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Research Assistant Legal Secretary

Location:
Staten Island, NY
Posted:
June 16, 2021

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Kathleen M. Campbell

* ****** ******

Staten Island, New York 10305

347-***-****

adm6lg@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: To find a position where I can utilize my past education and employment experience to obtain a challenging career. Skills: Type 55 wpm, Microsoft Office Word 2007, Microsoft Office Word 2010, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Word Perfect Office 12, Elite Time Entry System, PC Law, ProLaw, Lexpi, Trial Works, AIA Contract Documents, West Law, Quick Books and Dictaphone.

Experience:

Zook Search Inc. October 2019-June 2020

Research Assistant

Responsibilities: Performed a variety of searches for our clients in the Civil, Supreme and Land Lord Tenant courts in all five boroughs; Searched for Federal and State tax liens using Acris and created all invoices for all work performed and sent invoices to our clients along with their completed searches; answered the telephones as needed and collated all Deeds to be filed before they were filed. John Z. Marangos, Esq. March 2013-September 2019

Legal Assistant

Responsibilities: Manage firm calendar, arrange phone conferences, order and maintain all supplies and firm machines, answer all incoming calls, manage all client appointments, greet all incoming clients, book all travel arrangements, create all firm invoices to clients and follow up on payment, draft all necessary legal documents including all correspondence, retainer agreements, pleadings, discovery demands, trial documents, Contracts of Sale and Riders, Deeds and all Real Property Transfer Documents, Leases and Riders, Power of Attorneys, Wills, Living Wills, probate papers, petitions, citations and Decrees other necessary documents for a Will to be probated in Surrogate Court, arrange all depositions, digest all transcripts, maintain all physical and scanned files, electronically file and print out all new legal documents, arrange for documents to be served, screen all potential new clients, create and update all contact information for all clients and attorneys in Google Contacts and also maintain a hard copy in the Rolodex and train all new employees.

Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo P.C. September 2009-June 2010 Legal Secretary

Responsibilities: Coordinated all appointments, phone conferences, meetings, depositions, court dates and relayed them to the Calendar Department for scheduling on the Firm’s Master Calendar; Typed, revised using track changes and finalized all legal documents; Filed, answered phone calls, processed dictation tapes, booked travel arrangements, prepared Retainer Agreements, Closing Statements, Retainer Statements and Notice of Conflicts; Prepared Summons and Complaints to be filed with the Clerk of the Court, properly served all Summons and Complaints upon defendants, electronically filed Affidavits of Service with the Court, scanned all stamped Summons and Complaints; Created a file for all new cases with the necessary folders; Prepared Interrogatories, Notice of Production of Documents, Notice of Depositions, Subpoenas, Affidavits of Service, Motion for Summary Judgment, Motion to Compel, Motion for Admission, Motion to Dismiss, Petition for Letters of Administration and any other required legal documents; Requested medical records, assisted clients with all questions, researched statutes, case law and opinions using West Law; Created and revised Table of Contents and Table of Authorities; Used West Law to Shepardize cases and verified citations are correct using the Blue Book. Rheingold, Valet, Rheingold, Shkolnik

& McCartney LLP January 2001-August 2006

Legal Secretary/Paralegal

Responsibilities: Performed research on all new potential product liability drugs and/or products; Created and maintained files for several different mass torts; Ordered, tracked and organized medical records; prepared packages of client’s medical records for expert review; Maintained close contact with all clients, assisted them with any questions or problems and apprised them of the status of their case. Typed, filed, screened all new potential case calls; Processed dictation tapes, coordinated meetings, travel arrangements, depositions and phone conferences; Prepared Retainer Agreements, Retainer Statements, Closing Statements, Summons and Complaints; Interrogatories, Notice of Production of Documents, Notice of Depositions, Bill of Particulars; Motion for Summary Judgment, Motion to Compel, Motion for Admission, Motion to Dismiss and any other required legal document; Entered attorney’s monthly time into Elite Time Entry System; Recorded all appointments, depositions and court dates into firm’s Master Calendar.

Education:

John Jay College of Criminal Justice September 1996-June 2000 B.A. in Criminal Justice, Minor in English

College of Staten Island

Masters in English Candidate

Wagner College

Legal Secretary Certification August 2009

Paralegal Certification November 2011

References to be provided upon request



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