Quality Control, Legal and financial proofreading

ANDREA HAVELIN

Legal support professional specializing in proofreading, copy editing and word processing. Energetic, supportive

team player; excellent communication skills; lightning turnaround, pinpoint precision, super productivity. Copy

reading has spanned Corporate Law, Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Finance & Restructuring,

Taxation, Real Estate and Venture Capital. Content Editing – sight reads, full reads, revisions, blacklining, redlining,

deep familiarity with Blue Book citation guidelines. Effective WP Operator: Word, Excel and PowerPoint 2010.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

RR DONNELLEY, New York, NY 2013-present

Financial Proofreader (temporary position)

Full-time position during peak period managing high volume workloads with tremendous speed, accuracy and aplomb

BRIGHTWIRE, New York, NY 2012-present

Copy Editor (freelance)

Copy editing in the Asian technology space for this business-to-business financial news service that reports on material events in the financial

industry not reflected in the mainstream press

Developed and proofed cogent, terse content in this fast-paced news environment

CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE, New York, NY 2011- present

Legal Proofreader Copy editing, proofreading, blacklining all manner of legal documents and marketing collateral as well

THE BLACKSTONE GROUP, New York, NY 2011 - 2012

Financial Proofreader (temporary position)

Presentation proofreader. Took initiative, amplifying financial proofreading position with 2003 and 2010 Office Suite support,

boosting productivity by 200-400%

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES, New York, NY 2000 - 2009

Legal Proofreader

Handled wide variety of content including proofing prospectuses of pharmaceutical companies all of which involved dealing with medical

terminology and the viewing and editing of medical graphics

Point person, regularly enhanced team depth with regular support in Word, Excel and PowerPoint resulting in reliable, timely project completion

Clarified and trouble-shot project specifications assuring quality control

Coached, coordinated and supported temporary office worker teams when company staffed up for exceptionally high workloads

FREELANCING 1992 - 2000

Legal and Financial Proofreader

Worked through agencies and as independent contractor at many of the top law firms and financial printers in NYC

Adapted readily to different workplace environments and expectations handling myriad assignments of varying styles

Worked on medical litigations which required reading medical abstracts full-time; Other medical litigations required reviewing deposition

transcriptions where there was extended medical discussion

Law firms including, but not limited to, Battle Fowler; Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton; Dewey Ballantine; Debevoise & Plimpton; Schulte,

Roth & Zabel; Hughes, Hubbard & Reed; Sullivan & Cromwell; Shearman & Sterling

Financial firms such as Global Financial Printing; Lehman Brothers; Donaldson Lufkin Jenrette; Kidder Peabody

Reliably crushed deadlines

WILLKIE, FARR & GALLAGHER, New York, NY 1989 - 1992

Senior Legal Assistant, Corporate Dept.

Shepherded documents through the word processing center; Organized all phases of document production; All manner of legal proofreading;

Supervised internal and external distributions

At financial printers every week in midst of high-pressured closings

Provided integral support to attorney teams that rotated on a daily basis

ROGERS & WELLS, New York, NY 1987 - 1989

Legal Proofreader

ANDREA HAVELIN

KENSINGTON, JAMES & RESSLER, New York, NY

Legal Assistant

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint

EDUCATION

BA, English & American Literature, Brown University, Providence, RI

ANDREA HAVELIN

REFERENCES

I have here one legal reference, one copy editing reference and one financial proofreading reference.

1. Nadine Jabouin 347-***-**** Please call her between 12A-8A.

Ms. Jabouin is the 3rd Shift Supervisor in Document Services at Proskauer Rose LLP. I’ve

temped there quite a bit during the past year.

2. Ryan Patterson 212-***-**** Please call him between 10A-6P.

Mr. Patterson is the Managing Editor at BrightWire.

3. James Brzozowski 212-***-**** OR 212-***-**** (He works both at the downtown and

midtown sites.) Please call him between 10A-6P.

Mr. Brzozowski has been with Donnelley for many years. He is the Lead Word Processor there.

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