Victoria Heslin
201-***-**** . ********@*******.***
Legal Secretary ( Executive / Personal Assistant ( Office Manager
Microsoft Office 2010 MS (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) ( QuickBooks (
Timeslips
Gregg shorthand (100+ wpm) ( Typing (125+ wpm) ( Notary Public - New York
and New Jersey
Experience
. Supervised 30-90 employees
. Created and managed office policies/procedures
. Recruited, trained, managed and evaluated personnel
. Clerical (phones, filing, faxing, correspondence, photocopying, word
processing, presentations, reports, data entry, calendar)
. Scheduled appointments, meetings, conferences, seminars, board meetings
and social events/retreats
. Substantial domestic and international travel (personal and business-
related) for individuals and groups
. Expense reports, budgets, recordkeeping, accounts receivable, accounts
payable, bank reconciliations, vendor negotiations and interaction
. Collected and processed information for preparation of pleadings,
electronic filings, exhibit coordination, docket indices
. Office relocation, decoration; investigated and implemented technological
upgrades
Employment
Bauer Trial Preparation - Montvale, NJ 1/11-Present
Executive Assistant at investigation/trial prep firm for insurance
companies/law firms
Kauff Mc Guire & Margolis - New York, NY 4/09-11/10
Legal Secretary to Managing Partner, and Senior Associate -
Labor/Employment Law
Tigris Financial Group- New York, NY 3/08-4/09
Office Manager - Family-owned financial group and art gallery
Sweeney Law Offices - Cranberry Twp., Pennsylvania 8/06-11/07
Legal Assistant - Family Law Litigation
T.W. Phillips Gas And Oil Co. - Butler, Pennsylvania 5/05-5/06
Office Manager/Executive Assistant to Chief Executive Officer, and Chief
Financial Officer - Utility company
Davidson & Grannum - Northvale, New Jersey 3/04-4/05
Legal Secretary to Managing Partner - Securities Litigation
Arnold & Porter - New York, NY 7/02-11/03
Legal Secretary to Senior Partner - Securities Law
Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman - New York, NY 3/01-5/02
Legal Secretary to Senior Partner, and Senior Associate - Corporate and
Litigation
Rosenman & Colin - New York, NY 3/96-1/01
Legal Secretary to Managing Partner - Corporate
Education
M.A., Mass Communications
California State University, Northridge
B.A., Communications
Hunter College, New York
A.A., Business Administration
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Additional Work History and Interests:
Adjunct Lecturer at LaGuardia Community College in NYC: Secretarial
Science
Adjunct Lecturer at Queens College in NYC: Introduction to Media
Communications
Cashier - Panera Bread
Cashier - Giant Eagle Supermarket
Instructor at Midtown School of Business in NYC: Shorthand, Typing,
Business English
Instructor and Program Coordinator at Katharine Gibbs College in NYC/CT:
Shorthand, Typing, Business English, Legal Terminology, Law Office
Management
Instructor at Mandl School of Business in NYC: Shorthand, Typing
Instructor at Owen School Systems in NYC: Typing
Pharmacy Assistant - CVS Caremark
Production/Executive Assistant to ABC-TV Daytime Programming
Production/Executive Assistant to theatrical producers: Grease, City of
Angels, Chicago
Production/Executive Assistant to film /TV producers/directors/writers:
TOYS, THE BEAST, HOMICIDE
Tutor at Butler County Community College, PA: Humanities, Communications
Usher for Broadway productions
Volunteer at local university and community theatres.