ELIZABETH TORRES

***A Vail Road

Monroe Township, NJ 08831 908-***-**** ac72zu@r.postjobfree.com

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Transcription of legal documents and correspondences. Coordinator of attorney calendars; preparation of Subpoenas, HIPAA’s, Motions and Orders; sending IME packages to experts; e-filing with State and Federal Courts; event planning. Bi-lingual (English/Spanish)

Computer Skills: MS Word, Word perfect, Corel, Eclipse, Law Base, Nuance, Hummingbird, DTE, Power Point, Excel, ProLaw, Microsoft Outlook and Corel, I-Manage and Needles.

EXPERIENCE

10/2018 -

10/2011 –

5/2018

Legal Assistant, Garces, Grabler & LeBrocq

Plaintiff - Personal Injury. Preparation of all pleadings, correspondences, interrogatories and all aspects of litigation files, i.e. e-filing, scheduling IME’s, depositions, experts, heavy client interaction.

Legal Assistant, Goldberg Segalla

Assisting attorneys handling a wide variety of personal injury including insurance defense, products lability, automobile negligence, slip and falls, property damage claims and Worker’s Compensation.

Accountable for opening files; drafting all types of forms and correspondences via dictation, answering Claim Petitions, preparing Motions, Subpoenas, Hippa’s and IME packages. Preparing exhibits for Motions, communicating with hospitals and doctor’s offices to obtain medical records.

Time entry for billables and expense reports; making travel arrangements for attorneys.

Planner for all office events.

9/2003-10/2011

Legal Secretary, Heilbrunn Pape

Land Use & Real Estate: Preparing all types of documents, i.e. Deeds, Affidavits, Closing Statements.

Calendar Coordinator – making appointments with Township Officials and clients; Extensive Dictaphone – preparing correspondences to Municipal Townships for Zoning Development and Engineers.