legal secretary

Roseann Graffia

** ****** ****** - ** -***** Plains, New York 10605

*******.*******@*****.*** - cell 914-***-****

Legal Secretarial/Legal Assistant

Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP 03/03 -

01/15

Defense Litigation & Specialty Law

Support four Attorneys with defense litigation and specialty law

- Extensive legal background required

- Opened and closed new files, maintaining files, creating files with

appropriate file folders

- In charge of various projects to keep all report status and trial

calendars updated from 20 attorneys and partners,

- Assisting in coordinating settlement and claim reviews for a large

amount of Port Authority cases and handling all mail flow,

distribution along with obtaining information from attorneys and

incorporating and keeping track of all issues relating to Port Reports

and upcoming court events.

- Draft and send out original correspondence, along with various

pleadings, assortment of motions, authorization letters and all other

legal work therein

- All pleadings, subpoenas, answers, judgments, discovery on a daily

basis

- Partners time sheets, expense reports, request for funds from escrow,

check requests, billing and cover letters

- Heavy client communication

- Extensive computer programs i.e. word, excel, powerpoint, webtime,

outlook, Practice Management, elaw, verdict search, court websites. E-

filing

- Assisted with the majority of computer issues and newest technology

with new programs and databases, hook

ups/installations/troubleshooting in the office, fixing printers,

connecting printers to computers, et. Al.

- Calendar entries for EBTs, Motion dates, Preliminary Conferences, etc.

- I created the drywall war room and all aspects of documentation flow,

creating binders and indexing for million dollar settlements...over 60

claims and more coming.

- Worked independently with little to no direction; as well as worked as

a team player

- The ability to draft all correspondence, answers and demands,

discovery demands, authorization letters, contact with all medical

providers, experts, medical providers and facilities, setting up

IME's, retrieving medical records from databases, saving them to the

system, and updating medical charts

Kaplan & Winkler

(In-House Counsel to Progressive Insurance Company Defense 04/98 -

02/03

Litigation Firm)

(Legal Assistant/HC Communications Database Coordinator for Northeast

Region)

- Worked with Kings/New York Unit, Queens/Nassau Unit, Bronx Unit and

Answer unit.

- Worked for a group of six to seven attorneys, heavy typing along with

getting out priority assignments on a timely basis.

- Drafted and sent out original correspondence, along with various

pleadings, T-P Answers, Answers,

- Prepared Judgments, OSC, Summary Judgment Motions along with an

assortment of various motions and discovery on

daily basis, summarizing deposition summaries.

- Worked directly with claims adjusters giving information regarding

our clients

- Created various data input along with complex merge documents.

- Used various diary systems in order for attorneys to keep track of

their files and when file reviews are due

- Used of extensive computer data base programs including but not

limited to internet research, lotus notes, in-house counsel data base

system, CD Communication database program and on-time system

- Assigned sole responsibility to insure projects to be given out to

other staff members along with newer staff members on the fundamentals

of our database programs, including the input of over 5000 client

files to be placed in our new data base system upon the joint union of

our two offices

- Assisted with most if not the majority of computer issues/technology,

hook ups/installations/troubleshooting in the office on a daily basis

with the assistance of telecommunication people on the telephone

- Client contact and heavy claims contact

- Calendar entries for EBTs, Motion dates, Preliminary Conferences,

etc.

- Dictation and lengthy written assignments

FITZMAURCE & TIMONE, P.C. 10/96 to 03/98

Legal Secretary/Paralegal/Office Manager

- Performed all work for the Senior Partner of the firm

- Generated correspondence to clients and attorneys on a daily basis

- Handled calendar book including all appointments, depositions,

motions, adjournments, conference calls, trials and conferences

- Office manager to part-time employees and daily maintenance in office

Monitored all aspects of legal work performed within the office,

including: maintaining and handling all files, creating files, filing

documentation, ordering supplies and general maintenance of office

Generated heavy correspondence, pleadings, motions, all areas of

typing, litigation and real estate along with matrimonial matters

- Kept partner advised of all aspects in the office including diaries

and billing

- Performed all bookkeeping tasks, with responsibility for payroll and

escrow account, entrusted with signatory powers.

- Posted all disbursements and billing charges for individual clients.

- Organized and set up closings; obtained appropriate documentation

from other counsel and banks regarding pay-off figures.

- Extremely organized and able to manage at a very fast pace along with

heavy workload

- Entrusted with all potential new client contacts including the

performance

of client intake and the scheduling of meetings.

- Typed Wills, witnessed Wills

- Heavy phone contact with all clients, attorneys and banks.

SKILLS: Windows 8, Word, Word Perfect for Windows 98, Windows XP, WP

5.0 8.1, WP for Windows Corel 7.1 and 8.1, Lotus 123, Excel, Access,

Lanier System, Law Desk use of CD Rom to retrieve legal cases,

Lexis/Nexis and Westlaw, Xerox, billing, modem, telex, internet

research, e-law, Lotus notes, outlook, webtime, various data bases

programs. Capable of trouble shooting with all technical support in

office relating to computer issues. All office equipment. Typing 125

wpm, fast long hand. Impeccable organization skills and excellent

phone manner handling clients. Databases included but are not limited

to: Chrome River, Webtime, all court websites to e-file, litigation

solutions.

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