Legal Secretary Microsoft Office

LISA B. GRADY-HERRING

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

Austell, Georgia 30168

708-***-**** (cell)

678-***-**** (home)

**************@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Dynamic, committed and deadline driven administrative professional with over 20 years of progressive responsibilities in various areas in the legal industry including personal injury; worker’s compensation; and real estate. Extensive knowledge of desktop applications and a demonstrated ability to develop, implement and manage procedures. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills emphasizing the team approach to achieve successful projects and accomplishments. In addition, I am highly skilled at developing positive relationships with colleagues and clients.

EXPERIENCE

Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLC, Atlanta, GA April 08, 2015 to March 8, 2016

Floater Legal Secretary (Workers’ Compensation & Litigation)

Assist with special word processing projects for trial litigation. Filed pleadings and motions using Odyssey eFile. Scan and convert pdf documents/medical records to Word using Sharpdesk, then format and conform converted documents to be inserted into table format. Transcribe detailed summaries and evaluations in preparation for settlement mediations. Scan and convert discovery requests and format in preparation for responses. Type voluminous deposition indices for trial preparation; draft settlement documents, and all other administrative duties including updating and organizing and opening new files.

Jeffery M. Leving, Chicago, IL 2006 to June 27, 2014

Legal Secretary

Assist 8 attorneys with the preparation of pleadings, motions, disclosure statements, and other legal documents for court filings. Prepare Consent Judgments. Answer discovery and prepare discovery packages. Maintain docket system. Respond to inquiries from various law firms. Edit and finalized agreements. Draft correspondence. Create new matters and engagements via database including conflict checks. Transcribe tapes from dictation. Enter attorney’s billable time into time entry system. Maintain calendar. Prepare and submit expense reports.

Horwitz, Horwitz & Assoc., Chicago, IL 2001 to 2005

Legal Secretary

Assist 4 attorneys with the preparation of worker’s compensation documents including pleadings, motions, disclosure statements, and other legal documents for court filings. Interact with clients, insurance adjusters, doctors and attorneys regarding claim matters. Invoice clients and reconcile client accounts. Maintain docket system. Coordinate with adjusters and clients with respect to settlements; draft correspondence. Enter attorney’s billable time into time entry system. Arrange travel, maintain calendar. Prepare and submit expense reports. Coordinate depositions. Maintained log books for open cases and closed and settled files.

Hirsch O’Connor Design Inc., Chicago, IL 1997 to 2001

Secretary

Assistant to 9 designers. Prepare correspondence, proposals and purchase orders. Format brochures, newsletters, annual reports, advertising and corporate identities. Answer telephone and maintain schedule for photographers. Invoice clients; and heavy proof reading.

EDUCATION

Robert Morris College, 1994 Legal Secretary Certificate

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

Microsoft Office Suite 2010; Word; Excel; PowerPoint and Outlook;

Time Matters; Juris; Timeslips; Innova; and ICMS

Law Base; DM 2000 (Docketing System); Westlaw;DeltaView; Odyssey; and Sharpdesk;

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