Legal Assistant Office
Resume:
Chia Colleen Mandry
Paralegal/Legal Assistant
****.******@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/chiamandry 720-***-**** HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
Over 16 years of concentrated study and practical application working in private and in- house, local and international, law office settings
Excellent analytical and organizational skills
Experience and understanding of many specialty areas including family law, estate planning, commercial litigation, trial preparation, water law; exposure to intellectual property law, contract law and real estate law.
Office management and administration
Positive, enthusiastic, self-motivated, creative, tenacious, and industrious
Relish work demands requiring heavy client contact and management of long-term projects
Excel in situations requiring the ability to coordinate numerous projects simultaneously
Patient and effective when working with a wide range of personalities and work demands PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Administrative
Superb computer skills, familiar with wide variety of software including MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and timekeeping applications; familiar with court e-filing systems
Excellent typing, transcribing, filing, telephone, billing, composition, and data entry skills;
Meticulous file creation, organization, maintenance and summarizing
Stringent calendaring/docketing practices
Accounts payable, office supplies acquisition
Paralegal/Legal Assistant
Document drafting/preparation (correspondence, responses to e-mail and telephonic requests, standard pre-trial motions, findings of fact, discovery responses, e-discovery, joint trial management certificates, etc.); familiar with Legal Solutions form generating software
On-line filing and case monitoring
High-volume document management
Summarizing depositions and other discovery and documentation
Legal, internet, and other assorted research
Preparation of trial notebooks and exhibits
Spot research of state statutes and case law, both in law library and on-line references;
Transcription of audio or videotaped statements of defendants or witnesses
Facilitate weekly case status review meetings
RELATED EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
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02/2016 – Paralegal, Law Office of William R. Fuhrman, Encinitas, CA (Family Law) 04/2016 Family law paralegal for two attorneys. Exposure to California family law court procedures and forms.
11/2015- Family Law Paralegal, Martin D. Brown, PLLC, Littleton, CO (Family Law) 1/2016 Interviewed new clients and witnesses; maintained close contact with clients; drafted pleadings and correspondence; attended mediations and hearings with attorney. Maintained meticulous paper and computer files.
10/2013- Legal Assistant, Burns Figa & Will, P.C., Greenwood Village, CO (Water Law) 7/2014 Legal assistant to two shareholders and an associate. Transcription of dictation. Maintained attorneys’ calendars and electronic docket; input billable time; prepared itineraries and travel arrangements; communication with courts and opposing counsel; helped identify and monitor proposed legislation that may affect clients; prepared correspondence and pleadings. Helped coordinate staff meetings. Compilation of water court resume docket showing status of each matter for all cases in each water court district.
1/2009- Legal Assistant, Watts & Hendrickson, P.C., Greenwood Village, CO (Family Law) 9/2013 Legal assistant/office manager for sole practitioner. Interviewed clients during initial consultation and for discovery purposes. Drafted correspondence, memos, pleadings, subpoenas, discovery and memos. Transcription of dictation. Prepared and maintained trial notebooks from inception of case. Heavy client contact and communication with opposing counsel, mediators, arbitrators, Guardians Ad Litem
(“GALs”), Parental Responsibilities Evaluators (“PREs”), Department of Health & Welfare and other professional service providers and agencies concerning individual cases. Organized time slips for billing purposes. Monitored office equipment maintenance; inventory/purchase of office supplies. Accounts payable. In addition to family law matters, also provided extensive estate planning services. 5/2008- Legal Assistant, G. William Beardslee, Fort Collins, CO (Family Law) 1/2009 Legal assistant for sole practitioner. Drafted correspondence, memos, pleadings, discovery and memos. Input time and prepared monthly billing statements. Monitored office equipment maintenance; inventory/purchase of office supplies. Accounts payable.
2005-2006 Legal Assistant, March Olive & Pharris, LLC, Fort Collins, CO (General Practice) Legal secretary to senior managing partner in third generation practice emphasizing, estate planning/probate, trusts/ conservatorships, real estate, business formation, and contracts. Kept complex docket, compiled closing books, organized litigation notebooks, did annual audit letters, and prepared minutes for various board meetings. Mr. March served as the town attorney for Wellington and Timnath – assisted with administration of courts’ dockets for said municipalities, managed files for annexations, ordinances, inter-governmental agreements, and permits. Page 3 Chia Colleen Mandry
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1990-2004 Temporary Legal Assistant/Secretary/Receptionist, Ford Personnel and other legal placement agencies.
EDUCATION
Front Range Community College: Completed coursework required for paralegal certificate
(including Business Law; Legal Research; Criminal; Civil Litigation; Family Law; Legal Analysis and Writing, Business Organizations and Contracts)
Austin Community College and West Los Angeles Community College: over 60 credit hours in general college courses such as Speech, Art History, Chemistry and Spanish Phi Theta Kappa, 4.0 GPA Member since 1999. Participated in various community volunteer projects including landscaping, Habitat for Humanity efforts and tutoring at-risk elementary school children. PERSONAL REFERENCES
Richard G. Bruno
9801 Morrison Road
Lakewood, CO 80227
Linda Krutsche
Anderson & Jahde, P.C.
2100 W. Littleton Boulevard
Littleton, CO 80120
Martin D. Brown, Esq.
Martin D. Brown, PLLC.
7852 S Elati St #201
Littleton, CO 80120
Dale R. Hendrickson
Watts & Hendrickson, P.C.
8101 E. Prentice Avenue, #815
Greenwood Village, CO 80112
VOLUNTEER WORK
Colorado Blues Society, 2013-present, Denver, Colorado. Support and promote efforts for non-profit organization Blue Star Connection, benefiting terminally-ill children. Contracted with local and national talent, booked concerts, orchestrated advertising, accommodations, tickets, equipment acquisition. Fort Collins Public Library, 2005-2008, Fort Collins, Colorado. Shelving returned books and media, telephone contact with customers, miscellaneous tasks. Round Rock Police Department, 2003, Round Rock, Texas. Assistant to Crime Scene Technician including interviewing witnesses, documenting measurements at crime scenes, general office work, and customer satisfaction follow-up calls.
Los Angeles Indian Center, Inc., 1983 – 1985, Los Angeles, California. Organized youth groups, ages 7 through 15; processed paperwork for benefits; assisted in coordinating various events (powwows, craft shows, etc.); wrote articles for nationally published Native American newspaper Talking Leaf; Page 4 Chia Colleen Mandry
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prepared correspondence for staff; cleaned building and grounds; other miscellaneous services.
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