Management Manager

Brenda L. Baker

**** ****** ******

St. Louis, MO 63109

E-mail: ***************@*****.***

Phone: 314-***-****

Objective Seeking a diverse and challenging position in which to use my varied and broad

abilities.

Employment 09/2007 to 10/2014 Ogletree Deakins Law Firm St. Louis, Missouri

Sr. Office Administrator/Online Training Manager

• Provide administrative assistance to legal staff in a law office

• Coordinate appointments, meetings, and business travel

• Plan, support, and implement logistics for executive level internal events

• Coordinate meetings, teleconference, WebEx meetings and video

conferences

• Plan, develop and implement online training courses

• Assess the urgency of situations and determine appropriate actions, monitor

status of pending item, provide follow up and keep management informed by

communicating a wide variety of information

• Prepare legal correspondence and presentations

• Maintain legal management systems

• Plan and prepare yearly financial budget, reconcile accounts

• Train attorneys and support staff in the use of all office systems, including

case management system, filing protocols, and docket/diary procedures

• Utilize case management system for electronic data management of legal

files and creation of management reports

• Maintain professional working environment

06/2003 to 09/2007 Hennessy & Roach, P.C. St. Louis, Missouri

Paralegal/Manager

• Litigation support for four attorneys, including two partners.

• Organize company functions, including travel arrangements.

• Supervise support staff in litigation support duties.

• Responsible for drafting training manuals and training administrative staff.

• Responsible for legal billing.

• Maintain professional working environment.

2002 - 2003 Temporary Agency St. Louis, Missouri

Paralegal

• Litigation support for various attorneys in Domestic, Personal Injury, Criminal

practice and Workers’ Compensation practices.

• Research and draft pleadings and briefs.

1996 - 2002 Real Estate Executive St. Charles, Missouri

Realtor/Private Accounting Practice

Real estate agent.

• Assistant to high producing real estate agents.

• Small business accountant, tax preparer.

• Ensure compliance with employment laws.

• Research appropriate real estate and tax law upon request.

• Prepare and file various federal, state and local licensing and tax reports

• Prepare advertising materials and draft marketing materials for media

publication.

1984 - 1996 Ralston Purina Company. St. Louis, Missouri

Paralegal

• Legal support for employee benefit and tax departments.

• Review and draft summary plan descriptions and plan documents.

• Monitor and brief current legislative materials or other matters as so directed,

for in-house counsel and benefits personnel.

• Liaison for Internal Revenue Service representatives, outside counsel, in-

house counsel and benefits personnel.

• Established extensive recordkeeping system to accommodate corporate

employee loan activity from qualified plans.

• Counsel employees regarding provisions of corporate employee benefit

plans.

• Maintain proper records and files for internal and external auditing.

• Acquisition/divestiture team member.

• Prepare various employee communication items, handbooks and procedural

documents.

• Analyze and resolve employee and management disputes regarding

employee benefit plan documents and governing law to the mutual

satisfaction of the employee and management staff.

• Draft and present various communication items for employees and their

representatives, outside counsel or others as so directed.

• Personal computer support and troubleshooting technician.

Technical

Skills

• Mastered various personal computer software packages, including Microsoft

Word, Excel, Access, Publisher, PowerPoint, WordPerfect/Lotus, Lotus

Notes, Outlook, Webview Elite, Elite Document Management System, Adobe

CreativeSuite, Pinnacle/Avid, TimeMatters, BillingMatters, CyberPredator,

SpamLion, Quicken, Quickbooks and Peachtree.

Education May 1992 Webster University St. Louis, Missouri

• Bachelor of Science

• Major: Business Management

• Minor: Business Administration

• Bachelor of Arts

• Major: History/Political Science

• Minor: Paralegal Studies

Paralegal Certificate Received

October 1996 Gundaker Real Estate St. Louis, Missouri

• Sales Associate Certification

Missouri Notary public

References

Available upon request.

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