Legal Secretary Assistant

KAREN ALLEN

Dawsonville, GA

Cell: 678-***-****

*************@*****.***

Summary of Qualifications

Legal secretary with 23 years of experience in civil litigation.

Advanced experience in word processing, database, and creating computer graphics.

Professional Experience

Kelsey Transcripts (November 2021 - Present)

Remote legal transcription from home

LawDocsExpress (June 2021 - November 2021)

Remote legal transcription from home

Legal Assistant II (November 2017 – June 2021)

COPELAND, STAIR, KINGMA & LOVELL, LLC

Providing full-time assistance to three attorneys.

Drafting legal documents and correspondence.

E-filing legal documents in the various courts’ electronic filing systems

Scheduling depositions and court reporters.

Creating deposition and hearing notebooks.

Entering dates in the attorneys’ calendars for hearings and depositions.

Creating shell documents for the attorneys to draft legal documents.

Uploading documents into ShareFile to respond to discovery.

Legal Assistant:

DERMER APPEL RUDER, LLC (August 2016 – November 2017)

Provided legal support to three attorneys.

Opened incoming mail and handled each incoming pleading or correspondence appropriately.

Scanned incoming documents and correspondence and saved the documents into Net Documents.

Opened new matters and entered various types of information into Clio.

E-filed legal documents in courts various e-filing systems.

Maintained the attorneys’ calendars, scheduling depositions and meetings.

Legal Transcriptionist:

LAWDOCS EXPRESS (October 2013 – August 2016)

Remote legal transcription from home.

Legal Secretary

GOODMAN, MCGUFFEY, LINDSEY & JOHNSON, LLP (December 2010 – June 2012)

Provided legal support to three attorneys.

Drafted correspondence and legal pleadings.

Opened incoming mail and docketed responsive deadlines to the incoming pleadings.

Scanned incoming documents and correspondence and saved the documents into ProLaw.

E-filed legal documents various courts e-filing systems.

Maintained the attorneys’ calendars, scheduling depositions and meetings.

Paralegal/Legal Secretary

CRUSER & MITCHELL, LLP (September 2008 – December 2010)

Provided full-time secretarial support to three attorneys.

Drafted correspondence and legal pleadings.

Opened the incoming mail and docketed responsive deadlines to the pleadings.

E-filed legal documents in the various courts’ e-filing systems.

Summarized medical records and depositions.

Prepared and served subpoenas.

Paralegal

BANKS & STUBBS, LLP (July 2007 – March 2008)

Conducted discovery in divorce cases.

Prepared and served subpoenas

Met with clients to discuss the necessary discovery requirements in their divorces.

Attended court hearings and assisted the attorneys in presenting the clients’ cases.

Legal Secretary

CARLOCK COPELAND SEMLER & STAIR, LLP (December 1998 – July 2007)

Provided full-time secretarial support to four attorneys.

Drafted legal documents and correspondence.

Heavy transcription of all documents.

E-filed legal documents in the various courts’ e-filing systems.

Created the firm’s newsletter utilizing Microsoft Publisher which was displayed on the firm’s website.

Created and maintained the mailing list database for the firm newsletter.

Created courtroom exhibits utilizing PowerPoint.

Computer Skills

MS Office

Word Perfect

IManage

Outlook

Education

1)National Center for Paralegal Training: Completed the Legal Administrative Assistant Program, with honors.

2)Phillips College: Completed the General Business program, with honors

3)North Lamar High School

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