Legal Assistant Microsoft Office

LEISANNE M. SMEADALA

Paralegal and Edgar Filing Agent

ac1xiu@r.postjobfree.com

Tel 248-***-****

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Cheektowaga, NY 14225

Leisanne Smeadala, LLC - 2012 to current

Litigation Support

Manage all aspects of discovery and trial preparation including written discovery, documents, deposition preparation and attendance with counsel

Transcription – single and multi-speaker

Legal research: Local, State and Federal

Prepare Demand Letters, Complaints, Answers, Motions, Briefs, Responses, and Replies

Motion hearing preparation and attendance with counsel

Trial Preparation and attendance with counsel

Service of Process

Law Firm Administration

Monthly billing

Accounts Receivable

Accounts Payable

Client Trust Accounting

Various Reporting

Edgar Filing Agent

Disclosure and regulatory filings

o Edgar filings

o XBRL tagging and filings

Securities Paralegal

Assist counsel and clients with corporate disclosure and regulatory filings o Assist in obtaining and maintaining Edgar filing codes o 1934 Act filings (8-Ks, 10-Qs, 10-Ks,)

o Section 16 Reporting (Forms 3, 4 and 5)

o Registration of securities (S-1s, S-11s)

Securities Litigation

o FINRA Arbitration – Broker/Dealer disputes

o Customer complaint resolution

o Reporting issues

Beals Hubbard, PLC, 2001 – 2012

Legal Assistant

Contacted clients, attorneys, support staff, court personnel

Coordinated meetings, conference calls, travel arrangements

Assisted with litigation and appellate work in State and Federal courts and FINRA

Transcribed (single and multi-speaker), drafted, prepared and filed correspondence, memos, pleadings

Assisted attorneys with all phases of traditional and e-discovery

Collected, processed and produced documents manually and electronically via Case Map and Summation

Prepared jury instructions, verdict forms, exhibit books

Service of Process

Legal IT/Firm Administrator

Managed and solved technology issues

Implemented and installed software suites, server, terminal server, Cisco IP Phone system

Trained, worked with and managed new legal assistants, law clerks, associates

Liaison with outside vendors

Developed and maintained training policies, procedures, manuals, templates Computer Skills

Microsoft Office Suite, GoFiler Complete, Adobe Pro, CoffeeCup, Various HTML editors, SEC Edgar website filing, SEC Edgar online forms filing, Time Matters, PC Law, Westlaw, Lexis Nexis, Case Map, Summation, Wiznet, ECF, Pacer

Affiliations

• State Bar of Michigan

o Paralegal/Legal Assistant Committee

2012 Writing Competition, Third Place

• 2012 and 2013 Vice – Chair, Paralegal Committee, Oakland County Bar Association

• 2014 and 2015 Chair, Paralegal Committee, Oakland County Bar Association

• National Association of Legal Assistants

• Notary Public, Oakland County Michigan

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