Customer Service Microsoft Office

Tiana D. Matthews

*** ******** ******, **** ******, NJ 07017

973-***-**** – Cellular

aczdjy@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE:

Business Office & Legal Secretary with over 8 years of diversified experience providing exemplary customer service. Recognized by peers and superiors for having a professional work ethic that is dependable, with a sense of urgency, integrity, discretion and tact. WORK EXPERIENCE:

Deposition / EBT Clerk, L andman Corsi Ballaine & Ford (Civil Litigation Firm) 2014 - 2016

• Coordinating legal calendar and travel arrangements for firm members and associate attorneys in two offices (22+ attorneys)

• Communicating with members of court in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York and initiating written/verbal communication with clients, attorneys, adversary counsel and court reporting agencies on Abacus Law.

• Arranging expert witness meetings and evaluations, a ssisting in trial preparation and recording and submitting billable time

• Performing basic legal research using Westlaw and organizing and updating legal library

• Performing background checks for corporate due diligence while maintaining office wide case list and performing conflict of interest checks on potential new matters

• General reception and administrative duties support as needed. Legal Secretary, Goldstein & Goldstein LLC (Personal Injury) 2 013 – 2014

• Managed deposition calendar for attorneys on a daily basis, including setting up client conferences; scheduling, adjourning and confirming conferences and depositions, examinations under Oath, Pip and Bodily Injury IME's etc.

• Initiated telecommunications, organizing client conferences, and attorney meetings; scheduled couriers, court reporters, expert witnesses, and other special functions; coordinated preparation of charts, graphs, and other courtroom visuals. Performed medical records procurement and analysis; prepared medical chronologies, summaries and timelines on Abacus Law.

• Assisted Attorneys by collecting information from clients which included employment, medical, other records and itemized bills. Legal Secretary, Law Offices of Hamlet Goore (Bankruptcy/Real Estate) 2 009 - 2013

• Drafted and filed documents required for the bankruptcy process.

• Obtained credit reports.

• Notified creditors that a bankruptcy proceeding has been initiated and directed all contact with regard to the client to the paralegal.

• Interviewed and provided ongoing communication with the clients.

• Communicated with other parties, including creditors, debtors, trustees and court clerks.

• Performed Legal research, especially of the Uniform Commercial Code. EDUCATION:

University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, P rincess Anne, MD 2 005 – 2009 Obtained Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

CERTIFICATION:

Notary Public - New Jersey

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:

• Proficient in Windows 7 and with Microsoft Office 2010 including MSWord and Outlook, Excel 2013, Power pdf advanced and Net docs via web based system (cloud)

• Abacus Law, CourtAlert, Compulaw, Pacer, E-Courts, NYCAL, etc

• Federal Court CM/ECF electronic filing

• Assisting attorneys in scheduling C.L.E. courses

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