Assistant Legal

ALISYN BERENATO

*** ***** ****** ****** ****, NJ 08002 ***********@*****.*** 609-***-****

EXPERIENCE LEGAL ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL [Weber Gallagher] August 2019 – Present

Schedule depositions and court hearings through outlook. Call clients to set up meetings with attorneys. Scan and save court documents to keep the shared drive and physical files in order. E-file pleadings with New Jersey Superior and District Courts. Heavy dictation for partners, draft letters, pleadings, discovery and authorizations and send to opposing counsel. Follow up with medical providers to retrieve records after sending subpoenas and authorizations. Help prepare documents for arbitration and mediation.

LEGAL ASSISTANT [McCormick & Priore]

December 2018 – July 2019

Schedule depositions and court hearings through outlook. Call clients to set up meetings with attorneys. Scan and save court documents to keep the shared drive and physical files in order. E-file pleadings with the New Jersey Courts. Dictation, draft letters, pleadings, discovery, and authorizations and send to opposing counsel. Follow up with medical providers to retrieve records after sending subpoenas and authorizations. Help prepare documents for arbitration and mediation.

STUDIO MANAGER/INSTRUCTOR [PURE BARRE PHILADELPHIA] January 2016 - December 2018

Created schedules for over fifteen staff members, lead team meetings, stayed in close contact with clients to assure that all accounts are accurate and up to date, provided excellent customer service by answering phone calls and client emails, interviewed and hired staff members, reviewed our teacher’s classes based on corporate expectations, ordered supplies for three studio locations, taught ten or more barre classes per week.

FILE CLERK/ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT [The Pisano Law Firm] July 2015 - January 2017

Filed court documents in physical and electronic files with great attention to detail while also preparing all documents to be used in court hearings and depositions, obtained medical records from providers by calling offices and sending written requests and/or subpoenas, gained experience drafting letters to clients and opposing council as well as summarizing medical records, answered phones and helped greet clients.

LEGAL ASSISTANT [The Law Offices of Eric A. Shore] February 2015 - July 2015

Obtained important documents including medical records and reports from providers for SSI and SSDI client hearings, sent representation notices to SSA and DDS offices, made calls to Social Security Offices to make sure the clients paperwork was being processed in a timely manner for their upcoming hearings. SECRETARY [Dr. Lewis Lazarus]

June 2012 - 2015

Welcomed patients when they arrived for their appointments, called patients to confirm and schedule appointments, sent patient reports to the New Jersey Division of Labor and Workforce, downloaded information from the State of New Jersey website for patients.

EDUCATION ROWAN COLLEGE AT GLOUCESTER COUNTY, 1400 Tanyard Road Sewell, NJ A.A.S PARALEGAL DEGREE

Graduated from RCGC with 3.35 June 2015.

Rutgers University Camden-Business School, 400 Cooper Street, Camden, NJ Studied Business Management 2010-2011

Camden County College, 200 College Drive Blackwood, NJ Studied Liberal Arts and Sciences

Expungement Seminar, 200 N. Broadway, Camden NJ

September 19, 2014

Received a detailed overview of the expungement application process, which court records are eligible, and the benefits of having a criminal record expunged. Lecture was led by Camden County Assistant Prosecutor Robert K. Uyehara Jr. SKILLS & ABILITIES Dictation

Legal Research

Drafting Legal Documents

Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Customer Service Experience

COMMUNITY

SERVICE

Participated in community service events as a member of Sigma Delta Tau, including raising money for our national philanthropy Prevent Child Abuse in America (P.C.A.A.).

Volunteered for the special needs cheerleading squad, known as the Twisters, at Sports and More Complex in Sewell, NJ.

Current volunteer for the Voorhees Animal Orphanage.

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