Legal Assistant

Experience

****-******* ******* ***** & HALL, LLP, New York, NY

LEGAL ASSISTANT

. Assisting three partners and an associate in preparation of

labor law/personal injury and property damage cases in

federal and civil courts.

. Assisting in preparing and serving consents to change

attorney, initial and third-party summons & complaints,

answers, discovery demands and responses, drafting,

preparing and processing dispositive motions, appellate

briefs and stipulations of discontinuance.

. Assisting in review, preparation and service of appeals in

state and federal personal injury cases.

. Assisting partner with nationwide communications and

filings related to state and federal personal injury cases.

. Scheduling depositions nationwide and ordering court

reporters related to federal personal injury cases.

. Assisting managing partner in supervising associates (40)

regarding their daily reports to clients, daily file

updates and calendaring court and mediations appearances.

. Assisting managing partner with intake and openings of new

matters.

. Maintaining personal logs, processing daily mail and making

travel arrangements.

. Translating legal documents from English to Spanish and

vice-versa.

2007-2008 SATTERLEE STEPHENS BURKE & BURKE LLP, New York, NY

LEGAL ASSISTANT

. Assisted partner in preparation for intake of incoming

clients and required conferences, drafted letters,

retainers and escrow agreements.

. Assisted partner and associates with preparing and serving

motions, document requests, demands and responses to

interrogatories, and filing and serving proof of claim

forms in bankruptcy cases.

. Entered billing and processed monthly statements.

. Maintained personal logs, processed daily mail, made travel

arrangements for partner and associates.

2000-2007 JAFFE & KOUMOURDAS, LLP, New York, NY

LEGAL MANAGER

. Assisted partner in preparation of legal documentation

including but not limited to summons & complaints, answers,

discovery demands and responses, motions and stipulations

of discontinuance, etc.

. Supervised billing, intake unit and processing units, file

room, mail clerks, closing unit, reception desk, appeals,

IT coordinator, and miscellaneous files.

. Applied for appellate bonds for cases with entered

judgments.

. Assisted partner in preparation and review of motions and

appellate briefs.

. Assisted partner in handling and preparation of real estate

cases including scheduling closings, calling lenders,

brokers, etc.

. Assisted partner and managing attorney with various legal

and non-legal matters such as being the liaison with

various insurance departments.

. Handled cases for property damage defense, and suits for

earned premium, plaintiff.

. Kept diary log for 35 Attorneys involving billing for their

court and arbitration appearances.

. Translated legal documents for the law firm from English to

Spanish and vice-versa.

Education

2001- 2006 Pace University, New York, New York

Major Political Science, B.A. '2006; Deans List, Model UN

2004-2005

Other Skills & Knowledge of Dictaphone, MS Word 2003,

Outlook, Juris, Excel 2000, Prolaw, Aderant

Achievements DocsOpen, WP 6.0, Lotus Notes and Imanage. Named

Employee of the Quarter May 2004

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