ROSEANN CASIANO

*** ** **** ******, *****, Florida 33127, 718-***-**** (C), acqfew@r.postjobfree.com

WORK HISTORY

**/**** – Present COPY WRITE STAFFING SERVICES, INC.

Legal Assistant (Independent Contractor)

Scheduling/Calendaring of Pre-Trial Conferences and Hearings

Heavy E-Filing

Draft Pleadings

7/2013 – 10/2014 GOREN, CHEROF, DOODY & EZROL, P.A. Fort Lauderdale, FL

Legal Assistant to City Attorney/Litigator

Prepare legal pleadings (at both state and federal level) including but not limited to Complaints, Answers, Motions, Orders, Motion for Final Default Judgments, Notices Ordinances, dealing with various Courts including Bankruptcy and Foreclosure

Open files and prepare cases for filing concerning foreclosure matters, municipal prosecution matters, civil litigation matters and City matters

Docket deadlines for pleading responses and update files accordingly

Submit all E-filing via Florida Courts E-filing Portal

Draft all initial correspondence and/or pleadings and handle all follow-up as necessary

Prepare Claim of Liens, Release of Liens and submit for recording

Submit orders for Title Searches

Responsible for attorney time entry via TABS program

Extensive client contact including high level government officials

Maintain, update and coordinate extensive calendar via Outlook, plan and schedule meetings, teleconferences, depositions, mediations, hearings and court reporters as well as travel

7/2011 – 2/2013 BERGER SINGERMAN LLP Fort Lauderdale, FL

Legal Assistant to Government and Regulatory/Commercial Litigation Managing Partner and Associate

Prepare, review and draft standard correspondence and other legal documents

Contact clients to schedule appointments and maintain attorney calendars

Request conflict of interest checks and prepare new matter reports and retainer letters

Open files and prepare index for files to be closed

Prepare and submit expense reimbursements and attorney time entries

Read and sort incoming mail, as well as profile scanned mail, faxes, hand-deliveries and outgoing mail

8/2010 – 7/2011 GREENSPOON MARDER, P.A. Fort Lauderdale, FL

Legal Assistant to Labor and Employment Litigation Partner

Prepare and file pleading documents with various courts

Prepare Separation, Employment and Non-Compete Agreements

Prepare and input time entries, expense reports and check requests

Maintain attorney calendar including discovery deadlines and court dates

Organize mediations, depositions, board meetings and events

ROSEANN CASIANO (Continued)

11/2007 – 9/2009 GRAY ROBINSON P.A. Miami, FL

Legal Secretary/Paralegal to Labor and Employment Litigation Partner and

Health Care Attorney

Prepared and input time entries, expense reports and check requests

Prepared and filed various pleadings documents with various courts

Updated and maintained attorney calendar

Organized board meetings and events

Coordinated travel arrangements

Heavy client and Court related contact

4/2005 – 9/2007 STEARNS WEAVER MILLER et al. Miami, FL

Audit Letter Administrator

Legal Secretary to Corporate Partner and Corporate Associate

Reviewed correspondence requesting audit responses

Prepared inquiry to all attorneys and accounting requesting client information

Reviewed all attorney responses and incorporated responses into audit letters

Prepared and distributed audit response letters to clients and auditors

Met with partners and contacted clients with regard to audit letter responses

Prepared and input time entries, expense reports and check requests

10/2001 – 4/2005 DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO MORIN & OSHINSKY LLP Washington, DC

D.C. Office Floater/Legal Secretary to Corporate, Energy, Commercial Litigation,

Banking, Real Estate Depts.

Prepared Contracts, Briefs and other departmental related documents

Prepared and input time entries, expense reports and check requests

Processed and maintained client billing and attorney time records

Coordinated travel arrangements

New York Office DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO MORIN & OSHINSKY LLP New York, NY

Legal Secretary to Insurance Litigation Partner and two Litigation Associates

Assisted Partner in preparation for meetings, depositions and court hearings

Prepared documents for filing and service

Prepared and input time entries and expense reports

Processed, edited and submitted articles for publication

Coordinated travel arrangements

SKILLS Microsoft Word and Outlook; CMS Time Entry; Equitrac, CM/ECF filing and PACER; USDC E-Filing; Work Site Spaces, Docs Open 3.9.5; Filesite, PC Docs; InterAction; ProLaw; Hummingbird DM; Elite; PDF Docs; CarpeDiem; Ceridian; TABS, Dictaphone; Fluent in Spanish,

EDUCATION 1995 - NEWYORK CITY TECHNICAL COLLEGE Brooklyn, N.Y.

Major: English

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