LUCRETIA WILSON

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Riverview, FL 33579

Cell 813-***-****

SUMMARY: I am a motivated and experienced legal assistant with 20 years of experience in providing support to attorneys. Works well under the instruction of attorney and independently. I am a skilled multitasker and able to handle multiple caseloads. I exhibit an exceptional work ethic. Adapts quickly to new settings and systems.

EXPERIENCE:

JOSEPHER & BATTEESE, P.A., Tampa, Florida

OCTOBER 2002 to PRESENT

LEGAL ASSISTANT (Medical Malpractice)

• Handled opening and closing of files including all procedural steps.

• Assisted attorney with presuit investigation.

• Scheduled meetings with clients, adjusters, and experts.

• Assisted attorney with forwarding materials for review to experts.

• Assisted attorney with discovery requests.

• Ensured discovery requests sent to clients.

• Assisted attorneys in drafting, proofreading, redacting, and editing documents.

• Scheduled depositions, hearings, mediation, arbitration.

• Prepared attorney for depositions, hearings, and other court appearances.

• Maintained calendar for attorney.

• Ensured proper calendaring of deadlines dates of Complaint, Discovery, Trial Orders, and other Orders.

• Ensured proper filing of documents with courts (Florida E-filing Portal) and Judicial Automated Workflow System (JAWS).

• Assisted attorney with trial preparation.

• Assisted attorney in preparing settlement documents.

• Maintained confidentiality of privileged information.

• Entered time for incoming/outgoing mail and attorney’s time (PCLaw).

• Prepared and corrected prebills (PCLaw).

• Scheduled meetings, depositions, and hearings utilizing Zoom.

• Facilitated special pleadings as instructed by attorney. STEWART, JOYNER & JORDAN-HOLMES, P.A., Tampa, Florida JANUARY 2000 to OCTOBER 2002

LEGAL ASSISTANT (Family Law, Personal Injury Law, Criminal Law, Medical Malpractice, and Worker’s Compensation

• Preparation of legal documents, including petitions, complaints, summons, subpoenas, motions, affidavits, discovery, service of process.

• Communication with all judicial branches, clerks of court, county sheriff and court reporters.

• Maintained client files providing accurate documentation of current activity in cases.

• Assisted paralegal with maintenance of client files enabling attorney to predict future direction of development of cases.

• Maintained calendar for attorney, including depositions, meetings, client communication and other miscellaneous functions.

COBRIN & GITTES (New York, New York)

June 1991 to December 1999

Receptionist/Administrative Assistant

• Responsible for various clerical projects requiring data entry.

• Meet and greet clients.

• Answered multi-line telephone system and providing detailed messages to appropriate attorney.

• Input of client expenses/attorney time into Timeslips.

• Generated letters to U.S. Patent/Trademark Copyright office.

• Maintained calendars for meetings and correspondence of same.

• Responsible for opening and maintaining new client files.

• Responsible for communicating with process servers, runners, and county sheriff for service of documents.

EDUCATION:

Marymount Manhattan College (New York, New York)

English Major – September 1995 – March 1997

SCS Business and Technical Institute (Brooklyn, New York) Computer Processing Analysist – Certified - September 1990 – March 1992 SKILLS: MS Word, Outlook, PCLaw, E-filing portal, JAWS, ADOBE, Zoom, Organizational skills, detailed oriented

NOTARY PUBLIC

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