SHELLEY REMAKLUS 720-***-**** adu2gl@r.postjobfree.com

QUALIFICATIONS:

Legal Practice Assistant/Legal Secretary with 25 years of experience providing executive and administrative support to senior leadership and management. Looking for a long-term organization to grow a career with previous experience in administrative support, the ability to prioritize and multi-task, with strong organizational, attention to detail and communication skills, with the ability to work confidently and skillfully under deadlines and changing priorities, who proactively anticipates attorney needs for better client service and who is willing to be a team player to assure that all work is completed in a timely manner.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Ford & Harrison LLP Orlando, FL August 2022 – January 2023

Temporary Legal Assistant – Litigation (Law Practice: Labor & Employment)

Supported Regional Managing Partner and his team of Partners, Associates and Paralegals.

Performed administrative duties for aforementioned team, (scheduling meetings; maintaining Outlook calendars and docketing deadlines; submitting and tracking expense reports; tracking, entering, reviewing and editing team’s time entries; and proofreading, preparing redlines, and processing legal documents).

Filed all necessary documents with courts and administrative agencies (e-filing) and/or served same upon opposing parties.

Maintained multiple client electronic files for team.

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP Denver, CO January 2015 – August 2022

Legal Practice Assistant – Litigation (Law Practices: Labor & Employment, Corporate/Transactional)

·Supported Litigation – Employment Department Head and her team of Shareholders, Associates and Paralegals.

·Performed administrative duties for aforementioned team, (scheduling meetings; maintaining Outlook calendars; submitting and tracking expense reports; tracking, entering, reviewing and editing team’s time entries; proofreading, preparing redlines, and processing legal documents and client handbooks).

·Submitted and maintained MCLE credits in multiple jurisdictions for team.

·Prepared conflict checks, engagement letters and created new physical client files, (while maintaining existing files and indexing closed files for off-site storage).

·Coordinated departmental meetings, depositions, and conferences.

·Created, indexed, and maintained litigation notebooks and presentation notebooks.

Jackson Lewis P. C. Denver, CO June 2010 – January 2015

Legal Assistant – Litigation (Law Practice: Labor & Employment)

·Supported Office Litigation – Employment Manager and his team of Shareholders, Associates and Paralegals.

·Performed administrative duties for aforementioned team, (scheduling meetings; maintaining Outlook calendars; submitting and tracking expense reports; tracking, entering, reviewing and editing team’s time entries; proofreading, preparing redlines, and processing legal documents and client handbooks; prepared and maintained litigation notebooks; and Bates-labeled/maintained discovery documents).

·Submitted and maintained MCLE credits in multiple jurisdictions for team.

·Prepared conflict checks, engagement letters and created new physical client files, (while maintaining existing files and indexing closed files for off-site storage).

Ford & Harrison LLP Atlanta, GA June 2000 – June 2010

Office Administrator – Denver Office Contact & Legal Assistant

Performed office administrator duties, (reconciliation of checking and trust bank accounts; managing and approving employee timesheets; coordinating regional seminars; managing client billing invoices; managing stock inventory; ordering of office supplies; and maintenance of office calendar, law library and marketing database.

Legal Assistant – Litigation (Law Practice: Labor & Employment)

Supported Office Litigation – Employment Manager and his team of Shareholders, Associates and Paralegals.

Performed administrative duties for aforementioned team, (scheduling meetings; maintaining Outlook calendars; submitting and tracking expense reports; tracking, entering, reviewing and editing team’s time entries; proofreading, preparing redlines, and processing legal documents and client handbooks; prepared and maintained litigation notebooks, and Bates-labeled/maintained discovery documents; and transcribed dictation.

Performed receptionist duties, including answering phones and hospitality services.

Filed all necessary documents with courts and administrative agencies (e-filing) and/or served same upon opposing parties.

Prepared conflict checks, engagement letters and created new physical client files, (while maintaining existing files and indexing closed files for off-site storage).

COMPUTER AND APPLICATION SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Microsoft Office Suite

Calendaring/Docketing: Rendezvous QuickBooks, Serengeti Tracker, CompuLaw

Document Management: DOCS Open, NetDocs, iManage DeskSite, Sharefile

Intake Processing: NBI, Intapp Open

Marketing Software: Handshake, InterAction

PDF Applications: Nuance PDF, Power PDF and Adobe Acrobat Pro

Phone Systems: Zoom, Zoom Phone, Mitel Phone & Connect, Intrado Conference Calling, GlobalMeet

Records Management: LegalKey, iComply

Time & Attendance Programs: ezLabor Manager, Kronos, VistaHRMS, Vista Time

Time Keeping Applications: Aderant Expert, DTE-Axiom, SmartTime, 3E, Intapp Time

Travel & Expense Management: Concur, Chrome River

EDUCATION:

University of Akron Akron, OH

Bachelor of Science: Criminal Justice/Political Science, Minor in Sociology

State of Colorado Notary Public

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