Legal Secretary Service

JENNIFER L. HIATT-BRYAN

**** ***** ****** ● Las Vegas, Nevada 89156

Email: ***********@*****.***

Cellular: 702-***-****

EXPERIENCE

Jimmerson Hansen, P.C.

*/**** – 2/2015

Las Vegas, NV

Legal Secretary

When I first started at this firm I was the overflow secretary assisting all attorneys (five), paralegal (one) and legal secretaries (four)

as needed in litigation of Family Law, Medical Malpractice, Insurance Defense and any other cases for this multi practice firm.

Duties included but not limited to requesting Family Law hearing videos, transcript estimates, checks necessary and transcripts.

Track receipt of transcripts depending on requested turn-around time. Create documents either from dictation and/or verbal and/or

written instructions. In November 2014 I was transferred to be Ms. Lynn Hansen’s assistant. This practice includes various civil and

business litigation but the primary focus is on medical malpractice litigation and insurance defense litigation. Duties included

docketing both State and Federal court deadlines, drafting replies, answers and responses to discovery requests, motions, and

oppositions to motions and/or replies in support of same. As well as drafting subpoenas, notices of deposition and various other

pleadings.

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

9/2013 – 6/2014

Las Vegas, NV

Legal Assistant/Executive Assistant

Assistant to one Shareholder in charge of Employment Law/ERISA Practice Group and one Associate for Employment Law/ERISA

litigation.

Prepared meeting files for Board of Trustees monthly/quarterly meetings, including Action List regarding Summary Plan Document,

Declaration of Trust Agreement, Rules and Regulations and Amendments to each, circulate Action List to ERISA Team in Las

Vegas, Denver and Phoenix for any updates or additional matters to be addressed at Trust Meeting(s). Calendared all Trust

meetings; reviewed Minutes of Meetings for updates and/or completion of action items. Coordinated and scheduled other meetings

either in person or teleconference for attorney with Trustee(s), service providers, and consultants. Monitored e-mails for attorney

and printed all documents for review, typed edits from handwritten notes to documents. Typed and responded to emails from

handwritten notes. Scanned and saved all incoming mail, attorney notes from meetings and downloaded documents attached to

emails to Filesite, Maintained files in Filesite and hard copy files in records center. The paperwork in this field of law is very

intensive and voluminous. There are approximately ten trust funds handled by this Shareholder, not to mention three other

committee meetings attended to in the ERISA/Employee Benefits practice. Meeting files have to be assembled one week prior to

meetings and prior weeks’ meeting files/executed documents are distributed to appropriate parties. Updated appropriate Trust

indices and circulated any new Amendments/documents to other team members for “Trust Binders”. Updated contact information

for all Trustees, service providers, third-party administrators.

E-filed in United States District Court for the District of Nevada and Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada, calendared dates

utilizing CompuLaw, maintained electronic and hard copy files.

Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg, LLP

11/2011 – 9/2013

Chicago, IL

Legal Secretary

Initially assisted one Partner and two Associates in the areas of civil litigation, including Intellectual Property litigation, Trademark

Prosecution, Automotive Franchise litigation, Receivership cases, Real Estate. Assignments changed when the Partner left the firm

as well as one of the two Associates. Assisted one Associate and one Litigation Paralegal in the areas of civil litigation, including

Intellectual Property litigation, Trademark Prosecution, Automotive Franchise litigation, Receivership cases, Real Estate, and two

Corporate Paralegals with regard to all Registered Agent duties, including but not limited to, annual filings, corporate maintenance,

and acceptance of all service of process documents.

E-filed in United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and United States Court of Appeals, file in Circuit Courts of

Cook County and DuPage County; calendared all State and Federal Court deadlines; drafted pleadings, discovery and

correspondence; maintained files and attorneys' calendars; scheduled appointments, meetings, court reporters; coordinated court

and other runs with attorney service and in-house runners; coordinated with out-of-state counsel on hearings/trials; arranged service

of process; answered incoming telephone calls when required; assisted with hearings, depositions and trial preparation.

Lewis and Roca, LLP

3/2007 – 9/2011

Las Vegas, NV

Legal Secretary

Assisted two Partners and one Associate in the area of Intellectual Property including Intellectual Property litigation and Trademark

Prosecution, and one Associate in the area of transactional law.

E-filed in both United States District Court of Nevada and California, and other Federal Jurisdictions as needed; E-filed in the Eighth

Judicial District Court of Nevada, filed with the United States Patent and Trademark office with regard to trademark prosecution and

clearance; calendared all State and Federal Court deadlines; drafted pleadings, discovery and correspondence; maintained files;

maintained attorneys' calendars with Visions Docketing System and Outlook; scheduled appointments, meetings, court reporters;

coordinated court and other runs with attorney service and in-house runners; coordinated with out-of-state counsel on

hearings/trials; arranged service of process; answered incoming telephone calls when required, screened “cold calls” and ran

conflicts; assisted in hearing and trial preparation; assisted one partner with seven committees in which he was a member including

four with the Federal Bar Association, two charitable committees and one internal committee; and assisted one partner with his work

as Professor at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Nevada Power Company

3/2005 - 3/2007

Las Vegas, NV

Legal Secretary

Assisted two Associate General Counsels and two Senior Counsels in the areas of transactional, commercial litigation, finance and

environmental law.

