Real Estate Administrative Assistant

SUSAN RENEE ZOMERFELD 718-***-**** (Home)

*** ****** ****** 201-***-**** (Cell)

Brooklyn, New York 11222 *************@*******.***

EXPERIENCE

*/** – Present CONTRACTED - New York, New York

Legal Secretary – Litigation/Real Estate/Corporate/Trademark/Bankruptcy/Insurance/

Labor Relations, Personal Injury

Provide professional legal secretarial services for firms such as Arent Fox, LLP, LeClair

Ryan, Clyde & Co., New York Life Insurance, First Investors Life, McGuire Woods LLP

and American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP and Lewis

Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

07/08-12/10 DAVIS & GILBERT LLP – New York, NY

Legal Secretary – Advertising/Entertainment/Trademark

Two Partners & Four Associates

Responsibilities: Heavy client contact; typing of legal documents; expedite all aspects of

monthly billing; time entry, input new matter/sub matter memos on a daily basis, set-up

telephone conferences, meetings, handle travel arrangements, maintain and organize files,

heavy calendaring, contacts, etc.

10/06-07/08 BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP – New York, NY

Legal Secretary Corporate/Entertainment – One Equity Partner

Responsibilities: Assist high profile attorney in daily duties which

consist of extensive documentation and various legal documents including amendments,

escrow agreements, employment agreements, stockholders agreements, confidentiality

agreements, etc., voluminous filing, extensive travel arrangements, heavy calendaring,

maintain contacts, organization of files, arranged telephone conferences and set up

meetings on a daily basis.

8/05- 09/06 MORRISON COHEN LLP - New York, NY

Legal Secretary/Floater/Litigation/Corporate/Real Estate/Bankruptcy/Insurance

Responsibilities: Assist attorneys in the absence of their secretaries by answering phones,

taking messages and directing incoming calls to the proper recipient; typing, editing and

comparing myriad legal documents; enter attorney time and generally assist with all

duties specifically attributable to each practice area.

12/02-09/04 HERRICK, FEINSTEIN LLP - New York, NY

Legal Secretary/Real Estate - One of Counsel & One Senior Associate

Responsibilities: Extensive telephone contact with clients and

prospective clients, heavy typing of various legal documents including condominium

offering plans, declarations, various agreements and amendments, by-laws, contracts of

sale, leases, and affidavits, retainer letters, closing agendas etc.; prepare commercial real

estate agreements, voluminous revisions, extensive black lining, track changes, compare

documents, maintenance of calendars, contacts, organization of files, arranged telephone

conferences and set up meetings.

11/00-11/02 HELLER EHRMAN WHITE & MCAULIFFE, LLP - New York, NY

Legal Secretary/Administrative Assistant/Corporate

One Senior Shareholder & Two Corporate Associates

Responsibilities: Heavy client contact and interaction with board members; typing of

innumerable legal documents; expedite all aspects of monthly billing; set-up telephone

conferences, meetings, handle travel arrangements, maintain and organize files, extensive

calendaring, contacts, business and personal accounts and docket confidential

information regarding the Safe Deposit Box for the entire firm.

SPECIAL SKILLS

Microsoft Word (Netdocs, i-Manage, Hummingbird, Interwoven Desk Site, Docs Open, Worldox, Soft Solutions

and FileSite); WebElite, GroupWise, Microsoft Outlook; DTE, Carpe Diem and LawTime (time entry);

Deltaview and Comparite, Presentations and knowledge of Microsoft Excel

EDUCATION

1982 - 1984 NEW YORK BUSINESS SCHOOL, New York, NY

Certificate

1980-1982 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS

New York, NY - Theatre

REFERENCES

FURNISHED UPON REQUEST

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