legal assistant

TERESA O. COTTRELL

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Reidsville, NC 27320

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OBJECTIVE: To seek a position where my skills will be used to the best advantage of the office.

EXPERIENCE:

09/02 – present Law Offices of Rebecca A. Leigh – Greensboro, NC

Legal Assistant

Open office, work closely with the bankruptcy courts of North Carolina, e-filing documents, negotiating consent order/settlement agreement, preparing complaints in state court; scheduling hearing; monitoring service of documents; answering telephone, miscellaneous typing, typing correspondence, maintaining maintenance of office equipment, opening and closing of bankruptcy files, maintain library updates, monthly back-up of all files and virus checks on computers, miscellaneous shopping for office, special projects, filing, scheduling of weekly court dates on office master calendar. Developed and organized Case Management forms for the Western, Eastern, and Middle Districts of North Carolina. Organized instructions for e-filing in the Western, Eastern, and Middle Bankruptcy Districts of North Carolina. Organized and set up State Court forms for all filings in claim and delivery. Organized forms book for all bankruptcy filings.

3/99 - 8/02 Holt & Watt, Attorneys at Law - Reidsville, NC

Legal Assistant

Helped implement tickler system to keep track of all files, answering telephones, retrieval of messages on telephone answering machine, greeting clients, pick-up and distribution of mail, make deposits into general office account, miscellaneous typing, typing of legal forms and correspondence by Dictaphone, payment of monthly bills, weekly payroll, monthly federal deposits, monthly North Carolina withholding deposits, monthly SEP contribution forms, quarterly tax reports, annual employee payroll tax reports, ordering supplies, maintaining maintenance of office equipment, annual 1099's, opening and closing of files, maintain library updates, monthly back-up of all files and virus checks on computers, miscellaneous shopping for office, special projects. Preparation of real estate closing documents, real estate closing checks, payoffs related to real estate closings, preliminary opinion on titles, final title opinions, trust account deposits, monthly reconciliation of trust account.

2/91 - 2/99 J. Michael Tomas, Attorney at Law - Reidsville, NC

Office Manager/Legal Secretary

All responsibilities related to a one-man office, including: Implementation of the use of a postage meter, developed attorney diary of all open cases, transferred all work from hard drive to diskettes for disk management program, oversaw the removal of Displaywrite 3 and the implementation of Word Perfect. Major responsibilities: Greeting clients, weekly payroll, updating attorney tickler form weekly, typing of legal forms and correspondence by Dictaphone, double entry bookkeeping, quarterly payroll reports, monthly federal deposits, annual employee payroll tax reports, annual 1099's, monthly SEP contribution forms, scheduling appointments for clients, answering telephones, retrieval of messages on telephone answering machine, monthly billing, ordering supplies, maintain library updates, maintaining maintenance of office equipment, monthly disk management program, opening and closing of all files, handling mail, making bank deposits, balancing of office accounts, all filing, miscellaneous shopping for office and special projects.

EDUCATION: Western Carolina University

Cullowhee, North Carolina

Emphasis on Psychology

Keye Secretarial Seminar

Notary Public Class

Investors Title Insurance Company

Title Seminar for Real Estate Paralegals

Secretaries & Assistants

Wang Word Processing School

Introduction to Word Processing

Advanced Word Processing

Microsoft Word

References Available Upon Request

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