Legal Secretary Office

Ana Maria Suaréz

**** ***** ******, ***. ***

Bronx, New York 10460

917-***-**** / adilcz@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE

Lackenbach Siegel, Scarsdale, New York March 2014 - Present Paralegal – Intellectual Property Firm

Provide extensive administrative assistance in all phases of patent and trademark prosecution and litigation. Oversee and responsible for a large volume client docketing system. All related administrative, billing and office procedures.

Ostrolenk Faber, New York City

Legal Secretary (Contract)

June 2013 – February 2014

Cye E. Ross, New York City

Legal Secretary (Temporary)

Michelman & Robinson*, New York City February 2010 – March 2012 Legal Secretary

Bressler, Amery & Ross*, New York City August 2008 – March 2009 Legal Secretary

Fox Rothschild*, New York City March 2006 – July 2008 Patent Litigation Secretary

Schulte Roth & Zabel*, New York City January 2000 – November 2005 Legal Secretary

Extensive 15+ years experience as a legal secretary.

Employment assignments within the Intellectual Property, Corporate and Litigation practice groups.

Preparation and submission of official patent filings to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office including: Assignments, Information Disclosure Statements, client reporting letters and drafting of all related legal forms and correspondence with inventors and foreign associates.

Docketing liaison, scheduling and preparation of agendas for all monthly IP and corporate meetings.

Reliable resource for attorneys and staff in connection with policies, procedures and word processing issues and troubleshooting.

Preparation of client billing invoices and experience in effectively resolving outstanding A/R issues.

Attorney travel and expense reports and scheduling appointments, meetings and travel arrangements.

E-filing experience with State and Federal Courts.

Creation of tables of contents, tables of authorities and all word processing styling.

Experience with coordinating and preparation for depositions and meetings with experts; providing support to attorneys and paralegals in preparation for trial and related court proceedings. SKILLS

Accomplished in CPI and PATTSY Management Docketing Systems, Microsoft Office (including TOA’s, TOC’s and Styles), Docs Open (Hummingbird), iManage with Matter Centricity, Elite, ProLaw, Carpe Diem, Lexis Full Authority, Timekeeper, DTE (Rainmaker), DeltaView, LegalKey, Adobe Acrobat and Internet Research. Fluent in Spanish

EDUCATION

Associate’s Degree, (1986) - Lehman College, City University of New York Certificate in Secretarial Studies, (1987-1989) - Stenotype Academy for Court Reporting - 180 wpm

*Moved with Intellectual Property Partner Schulte through Michelman (12 years)

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