Executive Assistant Legal
Resume:
Kendra T. Wake
Phoenix, AZ *****
**********@*****.***
Legal Document Processor
Perform a broad spectrum of administrative and support tasks to ensure all office activities function smoothly. Highly competent to input financial and personal data into spreadsheets/databases and prepare reports from the information. Interested in contributing to the criminal legal field and immigration. Review legal or sensitive documents to determine whether to release or redact material from public view. Prepare, process, and edit documents for business and legal recipients. Use sophisticated software to compare documents for accuracy and completeness. Interact with the public via in-person contact, email, or telephone communications.
Criminal justice research
Litera Change-Pro/Work Share Compare
Document conversion (PDF to MS Word)
Experience with white collar and capital cases
Interact with all socio-economic backgrounds
MS Office Suite and Outlook
Professional Experience
R.R. Donnelley, Phoenix, AZ
Senior Legal Word Processing Operator and Priority Operator (2018 – Present) Provide client document processing support, with strict adherence to client-specified formats, protocols and deadlines. Use company software to style, format, prepare, scan, edit, and convert documents into various formats. Perform multiple tasks associated with court filings and real estate activities, including the addition and removal of text, incorporating handwritten notes into documents, and comparing documents using Litera Change Pro and Work Share Compare software. Generate and insert tables of contents and tables of authorities, using Best Authority. Additionally, create shell documents for discovery and requests for production and interrogatories.
Arizona Department of Child Safety, Phoenix, AZ
Senior Records Coordination Specialist (2016 – 2018) Tasked to review material and analyze information in legal documents to determine whether to redact sensitive material. Used Acrobat Pro to review investigation reports and findings to redact personal and identifying information, including names, contact information, and similar material before providing a copy of the records to requesting parties. Also assisted team members when I noticed they were struggling with work assignments. Employed at this office through Randstad Staffing. Synertx Rehab, Phoenix, AZ
Staffing Coordinator (2015)
Utilized Google Drive and MS-Office to correspond with therapists and ensure appropriate patient coverage. Scheduled work orders to provide necessary patient treatment. Ensured communications of the therapist's activities with regional managers seeking to oversee the wide-spread operation. Successfully coordinated the transfer of a therapist in an interstate move. Managed the process so that no gaps in inpatient services occurred and ensured the therapist had work assignments upon their arrival at her new location. Kendra T. Wake
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Investigation Division, Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, Phoenix, AZ Legal Assistant (2013)
Interacted with a diverse group of inter-department personnel, including human resources, investigators, management, and applicants, to acquire the necessary information for the employment process. Accessed many law enforcement databases to verify application information, including pre-employment screenings and summaries of candidates' initial evaluations. Utilized MS Access to import a massive amount of data from an Excel spreadsheet and organized the material in Access to attain better organization of the data to present the information. Received recognition for excellence to accomplish and coordinate division communications and reporting and exceeded expectations for job performance. Worked as a contractor through Perfect Placement. Community Bridges, Phoenix, AZ
Data Entry Specialist (2006 – 2007)
Utilized Excel for recording the progress of clients enrolled in the "Matrix Program," which was a pilot program for recovering meth addicts. Compiled ten monthly statistical reports for review by Magellan, the Arizona Department of Behavioral Health Services and the Maricopa County Drug Court. Managed data for over 60 individuals involved in the program, as a term of their probation. Ensured compliance with HIPPA rules and regulations. At one point, the statistical data was used to demonstrate the success of the program to representatives from the White House, to justify offerings for future funding. Holly K. Wake, Mitigation Expert, Glendale, AZ
Executive Assistant (1995 – 2010)
Member of interview team tasked to interact with defendants, families, and friends regarding criminal complaints, including capital cases. Conducted surveillance and, based on multiple pieces of information, including records and interviews, assisted in the assembly of the pre-sentence report, including exhibits for submission to both counsels and the judge. Performed on-going research on cases, always meeting deadline requirements. Acquired increasing responsibility and authority to perform advanced document management and research.
Education and Credentials
Bachelor of Arts
Spanish/Social Behavioral Sciences
Arizona State University West Campus
Phoenix AZ
Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card
Issued by: Arizona Department of Public Safety
Exp.: 12/27/2023
T.E.F.L. Certificate
Arizona Language Center
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