and foreign trademark applications. Assist attorneys with replies to office actions by Examiner. Finalize and forward routine correspondence to clients regarding approval of registration, registration number and registration document. Inform and update client on upcoming fees to maintain trademark through Section 8 and 15 renewal. Draft and finalize cease and desist correspondence.

Assist associate or paralegal with patent search by PAIR, Google patents. Assist in trademark search utilizing TESS, Google trademarks, WIPO Global Brand Database.

Complex scheduling of individual partners’ annual review via video conferencing from office to office domestically and internationally, coordinating through different time zones.

Prepare and update contact lists for firm and IP practice events.

Maintain and update Outlook calendars and contacts via Interaction, schedule appointments, conferences, domestic and foreign travel on behalf of attorneys. Correspond and communicate with clients, outside counsel and other contacts via email and phone on behalf of lawyers.

Prepare and execute expense reports, invoice processing and client billing. Forward final invoices to clients.

Handled highly confidential IP department administrative personnel matters on behalf of Firm IP Practice Leader.

Patent Legal Secretary

Crowell & Moring LLP, New York, NY

April 2010 to December 2012

Legal executive assistant to co-chair of IP Department and two managing partners whose practice involved IP litigation, patent, and trademark prosecution and counseling.

Maintained and updated Outlook calendar and contact lists for attorneys. Scheduled conferences, appointments. Prepared domestic and international travel arrangements and itineraries. Corresponded and communicated with clients, outside counsel and other contacts on behalf of lawyers.

Assisted co-chair with personal agenda, preparing materials for seminars, speeches, and publications.

IP Legal Secretary

Dewey & LeBouef, LLP New York, NY

March 2007 to March 2009

Assist senior partner and two associates in IP trademark litigation and trademark prosecution practice.

Gatekeeper to partner assisting with maintaining calendar, scheduling conferences, appointments, domestic and foreign travel, communicated with clients, outside counsel, firm management and department directors and personnel on behalf of the partner.

Legal Secretary

Greenberg Traurig LLP New York, NY

January 2006 to March 2007

Assist partner and associates in Litigation and IP Trademark Prosecution and Counseling practices.

Legal Secretary

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris & Glovsky PC, New York, NY

November 2004 to January 2006

Assist two partners whose practice involved insurance claims litigation and healthcare regulatory defense.

Legal Secretary

Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY

September 1996 to March 2003

Legal and administrative support to a partner and senior associates whose practice involved trademark litigation and prosecution, copyright infringement, antitrust, regulatory and insurance litigation.

Skills/Software

MS Word 2007, 2010, 2011, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access; Dictaphone transcription; typing 70-80 WPM; lite Gregg Stenography; Best Authority; Delta View, Compare Rite, Interaction Database; FileSite, PCDOCS, DTE, Carpe Diem, Elite billing systems, Chrome River and NECHO, Legal Key Records Management, Concordance, PACER, Lexis/Nexis, Westlaw, IPM, DIAMS and IPPO. Experience with USPTO Patent, Trademarks, PTAB. Knowledge of search engines PAIR, TESS, Google patent search, WIPO. Knowledge of United States ITC, EDIS Investigation search, filing. Speak, read and write fluently in Spanish.

Education

Baruch College, New York, NY

Major: Business Administration

1991-1994

Murray Bergtraum High School For Business Careers, New York, NY

Regents High School Diploma

Secretarial Science Certificate

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