Legal Secretary Assistant

Janet L. Baumann

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Romeoville, Illinois 60446

Phone: 630-***-**** cell

**/** - ******* **** ***** HORSTMAN HEIL & VanAUSDAL LLC

Legal Secretary

Assistant to two partners and one associate who specialize in medical malpractice and asbestos. Duties include: Opening files, preparing contact sheets, typing correspondence, legal documents (such as motions, pleadings, discovery etc.), proofreading and formatting correspondence and legal documents, transcription of depositions and medical records, diary and docketing. Scheduling, coordinating and confirming court dates, appointments, meetings and scheduling depositions. Preparing subpoenas, records request, answers, appearances, motions, notices and appellate briefs. Prepare court filings for Cook County, federal court, appellate court, and outlying counties, including electronic filings. Open mail, file maintenance, client contact, process invoices, and respond to telephone inquiries. Enter attorney time in Timeslips, arrange travel, maintain calendar and schedule for multiple attorneys.

06/06 - 04/07 SCHAIN, BURNEY, ROSS & CITRON, LTD.

Legal Secretary

Assistant to a Partner and one Associate who specialized in estate planning and commercial real estate. Duties included opening files, preparing letters, memos, file maintenance, typing from dictation and handwritten materials, entering attorney time in Timeslips.

05/00 - 5/2006 HENDERSON & LYMAN

Legal Secretary

Assistant to two Partners who specialized in real estate (residential and commercial), litigation, corporate, estate planning, and environmental law. Duties included opening real estate files, ordering title, surveys, assessment letters, Certificate of Insurance, preparation of all closing documents using CT&T Advantex program, schedule closings, client contact, preparation of notices, motions, briefs, complaints, subpoenas, scheduling depositions, client billing in PCLaw, maintaining database, collections, travel reservations, equipment maintenance, file archiving, file maintenance, secretary training, court filings, answer phones, typing from dictation tapes and handwritten materials, maintain attorney calendars, docketing, order supplies.

09/99 - 05/00 STAMOS & TRUCCO

Legal Secretary:

Legal Assistant for two associates who specialized in litigation and medical malpractice. Duties included typing from dictation and handwritten materials, preparation of motions, notices, briefs, complaints, correspondence, real estate forms, maintain attorney calendars, schedule depositions, court runs, docketing, file maintenance, maintain attorney time in Timeslips.

10/96 - 08/99 HENDERSON & LYMAN

Legal Secretary:

Assistant to one partner and one associate. Duties included preparation of motions, notices, briefs, complaints, correspondence, real estate forms, maintaining attorney calendars, master diary, scheduling depositions, court runs, docketing, file maintenance, maintaining attorney time in PC Law, A/R, A/P, payroll preparation, delegating work assignments, maintaining database, scheduling interviews, client billing, collections, travel reservations, equipment maintenance, file archiving, maintaining billing records.

Proficient on PCLaw, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Scanning and converting to a word document, Adobe, NitroPro, Microsoft Publisher, WordPerfect 9 (Corel), Excel, PowerPoint, Timeslips, Federal Court Filing, Appellate Court Filing, LexisNexis, knowledge of legal terminology.

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