Customer Service Legal Secretary

TRACIE A. BATTLE

***** **** ****** ******* 301-***-****

Mitchellville, Maryland 20721 ********@***.***

CAREER SUMMARY

Professional Legal Secretary with more than 20 years of legal exposure in various practice groups.

Personable, detail oriented, self motivated, calm and productive under extreme stress. Seeking an

opportunity providing legal secretarial, administrative and office management support to managing

partners and senior executives.

*Environmental*Energy*Litigation*Maritime*Trademark*White Collar Crime*

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Pepco Holdings, Inc., Washington, DC April 2014 – Present

Legal Secretary, Office of the Corporate Secretary Contractor

Provides administrative support to the Corporate Secretary and Assistant Secretary. Assists with the

preparation for Board and Committee meetings. Experience setting up and maintaining numerous

electronic and paper files. Experience composing, editing and proofreading memos/letters using

appropriate English and grammar. Handles complex Excel and Word assignments for proxy in

preparation of the shareholder meetings. Handles extensive edits to Board meeting minutes; prepare

correspondence; handles mail merge; handles annual Officers and Directors elections; and provides

timely assistance on various projects. Assembles Board/Committee books to be uploaded on Diligent

Boardbooks; check Board/Committee books on Diligent Boardbooks. Prepares email to Directors of

notice of Board and Committee meetings. Travel with team and assist with set up and break down of

annual meetings, Board and Committee meetings; and assists with in-house Board and Committee

meetings.

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Washington, DC October 2013 –March 2014

Executive Assistant, Business Fraud Contractor

Provide high level executive assistance to a very busy Partner and Associate in their Business Fraud

practice group. Monitor the Partners’ emails, mail, and calendar; draft well-written and accurate

correspondence. Prepare witness and deposition binders. Extensive scheduling and calendar

management, proofread and edit all pre-bills and tracking the billable hours; handle complex travel

arrangements and process expense reports. Proactively arrange and organize meeting materials/logistics

for internal and external meetings; and other administrative duties as assigned.

Dow Lohnes PLLC, Washington, DC July 2013 – October 2013

Legal Secretary, Education Contractor

Provided administrative support to partners and associates in a team environment; answer and screen

incoming telephone calls; handled time entries; make travel arrangements; process expense reports;

handled new business intake; created and maintained files; scanned and emailed documents; photocopied

documents; heavy document production; client contact; and other administrative duties as assigned.

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Baker & McKenzie LLP, Washington, DC April 2013 – June 2013

Legal Secretary, Tax Contractor

Handled administrative tasks such as making travel arrangements; preparation and formatting of

documents; prepare expense reports, check requests, proofread pre-bills; file maintenance, scan and

photocopy documents; and other administrative duties as assigned.

Blank Rome LLP, Washington, DC April 2005 – February 2013

Litigation Legal Secretary, Maritime, White Collar Crime,

General Litigation, Employment, Benefits and Labor

Handled administrative confidential/sensitive firm and/or client information; drafting and preparation of

documents and correspondence; proofread finished projects for accuracy and conformance with Firm

guidelines. Managed calendar and handled meetings, appointments and travel arrangements as necessary.

Worked with client representatives or others on logistics for larger meetings and conferences. Handled

routine discovery pleadings such as interrogatories and document requests; prepared deposition binders

for witnesses and prepared client documents for production during discovery and in response to

subpoenas; compiled and prepared exhibits as necessary; maintained pleadings files and correspondence

files. Assisted with attorney time entries and process expense reports accurately and timely, adhering to

Firm deadlines and policies. Prepared check requests for vendor payments; prepared and sent billing

invoices and also notified clients of outstanding invoices. Prepared and completed new client/matter

forms as required by Conflicts Department. Interacted with attorneys, clients, and guests, representing the

Firm in a professional and highly customer service-oriented manner at all times. Assisted with providing

travel arrangements and hotel accommodations for clients; and other various administrative duties on an

as needed basis.

Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Washington, DC June 2000 – March 2005

Legal Secretary, Litigation, Antitrust

Provided administrative support to senior-level trial Litigation partner. Drafting and preparation of legal

papers, correspondence such as briefs, letters, memoranda, tables, charts, complaints, and motions.

Coordinated heavy travel arrangements; prepared travel expense reports, heavy client contact via

telephone. Scheduled conference calls; processed incoming and outgoing mail. Handled attorney time

entry; maintained client/matter files, chronological files and pleadings files.

Finnegan & Henderson, Washington, DC

February 1999 - June 2000

Document & Graphic Specialist (Evening)

Extensive formatting and editing of technical documents in a production environment. Handled various

documents from handwritten and dictated material, prioritized workflow; received/transmitted documents

(modem, fax, and email), and logged completed projects in work log.

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LEGAL COMPUTER PROFICIENCY

Typing 75+ wpm; extremely proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (2010); WordPerfect 6.0 – 8.0, Nuance

PDF Converter, CompareRite, Delta View, Change Pro, Adobe Acrobat, iManage, Hummingbird, PC

DOCS, OmniPage, Elite Time and Billing System, Time Slips, Carpe Diem Time System, CMS Time;

Chrome River Expense Report System, Chem Windows, Visio, LegalKEY, Concordance, Diligent

Boardbooks, and InterAction, Innova, Meeting Room Manager, LexisNexis, Westlaw, Equitrac, Billback

System, Photocopier and Scanner.

EDUCATION

McKinley High School, Washington, DC

The Washington School for Secretaries, Washington, DC

Word Processing

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

Legal Secretaries of D.C., Washington, DC

Professional references available upon request

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