PAMELA HATCHETT-MCELROY

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Career and skilled focused with more than 20 years as a Legal Assistant with diversified and progressive legal experience in construction litigation, asbestos, medical malpractice, appellate, corporate, and real estate law. Excellent writing and interpersonal skills and met all deadline driven projects. Highly organized with strict attention to detail. Adapts quickly and easily to new career demands.

Litchfield Cavo LLP (REMOTE 3/20-10/22) 03/2018 – 10/2022

Legal Assistant

Assisted one Partner, Two Associates

Prepared, edited, proofread and maintained a variety of legal documents, including but not limited to, correspondence, motions, subpoenas, complaints, discovery requests and pleadings associated with discovery and trial preparation.

Scheduled appointments, depositions, conference calls, site inspections, medical examinations and other various appointments.

Ordered court reporters, interpreters, videographers and conference rooms, as needed.

Prepared and processed check requests, expense reimbursement requests and invoices.

Transmitted legal correspondence to clients.

Requested conflict checks.

Opened and closed files.

Effectively performed innumerable duties as assigned or as judgment or necessity dictated.

Established and maintained harmonious work relationships with superiors, peers, subordinates, and clients.

Tobin & Munoz, LLC 09/2009 – 03/2018

Office Manager/Legal Assistant

•Assisted two Partners, one Associate

•Managed all aspects of the office including purchasing, billing, accounts payable, staff scheduling and travel arrangements.

•Prepared correspondence, emails and memos.

•Heavy dictation on Winscribe

•Proofreading

•Prepared and edited briefs, pleadings, discovery, notices of motions and filings

•Organized and prioritized large volumes of documents

•Maintained timekeeper’s calendars of meetings and business trips, and apprised them of responsibilities in advance

•Input attorney timesheets

•E-filed court documents in Cook, Federal and State Courts

•Prepared expense reports

•Clerical functions and overflow

•Scheduled depositions

•Convert legal documents from PDF to Word

•Input attorney's time

•Filed court documents at Daley Center

•Performed general secretarial duties

Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney 11/2000 – 9/2009

Legal Assistant

•Assisted three attorneys for midsize international law firm

•Type, edit and format documents including pleadings, discovery, correspondence and memos

•Prepared motions for filings in Illinois, Indiana and Missouri counties

•E-file court documents in Federal and State Courts

•Scheduled depositions

•Organize court filings

•Scheduled travel itinerary

•Input attorney's time

Mayer Brown & Rowe 8/1999 – 10/2001

Legal Assistant

•Assisted three attorneys for international law firm

•Redline different versions and edit large corporate documents

•Type, edit and format litigation documents

•Scheduled depositions

•Organize court filings

•Scheduled travel itinerary

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Zaidman & Esrig 04/1998 – 08/1999

Legal Administrative Assistant

•Assisted the two Managing Partners for small law firm

•Type, edit and format documents including pleadings, discovery, correspondence and memos

•Prepared motions for filings

•Scheduled depositions

•Organize court filings

•Extensive client contact

•Scheduled travel itinerary

•Input attorney's time

Smith Jones & reed 10/1985 – 04/1998

Legal Administrative Assistant

•Assisted two Associates in Insurance Defense Medical Malpractice firm.

•Type, edit and format documents including pleadings, discovery, correspondence and memos

•Prepared motions for filings

•Client contact

•Prepared expense reports

•Organize court filings

•Input attorney's time

SPECIAL SKILLS: Typing 65-70 wpm, Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook Word, Excel) Google docs, Winscribe Dictation Juris Suite, Worldox, Adobe, Court Filing and E-Filing.

EDUCATION: Oakwood University, Huntsville, Alabama

MEMBERSHIPS

Pending Member - Chicago Legal Secretaries Association

Board Member – Stratford Memorial SDA Church

Leader – Youth Association

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