Calendared arbitration, State and Federal Court deadlines, and prepared memorandum referencing deadlines; drafted pleadings,

discovery and correspondence; transcribed dictation; maintained files and each attorney’s calendar; scheduled appointments and

meetings; answered incoming telephone calls for all attorneys in the department; and assisted the regulatory attorneys with filings

with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

Morris Pickering & Peterson

6/2003 - 3/2005

Las Vegas, NV

Legal Secretary

Assisted two Associate attorneys with heavy caseloads in the areas of commercial litigation.

Calendared arbitration, State and Federal Court deadlines, and prepared memorandum referencing deadlines; drafted pleadings,

discovery and correspondence; transcribed dictation; maintained files and each attorney’s calendar; scheduled appointments,

meetings and depositions; answered incoming telephone calls for assigned attorneys.

Bradford & Barthel, LLP

1/2000 – 6/2003

Fullerton, CA

Legal Secretary

Assisted one Associate attorney with a caseload of approximately 180-200 cases in the area of workers’ compensation insurance

defense.

Prepared and filed documents with the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board and District Court of Appeals Writs of Review;

coordinated witnesses for meetings prior to trial; prepared exhibit packets for hearings; transcribed correspondence and other legal

documents; maintained files and attorney’s calendar; scheduled appointments and meetings; handled client, applicant attorney and

lien claimant telephone calls and requests as much as possible for attorney; created new forms and edited old forms as needed for

utilization in the office; scheduled Informal Conferences, Settlement Conferences, Depositions and Medical/Legal evaluations;

assisted as Computer Technician when technician was off-site or otherwise unavailable; trained new secretarial personnel regarding

billable events, computer programs and document formatting; and handled copier or other machine problems within the office.

10/1997-1/2000 Stay at home Mom and caregiver.

Stockwell, Harris, Widom & Woolverton

6/1997 – 10/1997

701 South Parker St., Suite 2200, Orange, California ● 714-***-****

Legal Secretary

Assisted one Associate attorney in the area of workers’ compensation insurance defense.

Duties: Prepared and filed documents with the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board; coordinated witnesses for meetings prior to

trial; prepared exhibit packets for hearings; transcribed correspondence and other legal documents; maintained files and attorney’s

calendar; scheduled appointments and meetings; handled client, applicant attorney and lien claimant telephone calls and requests

as much as possible for attorney; scheduled depositions and Medical/Legal evaluations.

State of Nevada - Office of the Attorney General, Financial Fraud Division Workers’ Compensation Fraud Unit

10/1991 – 5/1997

555 East Washington Ave., Suite 3900, Las Vegas, Nevada ● 702-***-****

Legal Secretary

Assisted the Deputy Attorney General, Deputy Chief of Investigations and Workers’ Compensation Fraud Unit Investigators

Duties: Prepared and filed legal documents for prosecution and extraditions when necessary; created and/or revised forms used by

the Unit; assisted in hearing and trial preparation; took complaints from the public and other government and private entities via

Fraud Hotlines; tracked cases and calendared (i.e., probation expiration vs. restitution payments and case activity); conducted

preliminary investigative work; prepared correspondence regarding case opening and closure, also case at prosecutions and

investigative levels; prepared monthly reports to Carson City regarding case history, upcoming court dates, monies ordered by the

court, amounts collected each month and year-to-date; prepared Investigative Reports; transcribed dictation of legal documents,

correspondence and witness statements; maintained files and attorney’s calendar; scheduled appointments and meetings; acted as

a liaison between the State Industrial Insurance System Fraud Unit, their Legal, Claims and Information Systems departments (and

with some of the self-insured employers and their administrators); acted as a liaison between the Attorney General's office and the

District Attorney's office when obtaining new case numbers, warrants, etc.; maintained Unit calendar regarding court appearances,

deadlines and interviews for WCFU investigators and Deputy Attorney General; maintained records retention inventory of

investigative files and reorganization of files for upcoming year; make travel arrangements for Deputy Attorney General, Deputy

Chief of Investigations, investigators and witnesses; and coordinated travel for personnel involved in the event of an extradition,

including for the fugitive.

State of Nevada - State Industrial Insurance System, Las Vegas, Nevada (10/1991 – 12/1994)

Duties: Prepared various documents; copied documents; verified claim information; performed receptionist duties; filed documents

with the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, District Court and Justice Court; and assisted the hearing Advocates and Attorneys

in hearing preparation. Transferred to Office of the Attorney General Workers’ Compensation Fraud Unit in December of 1994.

SKILLS

Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook; Mailsite; iManage; Filesite, CompuLaw docketing system, WordPerfect 12.0; Quatro Pro 9; Corel Presentations 9; Adobe

Acrobat; Nuance PDF Converter Enterprise 7; Legal Solutions Plus; Visions Docketing System; JuraLaw Docketing System; Omnifill; Lexis-Nexis; Lotus 1-2-3;

Westlaw Citator Service; Thomson Elite Webview and Carpe Diem.

Knowledgeable with the United States Patent and Trademark Office website, and e-filing with the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board, United States District Courts

for Nevada, California and Illinois, and State Courts for Nevada, California and Illinois.

Nevada Notary Public since 1998 and Illinois Notary 2013

REFERENCES

References and current salary available upon request.

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