Kim D. Hill

**** **** ***** ******, *********, Ohio 44105

216-***-****

acd9vx@r.postjobfree.com

LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS

• Extensive experience in Intellectual Property practice and litigation, Labor Law, Medical Malpractice

and Insurance Defense litigation, Corporate and Probate practice areas

• Strong administrative and legal practice skills and knowledge

• Excellent organizational and time management skills

• Excellent attention to detail

• Licensed Ohio Notary Public (21 years)

• Strong typing skills, digital transcription

• Advanced software skills in Windows 7, Office 2010 and 2013, DTE, TimeBuilder, Elite accounting

and database management software, LEXUS-NEXUS InterAction, FoundationIP docketing software,

CPI docketing software, FileSite electronic filing system, iScrub metadata removal software, Adobe

Acrobat, PCT-Safe, Chrome expense software, and Concor travel booking software

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, LLP, 200 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44114

Legal Secretary - IP Department 7/2006 – 10/2013

• Provided high level secretarial and administrative support to three to five attorneys in patent and

trademark services

• Drafted routine correspondence, emails, and other IP and litigation documents

• Reviewed U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Actions and prepared response shells and client report

letters with action summaries

• E-filed patent and PCT applications and other related filings

• Created IP checklists, case summary notebooks, response shells, templates and styles for U.S. and

PCT patent application documents and correspondence for IP secretaries and associates

• Created invoice tracking system in conjunction with billing department which substantially reduced

duplicate submissions and resulted in faster payment of foreign associate invoices; also served as

departmental contact for IP invoicing issues

• Assisted trademark attorney in presentation of CIPLA Roundtable seminars

• Administrative tasks: database management, docket management, expense and invoice processing,

opened and closed client matters, electronic and paper filing, coordinated meetings and travel

arrangements

Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP, 1621 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115

Legal Secretary 1/1999 - 7/2006

• Supported two partners and one associate in the mechanical and computer engineering section of a

boutique intellectual property firm

• Drafted routine correspondence and transcribed inventor interviews

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• Proofread patent application specifications and drawings; assembled and filed U.S. and PCT patent

applications

• Trained new patent secretaries and created training materials for IP procedures and related software

packages

• Created patent and PCT checklists for new patent filings and editable Adobe forms from stock

documents

• Established file folder protocols

• Administrative tasks: time entry, paper filing, file maintenance, and mail processing

ADDITIONAL PRIOR LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Nicola Gudbranson & Cooper, LLC, Legal Secretary, corporate and probate practice areas

Landskroner & Phillips, L.P.A., Legal Assistant, medical malpractice litigation, and labor law practice areas

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