Assistant Legal

MELODY L. MERRITT

**** ******* ***, ***. ***, Arvada, CO 80002

email address: act6xb@r.postjobfree.com

720-***-**** or 720-***-****

EXPERIENCE

*/** - **** ****** & Associates, Denver, CO

*/** *s legal assistant prepared drafts of pleadings, motions and other types of litigation documents. When finished I filed documents using ICCES and ECF. Calendared deadlines and court appearances, and kept calendars for all attorneys. Prepared trial/hearing notebooks, indexed and organized litigation files. Entered attorney time into TABS and answered the phones.

2/13 to Roy W. Penny, Jr., P.C., Denver, CO

3/14 As legal assistant calendared deadlines and court appearances. Prepared drafts of pleadings, filed legal documents with ICCES and ECF. Had daily contact with clients. Prepared monthly bills using Peach Tree Timeslips. Prepared trial/hearing notebooks, indexed and organized litigation files. Filed with the Colorado Secretary of State new businesses and got EIN numbers for those businesses from the IRS. Prepared for trial and when needed went to trial. Notarized documents when they needed to be notarized. Scheduled depositions, subpoenas and meetings.

4/11 to Bradley, Arant, Boult, Cummings, Charlotte, NC

12/11 As legal assistant worked for two partners in litigation section of law firm that defended financial institutions with foreclosures all throughout the United States; entered scanned data into an internal database for the financial institutions; prepared trial/hearing notebooks; indexed and organized litigation files; entered time for the attorneys on a daily basis. Set up CLEs for the firm.

3/08 to 505 Design, Boulder, CO

8/31/09 As receptionist greeted all clients and vendors. Responsible for travel calendar, updated project lists, ordered supplies, answered phones, picked up mail and delivered mail to respective personnel. Scheduled meetings per management. Helped accountant with cost sheets and filing of pertinent accounting materials. Helped with various client matters such as planning parties, maintaining client database and scheduled large dinners at various restaurants around the United States.

9/05 to Shelly D. Merritt, P.C., Boulder, CO

2/07 As legal assistant/office manager worked with one lawyer in a small trust and estate law firm. My duties included drafting all documents that dealt with wills and trusts; helped in the signing process; prepared client notebooks with all signed documents; ordered supplies; opened files; answered phones and checked emails and answered emails; filing of emails in their appropriate files on Microsoft Outlook; scheduled client meetings; maintained client database; and handled any and all problems of the daily administrative functions of firm.

6/05 to Franke, Rainey & Salloum, Gulfport, MS

9/05 As legal assistant worked with one partner in the workman’s compensation area that defended Northrop Grumman. Prepared extensive weekly reports to Northrop Grumman regarding status of cases. Evacuated back to Boulder, Colorado when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast region.

10/02 to Enstad Law Firm, Boulder, Colorado

3/04 As legal assistant/paralegal and office manager assisted two partners with correspondence, pleadings and administrative functions of firm. Filed proceedings with different courts on a daily basis. Maintained a client database and prepared monthly bills.

5/99 to Chrisman, Bynum & Johnson, P.C. now Faegre & Benson LLP, Boulder, Colorado

10/02 As legal assistant, assisted two partners and one associate in the area of litigation in preparing state and federal pleadings as well as correspondence. Other responsibilities included filings with the court, conflict checks, opening files, travel arrangements, organizing and indexing litigation files, requesting checks, copying, faxing, email maintenance and other general office duties.

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

Proficient on Word, WordPerfect, CourtLink, Scanning, Peach Tree Time Slips, DTE, WordDocs, Practice Manager, Compulaw, PC Law, and LexisNexis, Visio.

EDUCATION

Harrison Central High, Gulfport, MS, Jefferson Davis Jr. College, Biloxi, MS, General/Secretarial Courses CLE – Litigation for Legal Secretaries and Legal Assistants; participating in a course at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for e-filing in Federal Courts.

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