Legal Assistant

September *, ****

RE: Legal Assistant (Office Automation)

To Whom It May Concern:

Please consider this my letter of application for the Legal Assistant (Office Automation) position recently posted on the website.

I bring eight years of legal experience to the job, in addition to Legal Assistant Certification from DMACC (May 1999). My previous work experience in the field consists primarily of workers' compensation, employment, and immigration law.

Among my primary duties as a Legal Assistant at Hedberg Law Offices was interviewing clients in English and Spanish to obtain information for workers' compensation and employment claims. I also worked with clients to complete their discovery responses, eliciting information from them that was often five to ten or more years old. I organized their files, scheduled independent medical exams, and summarized medical records for those cases. In my capacity as an Immigration Paralegal, I kept abreast of related changes in legislation, drafted pleadings associated with immigration court proceedings, and researched country conditions for asylum cases. I also prepared Applications for Executive Clemency.

In addition to the aforementioned legal skills, I have 9 years of State employment experience. I have been with the Department of Public Health since October of 2007. During my tenure with the Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, my primary responsibility has been managing the incoming data for blood lead results from across the State. Prior to the implementation of our new web-based data system, we manually processed lead test results then imported them into our database. Since the implementation of the new web-based data system, I have overseen the implementation of electronic lab reporting procedures to automate our collection of data. Among my primary responsibilities are working with our lab sources to accurately complete all pieces of information required by the Administrative Rules and properly submit their data through secure mail. I am also the point of contact for the local health departments for any issues they are having related to the new data system.

I also have 25 years experience working with Microsoft Office software, most recently the Office 2013 Suite of programs (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, etc.)

I would prefer to meet with you to discuss the Assistant Ombudsman position in detail. I can be reached at 242-5200 between 8:30 and 5:00, or 554-6640 at any time. Thank you for your consideration in this matter.

Very truly yours,

Janet E. Lemmermann