Legal Assistant Attorney
Resume:
Sylvia Jones
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PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND OVERVIEW
■ 30+ years of Legal Assistant experience
■ Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Corel WordPerfect, SharePoint, CFX, Windows 11, LexisNexis, File Site and Timeslips, Expert Assistant, Aderant Total Office
■ Notary Public (Expires in May 2023)
■ Fluent in Spanish (professional and conversational) EXPERIENCE
DeLange, Hudspeth, McConnell & Tibbets, LLP
July - Present – Legal Assistant
■ Prepare correspondence, pleadings, and discovery
■ E-filing in State and Federal courts
■ Designate pertinent document for attorney use at mediation, depositions, and trial
■ Interact with clients, counsel, and court personnel
■ Managed master calendar to include hearings, depositions, trial settings, discovery deadlines, mediations, etc.
■ Transcribe oral dictation
■ Prepare and submit billing invoices
■ Enter attorney time
■ Prepare various title documents: deeds, power of attorney, release of lien, etc. Hartline Barger LLP
May 2019-2021 – Legal Assistant
■ Prepare correspondence, pleadings, and discovery
■ E-filing in state and Federal courts
■ Designate pertinent document for attorney use at mediation, depositions, and trial
■ Interact with clients, counsel, and court personnel
■ Managed master calendar to include hearings, depositions, trial settings, discovery deadlines, mediations, etc.
■ Communication with EEOC and Workers Compensation Division
■ Transcribe oral dictation
Littler Mendelson, PC
May 2018-May 2019 – Legal Assistant
■ Prepare correspondence, pleadings, and discovery
■ E-filing in state and Federal courts
■ Prepare notebooks for mediation, depositions & trial
■ Interact with clients, counsel, and court personnel
■ Managed attorney calendar to include hearings, depositions, trial settings, discovery deadlines, mediations, etc.
■ Schedule client and attorney meetings
Holman Fenwick Willan formally known as Legge, Farrow, Kimmitt, McGrath & Brown, LLP November 2015 – April 2018 – Legal Assistant
■ Prepare correspondence, pleadings and discovery
■ Prepare notebooks for attorney use at mediations, depositions, and trial
■ Interact with clients, counsel, and court personnel regarding case development
■ Maintained attorney calendar to include hearings, depositions, trial settings, discovery deadlines, mediations and inspections
■ Communicate with adjusters for inspection of properties
■ E-filing in state and Federal courts
■ Order medical and billing records
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP
March 2015-November 2015 – Legal Assistant
■ Prepare correspondence, pleadings and discovery
■ Designate pertinent document for attorney use at mediation
■ Interact with clients, counsel, and court personnel regarding case development
■ Maintain attorney calendar to include hearings, depositions, trial settings, discovery deadlines, mediations and inspection dates
■ E-filing in state and Federal courts
■ Order medical and billing records
Barton and Green Joint Venture
October 2014-March 2015 – Legal Assistant
■ Prepare petitions for new lawsuits
■ Prepare citations for service
■ Interact with clients, counsel, and court personnel
■ Maintain calendar to include hearings, depositions, trial settings, discovery deadlines, mediations and inspections
■ Designate pertinent documents for attorney use at mediation
■ E-filing in state and Federal courts
■ General secretarial and administrative duties
Thamm & O’Briant, LLP
October 2009-October 2014 – Legal Assistant
■ Receive and setup new lawsuits; prepare answers for incoming lawsuits
■ E-filing in state and Federal courts
■ Manage calendar to include hearings, depositions, trial settings, etc.
■ Interact with clients, counsel, and court personnel
■ General secretarial and administrative duties
Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy
August 2006 – June 2008 – Legal Assistant
■ General secretarial and administrative duties including typing, making travel arrangements, copy, fax and scanning files.
■ Process vendor invoicing and internal expense reports.
■ Transcribe correspondence
■ Answered incoming receptionist calls as needed and scheduled meetings and conference calls
■ Enter attorney time
■ Prepare inspection documents for engineers and contractors
■ Prepare discovery requests and responses
■ Interact with clients, counsel and court personnel
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