Legal administrator, executive assistant

CHERYL NAVITSKIS

*** ******* ******, *********, ** 89012

Cell: 702-***-**** Email: ************@*****.***

OBJECTIVE:

To provide exceptional Administrative support for an accomplished Corporate Executive or Legal Partner.

EXPERTISE:

Microsoft Office

Legal & Executive Administration

Budget Analysis & Monitoring

Outlook Calendar & Contacts

Municipal Government

Expense Reporting

PowerPoint

Nevada Legislature BDR Monitoring

Executive Recruitment

iManage & eDocs

Legislative Testimony Preparation

Public Meetings - Open Meeting Law

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

EXECUTIVE LEGAL ADMINISTRATOR

City of Henderson - City Attorney’s Office, Henderson, Nevada, 06/2012 - 01/2018 (Retired)

~ Municipal Government Organization

Executive level administrative support for the City Attorney; daily office supervisory and management responsibilities.

Gatekeeper to the City Attorney’s schedule and time, call screenings; respond to invitation requests.

Manage extremely fluid calendar; review, filter and respond to emails; draft and prepare correspondence.

Arrange travel; itineraries and Agendas; compile and distribute reports, presentations and meeting materials.

Attend meetings when necessary (some Confidential in nature) taking detailed notes.

Communicates directly on behalf of the City Attorney with City Executives, City Management, City Council Members, members of the Public, Lobbyists and others.

LEGAL ASSISTANT

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Las Vegas, Nevada, 06/2010 - 06/2012

~ National law firm based in Denver, Colorado with 11 offices across the country.

Legal Assistant to Firm Partners within the Gaming, Real Estate, and Corporate areas of law.

Compiled regulatory documents for Gaming client applications.

Compiled monthly SEC filings for Corporate clients.

Assist with transactional loan documents, exhibits and title documents for closings.

Travel arrangements; expense reporting; CLE attorney monitoring.

Email and file management; other administrative tasks.

LEGAL SECRETARY

Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP, Las Vegas, Nevada, 10/2008 - 06/2010

~ Based in Los Angeles, Glaser Weil is one of the country’s premier full-service law firms.

•Legal Secretary to Managing Partner, Las Vegas Office.

•Assist with Corporate client attorney time entries.

•Drafting correspondence; maintain client files.

•Travel arrangements; expense reporting; CLE attorney monitoring.

•Email and file management; other administrative tasks.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Legal Office Supervisor - City of Henderson:

Provided supervision, leadership, motivation and direction to legal support staff.

Train, supervise and assign work and projects to legal support staff.

Recommend hiring, firing, and disciplinary decisions related to performance.

Complete annual performance reviews for legal support staff.

Coordinator of recruitment for Executive Staff and City Officials:

Provide high level assistance to the Director of Human Resources.

Arrangements for off-site meetings and retreats for Attorneys, City Officials and City Executives.

EDUCATION:

Penn Hills High School, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

1979 Diploma - Business Course of Study

SKILLS:

Ability to exercise good judgement in a variety of situations. Possess strong administrative skills and the ability to prioritize multiple tasks.

Operation of computer software and hardware programs to generate databases, spreadsheets, graphs, reports, slide presentations, memorandums and templates.

Legal research methods using search engines such as, Westlaw and/or LexisNexis, conducting research via the internet.

Effective telephone techniques, principles and practices of municipal administration, strategic planning and organizational development.

Possess strong written and verbal communication, administrative and organizational skills.

Communicate effectively and professionally, both verbally and in writing, with diverse groups including City Executives, Department Directors and other top-level management positions.

Ability to work under pressure in order to handle a wide variety of activities and confidential matters with discretion, while maintaining the highest level of confidentiality and diplomacy.

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