Legal Secretary Microsoft Office
Resume:
Neri Davila
Sanger, CA *****
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
• Twenty-eight years of progressive professional legal secretarial experienced
• Bilingual (English-Spanish)
• Computer skills include: Microsoft Office 2010, WordPerfect, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat; ProLaw, CWS/CMS System; Quick Pad; Legal Solutions, Quick Books; Dictaphone, PeopleSoft
• Extensive working knowledge of legal terminology, general law, and legal proceedings
• Detail-oriented and excellent proofreader
• Developed interpersonal skills by having dealt with a diversity of professionals, clients, and staff members
• Ability to learn how to operate any kind of computer software very quickly
• Capable of preparing clear and concise Minutes
• Able to maintain strict confidentiality
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
FRESNO CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 3/11/2002 – Present
Fresno City Hall, 2600 Fresno Street, Fresno, CA 93721
Legal Secretary II – Areas of Law: Criminal, Civil, Personnel, Workers Compensation,
Contracts, Transactions, and Eminent Domain
Assist numerous attorneys in defending the City of Fresno, (the Mayor, City Council, Police Department, Fire Department, Parks, Public Utilities, Code Enforcement, WasteWater, Streets, and Airport Department) by generating, typing, formatting, editing and proofreading letters, documents, motions, briefs, orders, and client forms, transcribing hearings and interviews, maintain court calendar and trial deadlines, preparing trial binders and exhibits and scheduling witnesses. Liaison between attorneys and clients, health care providers, insurance carriers, outside counsel, local, state and federal courts, government agencies, law firms, department directors, Personnel Department and Internal Affairs, as well as, general clerical responsibilities including screening and referring calls, filing, opening and closing hardcopy and electronic files, logging in mail, schedule various appointments, meetings and court appearances utilizing a computerized database, setting up conference rooms for depositions, meetings, conference-calls and administrative appeal hearings.
CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES - County of Fresno 02/07/00 – 03/08/02
Crocker Building, 2135 Fresno Street, Fresno, CA 93721
Secretary IV– Adoption, Foster Care, Guardianship and Kinship
Executive Assistant to the Permanency Planning Program Manager and assistant to nine supervisors. Assisted the Manager in preparing the yearly budget; typing monthly reports, memos, and letters; scheduling appointments; keeping and maintaining confidential files; attended weekly and monthly meetings, prepared agendas, handouts, andminutes by utilizing a quickpad; keeping an up-to-date staff telephone directory and organizational chart; doing monthly inventory of cell phones and quick pads; preparing publication and blanket purchase orders for the various programs; arranging all flight and travel arrangements for all social workers and getting them reimbursed for their travel expenses; took care of payroll by picking up time sheets from all departments at various locations and delivering them to the Payroll Department, organized the foster care graduation party, helped organize and volunteered at the weekend Adoption picnic
LAW OFFICES OF LOPEZ & CERVANTES 1994 – 02/04/00
Patterson Building, 2014 Tulare Street, Fresno, CA 93721
Legal Secretary/Office Manage – Areas of Law: Civil; Family Law, Workers Compensation
Wide range of responsibilities in managing all Personal Injury cases in the firm, prepared correspondence, memos, discovery, briefs, complaints, and interrogatories; interviewed clients, arranged medical appointments and reviewed medical records, prepared cases for trial, mediation and arbitration; ordered and purchased all office supplies, equipment and furniture as needed. In charge of accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll. Personally handled all process service for the office as well as getting all documents filed with the appropriate courts.
LAW OFFICES OF GILBERT D. LOPEZ, Fresno, California 10/24/88 – 1994
2014 Tulare Street, Fresno, CA 93721
Receptionist/Legal Secretary – Area of Law: General Practice
Answered multi-line phone, scheduled appointments, calendared hearings, court filings, performed proper procedure to open and close case files, prepared necessary legal documents for attorney.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
CITY OF FRESNO PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATION (CFPEA)
I was nominated by the CFPEA President and the Business Representative to be Secretary for CFPA and my sole purpose was to take and prepare minutes for our monthly board meetings as well as our membership meetings.
EDUCATION:
Fresno City College (1998)
Associate of Science Degree - Criminology
REFERENCES
Sal Quintero
Fresno County Board of Supervisors
Craig Attkisson
Sergeant Fresno Police Department - Internal Affairs
Robert Cervantes
Attorney At Law
Veronica Pena
Assistant Principal
Tammy Palmer
Former Legal Secretary for Fresno City Attorney’s Office
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