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Legal Secretary Administrative Assistant

Location:
Jersey City, NJ
Posted:
August 16, 2016

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Shareen Magee

Phone: 732-***-**** Email: ********@*****.*** Address: 36 Delavan CT, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

I am a driven and perceptive individual with considerable experience in the legal field. As a legal secretary, I have increased my interpersonal skills, prepared pleadings and exhibit lists for court trials, managed schedules for clients and attorneys, formatted and transcribed case preparations and acted as a liaison between clients, attorneys, courts and insurance adjusters. In addition, my experience as a legal secretary enables me to manage assignments simultaneously and fulfill my responsibilities independently and collaboratively. EDUCATION

NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY Norfolk, VA

Major: Criminal Justice Minor: Early Childhood Education 1984 - 1989

My minor specifically focused on children with disabilities. EXPERIENCE

PARKER, IBRAHIM & BERG, LLC Somerset, NJ

Litigation Specialist June 2015 - Present

● Secretarial duties such as scanning documents and inputting data on client files via Worldox Software.

● Currently redacting personal information from client files.

● Gathering proof and documentation for attorneys on a regular basis.

● Implementing my grasp of litigation processes and procedures to benefit attorneys and further the firm’s agendas.

WYSOKER, GLASSNER & WEINGARTNER, LLC New Brunswick, NJ Legal Secretary Nov. 2001 – Nov. 2013

● Researched information on behalf of clients and notified pro bono attorneys about case administrations.

● Assessed and transcribed information in the firm’s database systems.

● Organized and stored documentation in accordance to state and federal regulations.

● Succinctly prepared agendas, briefs, correspondence, memorandums and reports on behalf of the attorneys and partners.

● Managed office supplies by assessing merchandise, examining catalogues, and requesting and expediting inventory orders.

● Generated profits by authenticating attorneys’ billable times and reimbursable expenses, preparing invoices and tracking payments.

● Represented attorney(s) by gathering information, which primarily included the investigation of delegated assignments and use of sound judgment in performing or referring legal matters.

● Provided historical references by operating file and retrieval systems, recording conference discourses, managing transcripts and documenting evidence for case preparations.

● Coordinated the attorneys’ schedules, including the analysis and validation of legal correspondence, evaluating documentation and initializing internal and external communications.

● Requisitioned office supplies, office equipment repairs and other invaluable services to the firm. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

SKILLS: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook), IBM Notes, Technical Equipment, Legal Research, Supply Management, Event Coordination, Data Entry, and Excellent Writing and Communication Skills. REFERENCES: Allan L. Lockspeiser [Attorney – 732-***-**** x 215], Joseph Prutti [Assistant Comptroller of Middlesex County – 732-***-****] and Joseph Rosta [Esq. – 732-***-****].



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