Legal Assistant

Barbra Chapin

**** ***** **** ***** ~ Birmingham, AL 35244 ~ 205-***-**** ~ Email: *******@*****.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbra-chapin/

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

- Legal Assistant with heavy experience in civil litigation and case management and additional experience in family law, estate planning and probate law, corporate law and real estate law

- Experienced with procedures of Circuit Courts, federal District Courts, Probate Courts and Alabama appeals courts

- Proficient with WordPerfect, MS Word, Outlook, Worldox and Time Matters

- Working knowledge of Excel and Adobe

- Proficient with time entry in Juris timekeeping and billing program

- Commissioned and bonded notary public for the state at large

- Excellent English and proofreading skills

- Typing speed 65-70 wpm

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Legal Assistant Mar 2011 – Sep 2017

Dominick Feld Hyde, P.C.; Birmingham, AL

Legal Assistant Apr 1980 – Mar 2011

Dominick, Fletcher, Yeilding, Wood & Lloyd, P.A.; Birmingham, AL

(Dominick Feld Hyde was created by merger of Feld Hyde, P.C. with Dominick, Fletcher in March 2011)

- Prepared or drafted, finalized, proofread and processed legal correspondence and documents such as complaints, motions, discovery requests and responses, subpoenas, and estate planning documents

- Filed and retrieved court pleadings through state, federal and appeals court electronic filing and records systems (AlaFile, AlaCourt, EF/CMS, PACER and Alabama Court of Civil Appeals website) or with court clerks in various Circuit and Probate courts and the Supreme Court of Alabama

- Coordinated law office activity, including arranging for service of complaints and subpoenas with process servers

- Assisted in collecting and organizing information such as employment, medical, and tax records

- Greeted and escorted clients to meetings with attorneys and communicated with them via email or telephone to answer questions, provide or obtain information and schedule meetings

- Docketed dates and deadlines with calendar reminders to ensure timely preparation for court hearings and trials, depositions, settlement conferences, mediations and client meetings

- Scheduled appointments, department meetings, depositions, settlement conferences and mediations and arranged for court reporters to attend depositions, court hearings and trials

- Created, maintained and organized physical and electronic client and case records

- Opened, screened and distributed attorneys’ incoming mail, email and faxes

- Prepared photocopies and electronic scans of correspondence, documents and other printed matter

- Entered and edited attorney billable hours in timekeeping program and reviewed and distributed invoices to bill clients or pay account expenses

- Prepared bound copies of deposition transcripts, production materials and estate planning documents

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