Legal Assistant Microsoft Office

Yolanda Lie

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Calgary, AB T3M 1K5 E-mail: *.**********@*****.*** Summary:

Keen and hard-working legal assistant graduated from SAIT

Has high organization skills and strong work ethic; eager to learn new things

Languages: Speaks Mandarin, Indonesian and English

Proficient in machine transcription; keyboarding speed: 62 wpm Computer Skills:

ACL3

Acumin

ESILaw

EDocs DM

Microsoft Office 2010,

2013, and 2016

Southland

Registrations

Childview

The Conveyancer

Legal MacPac

Numbering

MTClient

PCLaw

Windows 7

Worldox

Eclipse Legal MacPac Suite Visio Workshare Work History

August – October

2017

Thornborough Smeltz LLP

Legal assistant assisting two different lawyers, expertise in variety areas of Litigation, Wills and Estates, Family, Employment and Real Estate

Developed a filing and documents system

based on lawyer’s preferences and

maintained organization

Helped prepare documents for Court

application for property with pending

litigation

Obtained information from clients in a

timely manner

Utilized SpinII Host website to create DRR

Served documents to opposing party in a

timely manner

Utilized CityOnline website accordingly to

request property information

Education

September 2014 –

April 2017

Legal Assistant Diploma Program

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary, AB Completion: May 2017

Graduation: October 2017

GPA: 3.64/4.0

September –

December 2016

Administrative Professional Certificate Program

Bow Valley College, Calgary, AB

Completed Semester I of Administrative Professional Certificate Participated in the following courses:

o Office Procedures I

o Document Processing

o Communication Fundamentals

January – May

2014

Business Administration Diploma Program

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary, AB Completed Semester I of Business Administration Diploma Participated in the following courses:

o Accounting

o Business Computers

o Communication and Presentation Skills courses

Yolanda Lie -2-403-***-****

Acted as witness for signing of Wills,

Enduring Power of Attorney and Personal

Directives and follow through the process

Prepared documents for filing at Court,

provide further requirements and

information to court clerks attentively

Compiled documents thoroughly for

transfer

Utilized The Conveyancer program

accordingly for document production and

input information

Utilized Southland Registrations

accordingly for corporate, title and Land

Titles searches and requested copy of

documents

May 2017 Underwood Gilholme

Temporary Receptionist and Legal Assistant

Managed phone calls and e-mails

professionally

Interacted with clients professionally and

provide as much help as possible

Obtain client ID and information for client

verification purposes and followed

procedures accordingly

Opened and re-opened closed files and

maintained organization

Made documents revisions accurately

Compiled client copies of documents

accordingly

Learnt to prepare DRR for submission to

Land Titles Office

Created “mirror” wills based on

instructions accordingly

Generated accounts and received credit

card payments

April – May

2017

Felesky Flynn LLP

Legal Assistant Diploma Practicum

Composed correspondence

Transcribed voicemails accurately

Entered time appropriately with procedure

Created PowerPoint presentations based

on instructions and precedents

Created Visio diagrams based on

precedents and instructions

Interacted with clients on “cold calls” in a

professional manner

Entered expenses claims thoroughly

Entered limitation dates in order

Scanned and photocopied documents

thoroughly

Filed documents thoroughly

Updated rules of law thoroughly

Opened new matters for existing clients

Updated trial binder index thoroughly

Covered reception

Volunteer Experiences

January 2018 MEC Road Race Series

Help out bib pick-up and registrations at main site and give out water and nutrition to runners as they finished race

October &

November 2017

Indonesian Catholic Community, Calgary

Distributed bakery from COBS Bread to families in need February 2017 Feed the Hungry at St. Mary’s Cathedral Helped food preparation in the kitchen for the homeless Every December

2013 – 2017

St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Patrick’s Church Helped organize and deliver Christmas hampers to families in need 2014 – 2017 Usher at St. Patrick’s Church

Professional Affiliations

September 2017 LESA Seminar – Effective Legal Support: Civil Litigation 2015 – 2017 Alberta Association of Professional Paralegals – Student member

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