Rimma Romashova

**** *** **** ** ***. *** Sunrise, FL 33351 Tel. 954-***-**** ad026r@r.postjobfree.com Legal Secretary/Administrative Assistant Qualification Highlights Task-oriented legal professional with seventeen years of experience in a demanding work environment. Committed to superior attorney and client service. Demonstrated organizational, administrative, and interpersonal skills. Proven expertise in problem solving, multi-tasking, and legal research. Technical skills include working knowledge of legal procedures and terminology, as well as state filing regulations. Proficient in MS word, MS Excel, Word Perfect, and IBM (Lotus) notes. Typing experience (60 wpm). Outstanding success working independently, as well as part of a team, to efficiently handle multiple attorney and client needs. Bi-lingual, fluent in English and Russian. Professional Experience

Office of the Attorney General (Florida) Children’s Legal Services, Legal Secretary, 2009-present

• Responsible for inputting, formatting, and filing court notices

• Handle transmitting, e-filing, e-service of legal documents for court

• Coordinate and maintain multiple child abuse, abandonment, and neglect case files for the Department of Children and Families throughout Broward county

• Maintain files in accordance with state laws pertaining to Florida Statutes Chapter 39, 61, and 409.

• Provide assistance to attorneys by researching and organizing case files for the State of Florida at trial court and appellate levels

• Perform high level secretarial duties as well as managing multiple phone lines, client relations, faxing, filing, and e-mail correspondence

• Facilitate attorney scheduling with clients, witnesses, opposing counsel, and investigators

• Proofing and revising documents

• Court case follow up

• Prioritizing high level tasks in a fast paced, demanding environment

• Strict deadline adherence

Key Accomplishments: Converted manual legal document filing procedures to the mandated Florida court electronic filing system

Office of Statewide Prosecution (Florida), Legal Secretary/Administrative Assistant, 1997-2009

• Assisted in preparing and organizing criminal case files for prosecutors

• Prepared filing notices for the court daily

• Ensured that court filings and arraignment processes were efficiently executed and ready for review by the attorneys in a timely manner

• Provided excellent customer service to victims, witnesses, investigators, and other agencies/individuals involved with cases

• Handled multiple phone lines and screened inquiries for several attorneys at a time

• Performed secretarial duties including copying, filing, faxing, and e-mail correspondence for numerous attorneys and paralegals

• Scheduled appointments and managed attorney/paralegal calendars

• Processed legal requests from the press and media

• Assisted paralegals and attorneys in legal research

• Typed forms, memos, and letters of technical and confidential nature

• Responded to routine requests for information not requiring supervisor’s attention

• Referred complex requests to appropriate staff members Key Accomplishments: Received 10 years of honorable service award Education

Associate Degree

Keiser University

Graduated with honors, 1997

Bachelor of Engineering Degree

Sevastopol University

Graduated with honors/gold medal recipient, 1986

*References available upon request

Contact this candidate