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Assistant Administrative

Location:
Las Vegas, NV
Posted:
August 15, 2014

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FELECIA DIVIRGILIO

702-***-**** * *********@**********.***

PROFILE

• Legal, marketing and human resources experience in several leading establishments.

• Detailed oriented and computer literate with working knowledge of Windows, Word, Excel, Power Point,

Outlook, Typing 85 WP.

• Recipient of two Awards of Excellence from the Public Relations Society of America, Las Vegas Valley

Chapter of Nevada for the firm’s website and client alerts.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cooper Levenson Law Offices, Las Vegas, Nevada 12/10 – Present

Legal Assistant to Managing Partner & Of Counsel – Administrative Law, Civil Litigation

and Collections

• Assist with general office support efforts as requested and assigned.

• Effectively compose legal documentation including but not limited to pleadings, subpoenas and draft

correspondence.

• Review incoming mail to determine urgency and work with attorneys accordingly.

• Provide necessary telephone assistance including, but not limited to, answering callers’ routine questions,

assist clients with their requests.

• Maintain attorneys’ calendar as well as maintain diary and tickler dates.

• Input and maintain information into case management system. Handle on-line filing of documents into

the courts’ system-Federal Court, District Court, U.S. Court of Appeals and Nevada Supreme Court.

• Maintain, organize and index all case files; file correspondence, pleadings and other documentation in an

accurate and timely manner.

Watt, Teider, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, Las Vegas, Nevada 7/10 – 09/10

Litigation Secretary – Construction Defect (temporary assignment)

• Handled all aspects of litigation support, including coordinating depositions and other case events,

calendaring, e-mail correspondence, on-line e-filings, create and edit legal documentation and correspondence,

and client contact. Maintain the attorneys’ calendars and client files.

Kaempfer Crowell Renshaw Gronauer & Fiorentino, Las Vegas, Nevada

(formerly known as Kummer Kaempfer Bonner Renshaw & Ferrario)

Administrative Assistant, Transactional, Marketing, Back Up Receptionist

4/09 – 2/10

• Administrative support to transactional attorney. Calendar management, edited contracts, prepared

correspondence, client contact and assisted with the opening of client files.

• Coordinated firm brochures, updated attorney biographies, created firm ads, managed and maintained the

firm’s website, extensive communication with vendors, prepared and distributed client alerts.

• Responsible for updating the firm’s profile with various publications. Instrumental with the renewal of

the attorneys’ annual memberships. Coordinated Continuing Legal Education seminars for the attorneys.

• Consistently updated and maintained the firm’s library.

Executive Assistant to Chief Operating Officer, Recruiting Committee and Director of Marketing 1/02 – 4/09

• Assisted the Chief Operating Officer with all personnel issues, distribution of employee performance

evaluations, maintained personnel files, and handled time sensitive and confidential matters.

• Managed benefits administration. Member of the Orientation team.

• Interacted with senior management and handled assigned administrative projects.

• Coordinated social events for the firm including firm sponsorships.

• Created and revised the firm’s marketing brochure. Revised and submitted for publication all firm

invitations, announcements and ads. Formatted, edited and produced material to upload on the firm’s

website. Prepared and distributed client alerts.

• Member of the Recruiting Committee. Attended meetings, took minutes, and followed up with attorneys

on current recruiting matters for on-campus and in-house interviews. Extensive communication with colleges

to arrange on campus interviews for the attorneys of the firm. Assisted the hiring Partner with the preparation

of offer letters and handled the relocation of law clerks joining the firm.

Litigation Secretary to Partner and Associate – Civil Litigation

• Performed transcription of correspondence and pleadings. Coordinated depositions and other case

events, calendaring, e-mail correspondence, on-line e-filings, created and edited legal documentation and

correspondence, attorney and client contact. Maintain the attorneys’ calendars and client files.

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., New York, New York 10/94 – 10-01

Executive Legal Secretary to Chief Operating Officer, Associate General Counsel

• Preparation of legal documentation, agreements and correspondence.

• Transcription of dictation.

• Assisted with the preparation of staff compensation and handled time sensitive and confidential issues.

• Extensive communication with all levels of management.

• Calendar management.

• Created and revised Power Point presentations.

• Managed the internal and external Legal Department Web Page.

• Coordinated travel plans including flight arrangements, hotel and itinerary, obtained cash advance,

organized receipts, calculated currency conversion and prepared expense statements in a timely manner and

provided timely reimbursement.

Chemical Banking Corporation, New York, New York 2/82 – 9/94

Executive Assistant to Director of Auditing – Capital Markets, Human

Resources & Credit Card Services

Zurich American Insurance Companies, New York, New York 9/76 – 1/82

Litigation Secretary to three attorneys – Personal Injury Litigation

EDUCATION

Graduate John Dewey High School, Brooklyn, New York



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