Assistant Legal

Sandra D. Atkins

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EXPERIENCE

Venable, LLP – August, 2014 – Present

Legal Administrative Assistant to one partner and two associates; maintain Outlook calendar – scheduling and updating all court dates, conferences and meetings; prepare and file Government Contracts bids and protests; prepare monthly billing for clients; enter billable time for attorneys; responsible for all travel arrangements; maintain client files.

Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland, June, 1993 – February, 2014

Administrative Legal Assistant to the Hon. Durke G. Thompson, Associate Judge; maintain judge’s trial docket; serve as liaison between attorneys and judge; supervise all administrative matters; participate in interview and decision-making of incoming law clerks; serve as court translator in criminal matters and pro se parties.

Pasternak, Thompson & Fidis, July, 1990 - June, 1993

Administrative Legal Assistant to one partner and one associate; transcribed pleadings, briefs and legal correspondence; maintained client files; prepared timesheets for attorneys' billable hours.

Freeman & Jenner, P.A., Bethesda, Maryland, July, 1989 - June, 1990

Administrative Legal Assistant to one partner and one Associate; transcribed pleadings and legal correspondence; maintained in-house client files; prepared timesheets for attorneys' billable hours.

Lerch, Early, Roseman & Frankel, Bethesda, MD, September, 1985 - June, 1989

Administrative Legal Assistant to one partner and one associate; Transcribed pleadings and legal correspondence; set up and maintained litigation files; maintained and calendared court dates for attorneys; prepared timesheets for attorneys' billable hours.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobsen, Washington, D.C., June, 1981 - September,1985

Administrative Legal Assistant to two Partners and one Associate; Transcribed pleadings, court briefs and correspondence, maintained court calendars/schedules for attorneys; organized and maintained client files; served as liaison between clients and attorneys; served as Spanish/English interpreter.

EDUCATION

The Washington Business School for Secretaries, Washington, D.C.,

June, 1980 - May, 1981

Graduated from eleven-month intensive legal secretarial/business program.

Wheaton High School, Wheaton, Maryland, September, 1975 - May, 1979

Graduated from four year high school program.

Sandra D. Atkins

10210 Ridgeline Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20886 240-***-**** e-mail: *********@*****.***

SKILLS

Fluent in speaking and writing Spanish; Typing Speed, 120 wpm; Proficient in WORD, WordPerfect, HP, Outlook and Excel

INTERESTS

Reading, Traveling, Cooking, Volunteer work at Raphael House.

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