Legal Assistant Executive

MYRA SANTIAGO

** ******* ****, ******, *** YORK 10970

Cell: 845-***-**** E-Mail: ********@*****.***

PROFILE

Legal Assistant / Executive Assistant with extensive, diversified experience. A knowledgeable, results-minded and dedicated individual skilled at working independently or with a team, providing total executive support to top management, interacting positively with clients, handling multiple projects to timely completion, maintaining and updating business calendars and ensuring quality results In all work, seeks a position that fully capitalizes on my experience, skills and ambitions while providing further career growth and advancement potential as merited.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE, LLP, New York, NY 12/03 to 05/23

Legal Assistant to Various Corporate Partners and Associates

• Prepared expense reports using Chrome River; Proofread client bills from Finance; Drafted billing correspondence.

• Heavy calendar management for Partner using MS Outlook included drafting of emails and sending meeting invitations, inputting client and other professional contact information in Outlook and InterAction for firm-wide use.

• Scheduled conference rooms for meetings; Set up teleconferences using WebEx, Zoom, and other audio visuals; Arranged all logistics for department and client meetings. Meet and greet clients; Assisted clients with ad hoc assignments.

• Drafted engagement letters and handled new business intake for new clients; Prepared overnight deliveries; Handled large mailings for other departments as needed.

• Utilized MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel for heavy revisions to large and complex documents; Ran Table of Authorities, Table of Contents; Utilized Styles. Compared documents using DeltaView.

• Heavy telephone coverage and coordination of phone coverage with department team.

• Arranged multifaceted domestic and international travel arrangements according to attorney preferences.

• Entered time entries using InTapp software.

• Engaged with various departments, department heads and clients.

• Floated to various departments including Tax, Litigation, Labor and Employment as needed.

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS, LLP, New York, NY 03/99 to 12/03

Legal Secretary

• Generated and edited legal documents for various Partners and associates.

• Maintained and updated case files and the calendar; organized complex travel itineraries.

• Drafted correspondence for the Partner and Associates.

• Generated various business reports for management review.

• Maintained office supply inventory and ordered supplies as needed.

WEITZ & LUXENBERG, P.C., New York, NY 09/97 to 03/99

Paralegal - ASBESTOS LITIGATION

• Worked on numerous cases for discovery, with new cases added every three months.

• Composed answers for interrogatories for all cases.

• Prepared RJI's, NOI's, and pleadings to be filed in court.

• Cite checked attorney documents; purchased index numbers.

• Scheduled client depositions and summarized depositions (300+ pages).

• Conducted research for motions and witness lists.

Education

Fordham University, New York, NY

Bachelor of Arts, 1998

Skills

MicroSoft Word; Excel; PowerPoint; Imanage; Outlook; InTapp; Chrome River; IBM Notes; InterAction; LegalKey; BIC; Adobe Acrobat; DeltaView; Fluent in Spanish

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