Legal Assistant Secretary

BARBARA ANN CRUZ

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EMAIL: *********@*****.*** CELL: 626-***-****

EXPERIENCE

LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP – LEGAL ASSISTANT 04/18 – 5/19 Worked with a partner, co-chair of practice group and two associates in the Professional Liability practice area. Assisted partner to coordinate and assist attorneys in national practice group with administrative and all aspects of legal case work. Prepare and coordinate heavy document preparation of correspondence and pleadings, shepardize legal cites in pleadings. Routinely perform court filings in Superior, Federal and courts in other states and service of pleadings. Extensive maintenance of court calendar. Frequent client contact. Developed organizational systems to improve efficiency to deal with large volume of cases in practice group. Utilized Word, Excel, and Nuance, iManage, Lexis, eDockets programs. SCALI RASMUSSEN - LEGAL ASSISTANT/TRAINER 02/17 – 10/17 Assisted a partner, a senior associate, an of counsel attorney and a senior counsel with their busy practices in a firm specializing in automotive law, labor and employment law and business litigation. Drafted pleadings, correspondence and proofread documents. Prepared and filed pleadings in court. Monitored case deadlines and performed extensive calendaring. I am an expert user of Word, Outlook and Foxit programs. Trained other legal assistants and paralegals how to use the Best Authorities program to prepare Tables of Authorities and with Word. Gave further instruction to how to properly format cites in Tables of Authorities. Also instructed other legal assistants re procedural rules to complete electronic filings in Federal courts and information regarding pleadings requirements required those filings. Created training material how to perform tasks in Word, Practice Master/Tabs, Outlook programs and firm templates for pleadings, correspondence, fax cover sheets. ANGLIN, FLEWELLING, RASMUSSEN, CAMPBELL & TRYTTEN LLP - LEGAL ASSISTANT 03/10 – 01/17 Worked with a partner and a senior counsel in real estate, business law, bankruptcy practices. Executed court filings in numerous Superior, Federal, and Bankruptcy courts throughout California. Extensive experience with E-filings in U.S. District Courts and Bankruptcy Courts. Drafted and prepared pleadings, legal forms, discovery and correspondence. Performed advanced word processing skills. Used Lexis program to shepardize legal cites in pleadings, to prepare for court filings. Provided information to maintain calendar of court dates and deadlines. Extensive experience using Microsoft Word 2010, PowerPoint, Excel, Foxit, Lexis, Best Authority programs. Prepared and researched numerous charts and documents regarding Superior, District and Bankruptcy Courts’ filing procedures and document preparation utilized for legal research by the paralegals and legal assistants. GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP - LEGAL/LITIGATION/CORPORATE SECRETARY 10/97 – 09/08 Worked with a high-profile appellate partner, and litigation and corporate associates. Helped administer managerial and administrative duties of the partner who was a member of the management and executive committees. Effectively supported maintenance of the attorneys’ litigation and corporate practices, entailing court filings in state, federal and appellate courts, intensive document preparations, prepared complex court proceedings strategies, calendared all court, monitored and arranged travel schedules, maintained excellent working relationship with high profile clients. Performed complex tasks to assist attorneys with their practices, including devised monthly preparation of millions of dollars of client billing and collection communication with clients, coordinated preparation of audit letters. Drafted correspondence, prepared financial charts, and helped edit pleadings and other legal documents. Acted as a liaison between partners, associates, outside co-counsel and clients while working on complex litigation and corporate matters. Worked with Microsoft Office 2003, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, DeltaView, Adobe programs.

WOLF, RIFKIN & SHAPIRO LLP - LEGAL/LITIGATION SECRETARY 06/93 – 09/95 Assisted in coordination and fulfillment of the caseload of a real estate/corporate attorney and a litigation attorney. Formulated and prepared legal documents, pleadings, and correspondence. Engaged in extensive client interaction to help facilitate casework. Executed court filings, recordation of documents and Secretary of State filings. Applied WordPerfect 5.1, Pro Forma litigation document and Comparite programs. Computer Specialist/Trouble Shooter and developed computer related systems to enhance office efficiency and created computer instructional material for use by staff and attorneys. LATHAM & WATKINS LLP - LEGAL/LITIGATION SECRETARY 5/89 – 2/93 Prepared pleadings and facilitated court filings. Efficiently managed workflow for two litigation associate attorneys and a litigation paralegal. Also worked with other attorneys practicing in a variety of legal specialties, such as corporate, environmental, bankruptcy, real estate, and finance. Calendared case deadlines. Drafted pleadings, and correspondence. Organized and updated pleading and case files. Effectively interacted with clients. Carried out court filings in state, federal and appellate courts. Utilized WordPerfect 5.1, Notebook, Citerite, and Full Authority computer programs. EDUCATION

University of California June 15, 1985 B.A. Anthropology at Los Angeles